Can Physiotherapy Cure Sciatica?
What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is a health care profession dealing with human movement and function, identifying problems restricting it and help to restore both movement and function maximizing physical potential, increasing efficiency and thus improving quality of life. These are achieved with prevention/treatment of injuries, promoting good health and rehabilitating for better outcome.
In simple words, whenever you get any form of pain, injury, loss of movement or function, Physiotherapists help you to restore you to your maximum capacity and return to your daily and occupational activities.
This is achieved through exercises, soft tissue manipulation, massages, therapeutic machines and posture advices.
What is Sciatica?
Sciatica is pain and discomfort which is caused when your sciatic nerve gets compressed or injured. Sciatic nerve is the longest nerve supplying your legs. Therefore, when there is something irritating this nerve, you get tingling or pricking pain, numbness and weakness from your hip to leg. Sciatica may or may not be associated with actual injury of the sciatic nerve and refers to any pain in the area supplied by the sciatic nerve.
Physiotherapy for Sciatica
Pain Relief Modalities
Physiotherapists use different machines like TENS, Ultrasound to help you attain some relief from sciatica pain. Also they may advice use of hot or cold packs.
Exercises
Physiotherapists educate about cause of pain as there can be different causes of Sciatica pain. They will, then teach you exercises that helps to relief the cause of sciatica that you are experiencing. It includes back strengthening exercises, leg stretching exercises, nerve mobilization exercises and more.
Self care, Posture and Ergonomics
You will be taught Do’s and Don’ts to be followed to avoid worsening the pain. Also depending on your occupation, correct postures and ergonomics will be taught to you.
We are one of the best physiotherapy providers in Kathmandu and have expertise in treatment of sciatica. You can visit our clinic, make use of free consultation services we are offering and receive the treatment to get rid of sciatica pain