Sciatica & Decompression Treatment at Crystal Grove Chiropractic

Hi, my name is Dr. Jacob Hendendrickson,
the owner and chiropractor at Crystal
Grove Chiropractic in Loots, Florida.
And one of the main things that I see
and treat in my office is sciatica,
which is nerve pain coming from your
lower back that goes down your leg. Now,
sciatica is simply just the sciatic
nerve that gets pinched and inflamed.
But you can have these nerve symptoms
which would be called a ridiculopathy.
They come from also from your neck and
go down your arm, right? Some people
have pain down their arms, numbness,
tingling, which is similar condition as
sciatica. But sciatica generally affects
people because a disc in their lower
back either gets bulged or herniates.
And that happens due to spinal
compression. So gravity pulls us down
and squishes our body. So when we sit,
we’re sandwiching ourselves more and
we’re pushing our vertebrae and our
lower back into a compromising position
and getting pushed down and vertebrae
can shift and cause subluxations. This
vertebrae here, here we have the
vertebrae, vertebra disc. So this disc
model, imagine
everything gets squished and there’s
being pressure put on the disc. Now the
nerve, the sciatic nerve, let’s just
call this one the sciatic nerve. When we
get that pressure, that sciatic nerve
starts to bulge and you can see it
putting pressure on that um nerve there.
Now, we want to decompress
the vertebra and the spine in general
and allow that disc to stop bulging or
herniate and go back to where it’s
supposed to to take pressure off of that
nerve. Now, some tips that you can do at
home are simply sitting up straight,
trying to use lumbar support to take
pressure off of the lower back. You can
do uh cobras like McKenzie press up
cobras which may help uh which are on
the floor or standing ones which will
help push the vertebra and the disc back
into a position where it takes pressure
off of the nerve. But here at Crystal
Grove Chiropractic, often how we treat
sciatic symptoms are through spinal
decompression tables, which really
stretch and rehydrate the spine. And
along with the bread and butter, which
is the adjustments, spinal adjustments,
which help push the vertebrae back into
a position of easier function, taking
pressure off of the joints and allowing
the disc to come off of uh the sciatic
nerve as well, alleviating those
symptoms going down your leg or even
down your arm if you’re having it from
your neck. Now, if you or anyone that
you know is experiencing sciatic
symptoms, uh please, if that’s happening
to you, reach out and let’s see if us
here at Crystal Grove Chiropractic can
get you on a better path of recovery and
alleviate that discomfort that’s been
bothering you throughout your
day-to-day. Again, here at Crystal Grove
Chiropractic, we’re here to help.