Treatment of a pinch of the sciatic nerve

Such a disease, as a pinch of the sciatic nerve, occurs quite often. It is associated with the squeezing of the spinal roots, which form this nerve, in the place where they exit from the spine. This is one of the main causes of the disease. There are cases when the sciatic nerve is pinched by osteochondrosis and herniated intervertebral discs, arthritis, various injuries, constipation, heavy stress on the spine and diabetes. Whatever the cause of the disease, the symptom in any case is one: severe pain in the lower back and legs. Some patients may experience symptoms such as numbness of the skin, tingling sensations, weakness of the muscles of the lower limbs, as well as involuntary muscle contractions. The presence of these symptoms is explained by the fact that the sciatic nerve originates in the lumbar region, descends down the leg, where it branches into many small nerves. Accordingly, unpleasant pain can occur anywhere.

It should be noted that pinching the sciatic nerve during pregnancy is something like a separate case. The matter is that pregnant women very often face such disease. It is clear that the pain has a negative effect on the course of pregnancy. The cause of the appearance of the disease is an increasing load on the spine with the time of fetal growth, as well as hormonal changes that occur in the body of a pregnant woman. In most cases, the pain passes quickly, but sometimes their appearance can last for weeks. Treatment of a pinch of the sciatic nerve during pregnancy is not always effective. It is in this period that it is not always possible to prescribe some medicines. But doctors believe that the motor activity of a pregnant woman, performing physical exercises and proper nutrition, helps to relieve the pain in the disease more easily.

By the way, gymnastics with a pinch of the sciatic nerve is one of the main methods that contribute to a quick cure. What kind of exercises the patient must perform must be decided by a qualified specialist. What else is the treatment for the pinch of the sciatic nerve?

Before choosing a treatment, the patient needs to undergo a screening. Usually, the disease can be detected using radiography. In the future, the doctor decides what will be assigned to the patient. As a rule, treatment of a pinch of the sciatic nerve can not do without taking painkillers (voltaren, diclofenac, nise), which will help to remove inflammation and pain. Locally used ointments, which include irritants: propolis, mustard oil, turpentine. Also locally, alcoholic tinctures can be used. For example, it can be a tincture of hot pepper or lilac flowers. You can replace the tinctures with modern preparations such as ben-gay and finalgon. But it is important not only to remove the pain itself, but also to cure the cause that led to the development of the disease.

If you exercise caution, then the treatment of a pinch of the sciatic nerve can be carried out using folk methods. For example, a good effect gives beeswax, which must be heated and put on a painful place. Wrap the place with polyethylene and a woolen shawl and leave it overnight. Some patients were cured with turpentine. For this, it must be mixed with water in a proportion of 2: 3. Moisten the bread with a crust, wait until everything is absorbed and put into a sore spot. Wrap the cellophane and put it on for 10 minutes, so as not to bring it to the burn. Use this crust for re-applying is no longer possible, it will have to be thrown away and a new one prepared. Repeat the procedure will be possible only after a couple of days. After the procedure, the patient should lie in bed for a while.