Acupuncture is very effective to treat sciatica. It is caused when there is pressure on the sciatic nerve and there is pain at the back of leg and even calf and ankle. This pressure usually comes from a combination of different factors:
Spasms of different muscles that the sciatic nerve runs through press the nerve. There are also muscles that spasm near the spine and make pressure by any bulging disc. Swelling causes more pressure and irritation to the sciatic nerve.
A herniated disc, degenerative joint disease or others problems put pressure on the nerves form the sciatic nerve.
The use of acupuncture is able to resolve the first two causes of Sciatica. Still when a herniated disc is involved, acupuncture can help to give relief secondary inflammation and muscle spasm as whole pressure is helpful to reduce the pain.
The nerves become more sensitive due to the bulging disc pressure on the nerves. If the same nerves get more pressure from tight muscles and create the sciatica pain. Yet acupuncture cannot reverse a bulging disc and reduce the pain of spasmodic muscles which increase the pressure on the nerves and create the pain. |
