The Truth about Sciatica and Acupuncture. Could It Work for You?
Have you ever considered acupuncture for sciatica? Here are the facts!
If you have a sciatic nerve issue, then you have likely found yourself swallowing endless amounts of over the counter pain medication in order to take the edge off from the biting, irritating, and debilitating pain of sciatica. You may have even visited a doctor, who in turn gave you exercises or recommended steroid injections (or other medications) in order to help you recover.
While these methods may work short term, they aren’t always a long-term remedy. Most people find that once they have sciatic nerve pain, flare ups can happen at anytime and last from a few days to a couple of weeks. During this time, the quality of your life can be greatly disrupted by the immense radiating pain that may consume your entire lower body. There are other treatments that you can consider besides doctors and pills.
Sciatica suffers can in most cases benefit a lot from acupuncture therapy.
What is Acupuncture? How Does it Help Sciatica Sufferers?
Acupuncture is essentially a holistic method of health care that dates back to antiquity. Tiny needles are inserted into the top layer of the skin folds (which is virtually painless), in order to place pressure on nerve endings and pressure points throughout your body. These needles, inserted at precise points along your body, which are referred to as energy points, help to promote natural healing, pain relief and realign the energy pathways that carry information from one part of your body to another. One of the reasons that acupuncture for sciatica is so successful is because it helps to clear obstructions along nerve ways, and encourages your body to release healing chemicals to the muscles, spinal cord, and brain.
For sciatica sufferers, the cause of the sciatic nerve pain can be varied. Often, it stems from stress or anxiety. It can also be brought about by over zealous workouts or bad sleep positioning. For others, it is caused by misalignment in other parts of the body. General inflammation is also a reason that people experience flare-ups. Since there are so many reasons for sciatica, there are also many treatments. Around 95% of the population will receive pain relief and long-term benefit from acupuncture treatments. Acupressure, which utilizes the same pressure points along the body – can also be useful.
The Chinese believe that energy flows through your body along pathways. When any pathways are obstructed for any reason, the result is pain or illness. Acupuncture can eliminate these energetic obstructions, especially along nerve endings, and help to rebalance the ‘Chi” or positive energy in your body.
The best part is that you don’t have to ‘believe’ in any sort of healing modality to experience the benefit of acupuncture. It is not faith based or religious in nature. Today, most massage therapies follow the same pressure points that have been used for thousands of years by acupuncturists.
The most difficult aspect of acupuncture, depending upon where you live, can be finding a certified, and properly trained acupuncturist. In many locals, they are not required to get certifications and their practices are not regulated. In order to get the best care for yourself, do some research online before choosing an acupuncturist and ask the practitioner lots of questions before allowing them to work on your body.
Acupuncture can be an amazing, cost effective, and drug free first step to resolving your bouts with sciatica. Many people combine this healing modality with others, such as the ones found in Sciatica Pain – the Secrets.
Most importantly, you should take your sciatic pain seriously. Left untreated – not only can the pain worsen, but it can also lead to further damage and illness to your body and nervous system. You should definitely seek help.
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