Sciatica and SportsSciatica and sports are close bed fellows, since so many professional athletes and weekend warriors alike all suffer from sciatic nerve pain. Some patients find relief in sports and physical activity, in general. However, other people find that strenuous or vigorous activity brings on symptoms or intensifies symptoms which already exist…
Sciatica
can be worsened through physical activity in some patients. Sometimes, this is due to a structural spinal condition which is activity sensitive. Other times, the activity plays a part in a
psychosomatic
pain condition and might relate to competition or fear of injury when the individual pushes themselves to participate in sports. Structural conditions should be able to be successfully treated using appropriate medical care. Long term
sciatica pain
blamed on an anatomical source is typically
misdiagnosed;
since the body is designed to heal and heal it will… If this represents your situation, consider the possibility that your painful complaint has been mistakenly diagnosed.
Patients who receive temporary
sciatica relief
from participating in physical activity are almost always suffering from
ischemic
symptoms. Sports, like all physical exertions, increase regional circulation, bringing more blood to the affected area and staving off the effects of cellular
oxygen deprivation.
This ischemic process is the number one source of
chronic sciatica
and is often tied to a psychosomatic causation, although the condition can be purely anatomically induced, as well…Patients with this experience generally benefit from such symptomatic treatment options as physical therapy, exercises and sciatica stretches. However, these modalities are unlikely to enact a real and permanent cure, although they do provide temporary pain alleviation. Sciatica and Sports AdvicePatients who have pain when performing some activities, but not others are likely to also be suffering from psychological sciatica. Some people can play basketball for example, but feel pain whenever they compete in distance running. This is anatomically illogical, but the condition makes perfect sense when the laws of psychology are applied to the pain syndrome. Athletes are generally perfectionistic and self motivated. These are 2 personality traits found in virtually ALL people who suffer from severe psychosomatic pain, regardless of where the symptoms choose to express themselves in the body. Keep this in mind as you search for an answer to your stubborn sciatic nerve symptoms.I never would have believed that my personality type would have had anything to do with my chronic back pain. I suffered for 18 years, while wandering aimlessly through the medical system looking for relief. ( A most disappointing experience!!!) Finally, I discovered that my personality type did not only contribute to my pain; it actually caused it 100%! No wonder the plethora of treatments I tried had no effect… They were seeking to resolve an anatomical source of symptoms while all along, my pain was enacted from my subconscious mind… Sciatica and Sports to Sciatica 8/5/09 Revised 7/28/11 |
Sensei Adam Rostocki
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