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Sciatica Advice
* Sciatica Patients Sciatica Advice for Realizing an Accurate DiagnosisThe biggest problem for most patients with chronic sciatica pain is that they have been misled into believing in a misdiagnosed causation for their symptoms. In order to achieve an accurate diagnosis, I recommend all of the following:* Research your diagnosis thoroughly. Make sure to understand the symptoms you should expect and compare them against the symptoms you actually have. Remember, spinal causes of nerve compression will cause symptoms in specific areas of the lower body. If you have a wider range of symptoms, such as those which would be enacted by a regional ischemia syndrome, there is a good chance your condition has been misdiagnosed. * Get more than one diagnostic opinion. Also, try to get opinions from various types of care providers. Diagnostic diversity is often a sign of misdiagnosis, although the dozens of doctors, who all agreed on my sciatica causes, still got it wrong… * Read some quality knowledge therapy books and use this information to sort out whether you might actually be suffering from psychosomatic sciatica. There is no risk here and the process does not take long. In the long run, it might save you years spent in inappropriate and unnecessary treatment. (I wish I knew this sooner…) * If you have tried a variety of indicated sciatica treatments for your diagnosed condition without success, there is a very good chance you have been misdiagnosed. * If your sciatica symptoms change often in severity, location and frequency, and you have been diagnosed with a spinal causation, there is a good chance you have been misdiagnosed. Sciatica Advice for Ending the PainIn order to heal, you must have an accurate diagnosis, if the condition is indeed structurally induced, and apply appropriate treatments. If you have not been able to find relief through indicated treatments, your doctors might have got it all wrong. If you feel your diagnosis is incorrect or even suspect it, based on any of the above criteria, once again, I recommend knowledge therapy or even a consultation with a Tension Myositis trained physician, such as Dr. John Sarno. These doctors will help you to decide whether your pain is indeed structural or merely ischemic.If you do doubt your structural diagnosis and want to use the knowledge therapy approach to cure your pain, it is crucial to research your condition even more. You need all the logical evidence available to provide you with the sciatica facts your mind will need to repudiate the mistaken diagnosis and overcome the fear caused by the nocebo effect. This is very important for recovery… Sciatica Advice for a Pain Free LifeFinding lasting relief is not that difficult, despite sciatica's fearsome treatment resistant reputation. The most important thing to remember is that ongoing severe sciatica is rarely actually the result of a physical injury or any degenerative process. Injuries will cause pain, but will also resolve on their own or respond to appropriate medical treatments. The body is designed to heal; it is one of our most basic anatomical imperatives. Spinal degeneration is a normal, expected and universal part of the aging process and is not normally the cause of any significant or lasting symptoms. The most common reason for long term sciatica pain is the considerable interactions between the emotional mind (specifically the repression process used in the subconscious mind) and the physical body. Comprehending this simple paradigm shift in thinking is the key to recovery for most affected patients.Sciatica Forum The Sciatica Pain Newsletter. 6/29/08 Revised 1/2/09
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