What to do about Sciatica? | 920 Chiropractic

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do you have lightning bolts of pain
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going down the back of your legs it
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could be the left leg it could be the
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right leg could be pain shooting into
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the buttock could be pain shooting into
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the thigh could be pain shooting into
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the calf maybe even pain going all the
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way down the back of your legs into your
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feet and we call this sciatica and this
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is right in my wheelhouse because I deal
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with this all the time and get great
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results so let’s talk about what is
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sciatica so
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sciatica is the term for the sciatic
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nerve and let’s go to the anatomy book
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here show you what the sciatic nerve
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looks like so here’s the sciatic nerve
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that one big nerve that goes all the way
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down the back of your legs so it comes
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out here goes all the way down the back
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of your leg now the sciatic nerve is
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made up of many different
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nerves see the sciatic nerve is actually
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made up of L4 through S3 nerves
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so my job when you come in is to take a
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careful look at that low back and to see
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which vertebrae or which spot is causing
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the problem and when I say problem I
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mean the vertebrae is shifted and start
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to hit the nerve and it’s irritating the
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nerve we need to find which vertebrae it
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is or which spot it is and make a series
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of adjustments to get the pressure off
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the nerve so you can feel much better
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and obviously those low back nerves are
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so important because they combine to not
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only go down the back of the leg give
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power to your muscles but they also go
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to really important organs and
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reproductive organs and sexual organs
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and your prostate that is so important
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for health and longevity so we want to
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make sure this area is checked very
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carefully and that would be my job so
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when you come in we’ll do a careful
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consultation a careful exam to find the
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vertebrae that is causing the problem of
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shooting pain or whatever you’re
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experiencing and then we will lay out a
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plan of how to get it better and then
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you can decide what you want to do from
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there so if you’re having any problems
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like this call our office come in get an
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evaluation and we’ll see what we can do
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about it and get you better so you don’t
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have to deal with this for the rest of
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your life