Sciatica: Everything You Should Know
Sciatica is the sensation of pain, numbness, weakness, and even tingling in the leg. This occurs because the sciatic nerve is damaged and inflamed. People who encounter these symptoms may have a herniated disc, bone spurs, spinal stenosis, or could be pregnant. The pain can happen on one side of the leg. It will present itself as a sharp or weak sensation. Many of our prenatal patients tend to notice symptoms forming through different phases of their pregnancy, and it severely impacts their range of motion and overall quality of daily life.
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy can help to restore balance to both the pelvis and Pelvic Floor to relieve the pain or discomfort. Our therapy program is divided into three main sections to ensure a thorough road to recovery and confidence. It’s important to stay the course and maintain progress through each stage. Your physical therapist will guide you through each phase of recovery using our signature technique:
Reset…
- Discuss any related medical history and concerns you wish to share with your Physical Therapist.
- Release tension (manual techniques to relieve pain or pressure on the affected area.)
- Trigger Point Therapy is a commonly used technique to manually assess symptoms.
Strength…
- Practice Pelvic Floor exercises such as Clamshells, bending, crossing the legs, and engaging lower abdominal muscles with the Pelvic Floor.
- Practice the “Pelvic Tilt”. Bend the knees, and engage the abdominal muscles.
- Improve posture and maintain endurance by doing other low-impact exercises like cycling.
- Work on low-impact back exercises, leg lifts, clamshells, and other techniques.
Confidence…
- Get the patient to improve performance and continue to work on endurance. Once symptoms alleviate, our goal is to get our patients back to running and partaking in high-impact activities.
- This phase is the final stage of treatment. After a baseline of three to five-plus months, the patient will have met their goals and can return to an active lifestyle.
Pelvic floor physical therapy improves the sciatic condition through core strengthening and respiratory endurance. There is much to be said about the connection between the mind, and body, thus our holistic approach. We believe in assessing head to toe and no just assessing one body part. In-network clinics allow insurance to dictate how the patient is treated. Often, the patient heals slower, and treatment is often limited. If left untreated, Sciatica can become worse over time. Start your healing journey today and let the best pelvic floor physical therapy clinic, V Strong Physical Therapy in Armonk, NY take care of your sciatic condition!
If these issues persist, symptoms can be permanent. If you think you may be experiencing this, we’d love to help you! Book your 15-minute consultation with us today!
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