Sciatica is one of the most common types of pain- 40% of the entire population will experience it at least once in their lifetime! Factors like age, obesity, health conditions such as diabetes, and prolonged sitting can make the pain feel worse.
Suppose you have been dealing with sciatica for quite a long time. Maybe you don’t want to take painkillers or undergo surgery. In these cases, you should consider the non-invasive alternative of chiropractic in Littleton, CO. Gentle, specific chiropractic care can get to the underlying problem with sciatica.
Sciatica refers to the pain that goes along the sciatic nerve’s path and radiates from your lower back to your hips and buttocks and down your leg. It usually affects only one side of the body.
These symptoms may mean you have sciatica:
- If you have pain in your lower back
- The pain also shoots down one side of the back of your legs.
- The problem feels worse when you sit or stand, and improves when you are laying down.
- The characteristic of the pain is burning or tingling.
- You feel weakness in the affected leg or an electric shock down the leg.
Chiropractic Care For Sciatica in Littleton CO
Chiropractic care can help your body heal with non-invasive, drug-free treatment options, and provide some relief for Sciatica pain. Our gentle treatment will improve your symptoms while decreasing your reliance on painkillers and reducing the side effects. Here’s how our team can help you improve your quality of life.
Provide a Proper Diagnosis
Even if you have all the signs and symptoms of sciatica, you need to wait until a healthcare professional diagnoses your condition and determines its cause.
Our chiropractor will review your medical history and perform an exhaustive physical and neurological examination to create the diagnosis. We use state-of-the-art nervous system scans that help us pinpoint the underlying cause of the problem. Then, we will determine which treatment option is the best for you.
Our service is based on gentle chiropractic care, and these are some of the treatment options we offer:
Heat and Cold Therapy
Heat and cold therapy can help to promote the healing process. Ice works to decrease swelling and inflammation, while heat improves flexibility. When both are combined, they will relax your muscle and joints and reduce inflammation, which will produce better results in repairing damaged tissue. The chiropractor will decide whether to use heat or cold or both to provide the best results.
Red Light Therapy
It involves using a medical-grade red light therapy device that emits specific red light wavelengths to promote healing on a cellular level. It increases blood flow in the treated area, reduces pain and inflammation, and reduces the tissue’s healing time.
Massage Chairs
Our patients find relief using our specialized massage chairs. They are specifically designed to provide a relaxing stimulation in the deep tissue.
Since patients with sciatica deal with back and leg pain, standard massage chairs can not target a person’s legs. Our clinic uses an innovative model that will provide additional benefits to the traditional massage technique and give you a wonderful therapeutic experience.
The benefits you will experience by using the massage chair depends on the underlying cause of sciatica. Muscular pain conditions respond better than spinal conditions like spinal osteoarthritis.
Specific Exercises
The chiropractic doctor will recommend exercises that you can perform to relieve the pain and get rid of sciatica. Without proper training, the spinal structure and back muscles become deconditioned and worsen the problem. The chiropractor will help you perform the exercise to release the pressure that comes from tight muscles. Active movement is essential for the health of the spinal discs.
KST Adjustment
This technique is what makes us unique and different. It is an innovative chiropractic adjustment technique that uses an adjusting device called an ArthroStim. Using the ArthroStim, our chiropractor can provide a precise adjustment without twisting, cracking, or popping. This technique provides immediate results for the affected areas, stimulates your body’s healing power, and it works for patients of all ages.
Change of Habits
Care of sciatica has to be part of your daily life and not just something you do twice a week. The chiropractor will help you have a proper posture and minimize daily stress on your lower back. This instruction will include learning how to sit, stand, and lift appropriately without putting too much pressure on the sciatic nerve.
Gentle Chiropractic Care in Littleton CO
A long time patient came into our Littleton chiropractic clinic with severe sciatic pain. He was in so much pain we had to help him into the clinic from his car. After gingerly getting him into the office, he explained he had a major flair up after lifting a heavy object.
After just a few visits, he was able to walk normally, and his pain reduced significantly. We continued to treat him to make sure that the healing process was complete. He no longer has sciatic pain and is so grateful that he addressed the issue’s underlying cause.
At our clinic, we have treated many patients who have had trouble walking in the door due to extreme pain. Then, after treatment, they walk out with significant improvements. Chiropractic can be a powerful and effective treatment for sciatica. Don’t live with pain- find out how we can help and improve your quality of life!
With over 20 years in the field, Dr. Dody is a seasoned chiropractor specializing in Functional Nutrition, Neurofeedback, and the Koren Specific Technique (KST). His unique ‘whole person approach’ identifies the root causes of health issues, offering patients not just relief but lasting wellness. Recognized for his expertise, Dr. Dody’s treatments often yield dramatic improvements from the very first visit.
