Sciatica (Ischialgia)

If pain radiates from your back into your leg, the sciatic nerve is often the cause. With targeted treatment, this usually improves significantly.

Sciatica or Ischialgia refers to pain that radiates along the sciatic nerve from the lower back, through the buttocks, and down into the leg. The cause is irritation of the nerve – often in the lumbar spine region. The pain is real and often intense, but in most cases, it can be treated effectively conservatively, meaning without surgery.

A pulling, burning, or electric-shock-like pain that radiates from the back into the leg – sometimes even into the foot. This can be accompanied by tingling, numbness, or a feeling of weakness in the leg. It is typically exacerbated by sitting, coughing, or sneezing.

Often, a disc bulge or herniated disc irritates the nerve root. Muscular tension (e.g., of the piriformis muscle) or restricted nerve gliding ability can also irritate the sciatic nerve.

First, we clarify where the nerve is irritated. With Manual Therapy, including neurodynamics, we improve the nerve’s gliding ability, relieve pain, and resolve accompanying tension. Targeted evidence-based training stabilizes the back, and within the framework of neuro-based pain therapy, we provide an understandable explanation of the often frightening radiation.

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