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Bicycling Sciatica
Bicycling Sciatica InformationCycling entails extended periods of sitting and seated sciatica is one of the main symptomatic expressions for many affected patients. Sitting on a hard bicycle seat can place abnormal pressure on the buttocks, coccyx and sciatica nerve, especially in patients with an unusual positioning of the nerve inside the piriformis muscle, rather than beneath it. Sitting for extended periods of time can make anyone sore and stiff, but combined with active use of the legs and the specific torso positioning of cycling, the pain can become quite severe.Alternately, the emotional sources of sciatica often come to the forefront of the mind when riding. Being on a bike for a long time gives one time to think. This can bring about a defensive response to sensitive or repressed psycho-emotional concerns which threaten to break into consciousness. Additionally, serious cyclists are imposing great pressures on themselves to perform and these perfectionist traits are known causes and contributors to back pain of all varieties. Bicycling Sciatica SolutionsStopping a beloved activity is never a good long term solution, so activity avoidance should not be considered, except in the short term. Better to work on achieving an accurate diagnostic conclusion, so that the patient can be clear as to what is causing the pain and therefore, how to rectify it. Assumption of a structural source is commonplace and standard practice in medical science, even though the statistics clearly show that most unresponsive chronic sciatica is psychosomatic. My advice is to take an active role in your care and research all potential treatments thoroughly. Simply placing your trust in a doctor or chiropractor is akin to being a lamb to the slaughter. Do not forget that the very reason that sciatica and back pain, in general, have such fearsome reputations is not because they are impossible to cure… NO. Instead, the underlying issue comes down to poor diagnostic practices which lead to inappropriate and useless therapy agendas. I endured this torture for 18 long years before I learned the truth… I have to thank Dr. John Sarno of NYU/Rusk for providing me with the real solution to my pain… knowledge therapy.Bicycling Sciatica AdviceSometimes the cure for cycling sciatica can be very easy. It may be as simple as some emotional work and journaling. It may mean changing your bike seat. It might entail altering the technique you use to ride. However, be careful if you are advised to enter into some drastic long term or surgical therapy option. Conservative care practices generally yield disappointing results for sciatica sufferers, while failed sciatica surgery is an absolute epidemic which makes the problem far worse and permanent. Do not rush into anything! Make sure the information provided to you is accurate and logical. If something does not make sense, ask for a clarification and if the issue cannot be explained to you, then seek help elsewhere. This will save you from repeating the mistakes of the legions of sufferers before you…1/26/10
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