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Dr. Ajay Srivastava
Sciatica is pain in the lower extremity resulting from irritation of the sciatic nerve. The pain of sciatica is typically felt from thelow back (lumbar area) to behind the thigh and radiating down below the knee. The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body and begins from nerve roots in the lumbar spinal cord in the low back and extends through the buttock area to send nerve endings down the lower limb. The pain of sciatica is sometimes referred to as sciatic nerve pain.
What are causes of sciatica?
While sciatica is most commonly a result of a lumbar disc herniation directly pressing on the nerve, any cause of irritation or inflammation of the sciatic nerve can reproduce the symptoms of sciatica. This irritation of nerves as a result of an abnormal intervertebral disc is referred to as radiculopathy. Aside from a pinched nerve from a disc, other causes of sciatica include irritation of the nerve from adjacent bone, tumors, muscle, internal bleeding, infections, injury, and other causes. Sometimes sciatica can occur because of irritation of the sciatic nerve during pregnancy.
What are causes of sciatica?
While sciatica is most commonly a result of a lumbar disc herniation directly pressing on the nerve, any cause of irritation or inflammation of the sciatic nerve can reproduce the symptoms of sciatica. This irritation of nerves as a result of an abnormal intervertebral disc is referred to as radiculopathy. Aside from a pinched nerve from a disc, other causes of sciatica include irritation of the nerve from adjacent bone, tumors, muscle, internal bleeding, infections, injury, and other causes. Sometimes sciatica can occur because of irritation of the sciatic nerve during pregnancy.
What are sciatica symptoms?
Sciatica causes pain, a burning sensation, numbness, or tingling radiating from the lower back and upper buttock down the back of the thigh to the back of the leg. The result is lumbar pain, buttock pain, hip pain, and leg pain. Sometimes the pain radiates around the hip or buttock to feel like hip pain. While sciatica is often associated with lower back pain (lumbago), it can be present without low back pain. Severe sciatica can make walkingdifficult if not impossible. Sometimes the symptoms of sciatica are aggravated by walking or bending at the waist and relieved by lying down. The pain relief by changing positions can be partial or complete.
Homeopathic treatment for sitica
Homeopathic treatment, though slow is a very effective way to treat a perpetual medical condition like sciatica. Sciatica has a tendency to vanish and come back again in unknown intervals. So, why indulge in other types of treatment when homeopathy would treat the root cause of the problem in due course? When suffering from sciatica, you cannot afford to contract some other disease or infection as a side effect of medicines you take. So, homeopathy is the safest bet here. Let's look into various homeopathic remedies for sciatica.
* Ammonium mur: This treatment is for chronic sciatic pain that reaches the toes. The backache you may experience could be gripping like that with a vise. The condition of the sufferer deteriorates during the night time. Moving too much or too less aggravates the pain. Lying down for a little while is advised. A massage in the affected area lessens the pain. Stooped or limb movements are restricted in this case.
* Arsenicum: Do you feel the burning needle like sensations down your legs at the back? If yes, this is the treatment for you. Your symptoms must include chronic pain in the heels. It feels as if the tissues of the ailing area are being boiled. You may feel completely exhausted and weak. Extreme cases may feel anxious and may also fear death. In this kind of sciatic pain, the right side of the body is more affected than the left one. Staying in warm places is a relief in this case.
* Chamomilla: This treatment is for the extreme cases of sciatica. You may feel severe pain down the legs and sometimes the pain becomes so severe that you might have to sleep to ward off the pain. Immobility is one major symptom of this condition.
* Colocynthis: This treatment is for those sciatica patients who experience neuralgic phases with shooting pains. The other symptoms remain almost same as mentioned in the above cases.
* Phytolacca: This treatment is given to those sciatica patients who experience irregular attacks of sciatica. This makes them restless throughout the day. This kind of patient must avoid cold and damp weather for the better.
* Rhus tox: If sciatica is caused due to a muscle strain or some rigorous physical activity, then this is the homeopathic treatment for you. There is stiffness in the muscles in this case, especially of the thighs and the lower back. Some stretching or rubbing of the ailing area helps.
CAUSTICUM:- Left-sided sciatica, with numbness. Paralysis of single parts. Dull, tearing pain in hands and arms. Heaviness and weakness. Tearing joints. Unsteadiness of muscles of forearm and hand. Numbness; loss of sensation in hands. Contracted tendons. Weak ankles. Cannot walk without suffering. Rheumatic tearing in limbs; better by warmth, especially heat of bed. Burning in joints. Slow in learning to walk. Unsteady walking and easily falling. Restless legs at night. Cracking and tension in knees; stiffness in hollow of knee. Itching on dorsum of feet.
So, do not feel helpless in sciatic pain. Instead, understand your symptoms very well and undertake the best suited homeopathic treatment from the above mentioned list. You are sure to feel the difference as the time passes.
Homeopathic treatment for sitica
Homeopathic treatment, though slow is a very effective way to treat a perpetual medical condition like sciatica. Sciatica has a tendency to vanish and come back again in unknown intervals. So, why indulge in other types of treatment when homeopathy would treat the root cause of the problem in due course? When suffering from sciatica, you cannot afford to contract some other disease or infection as a side effect of medicines you take. So, homeopathy is the safest bet here. Let's look into various homeopathic remedies for sciatica.
* Ammonium mur: This treatment is for chronic sciatic pain that reaches the toes. The backache you may experience could be gripping like that with a vise. The condition of the sufferer deteriorates during the night time. Moving too much or too less aggravates the pain. Lying down for a little while is advised. A massage in the affected area lessens the pain. Stooped or limb movements are restricted in this case.
* Arsenicum: Do you feel the burning needle like sensations down your legs at the back? If yes, this is the treatment for you. Your symptoms must include chronic pain in the heels. It feels as if the tissues of the ailing area are being boiled. You may feel completely exhausted and weak. Extreme cases may feel anxious and may also fear death. In this kind of sciatic pain, the right side of the body is more affected than the left one. Staying in warm places is a relief in this case.
* Chamomilla: This treatment is for the extreme cases of sciatica. You may feel severe pain down the legs and sometimes the pain becomes so severe that you might have to sleep to ward off the pain. Immobility is one major symptom of this condition.
* Colocynthis: This treatment is for those sciatica patients who experience neuralgic phases with shooting pains. The other symptoms remain almost same as mentioned in the above cases.
* Phytolacca: This treatment is given to those sciatica patients who experience irregular attacks of sciatica. This makes them restless throughout the day. This kind of patient must avoid cold and damp weather for the better.
* Rhus tox: If sciatica is caused due to a muscle strain or some rigorous physical activity, then this is the homeopathic treatment for you. There is stiffness in the muscles in this case, especially of the thighs and the lower back. Some stretching or rubbing of the ailing area helps.
CAUSTICUM:- Left-sided sciatica, with numbness. Paralysis of single parts. Dull, tearing pain in hands and arms. Heaviness and weakness. Tearing joints. Unsteadiness of muscles of forearm and hand. Numbness; loss of sensation in hands. Contracted tendons. Weak ankles. Cannot walk without suffering. Rheumatic tearing in limbs; better by warmth, especially heat of bed. Burning in joints. Slow in learning to walk. Unsteady walking and easily falling. Restless legs at night. Cracking and tension in knees; stiffness in hollow of knee. Itching on dorsum of feet.
So, do not feel helpless in sciatic pain. Instead, understand your symptoms very well and undertake the best suited homeopathic treatment from the above mentioned list. You are sure to feel the difference as the time passes.
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