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Sciatica Facts
* Sciatica Information Sciatica Facts and MythsThere is an extensive mythology built up around sciatica and lower back pain in general. The following are the most common sciatic myths:* Sciatica is always caused by a spinal structure compressing a
nerve root.
* Sciatica is a lifelong condition. * Sciatica is best treated with
surgery.
* The lower back is a delicate structure and is highly susceptible to injury. * Sciatica is often caused by spinal degeneration. Real Sciatica FactsIn order to defeat your radicular nerve pain enemy, you must first understand your opponent. Here are some actual facts concerning the true nature of most chronic sciatica conditions:* Sciatica is not difficult to cure, it is difficult to accurately
diagnose.
* Sciatica does not usually result from typical spinal degeneration, despite the many structural scapegoat conditions blamed for its occurrence. * Back Injuries heal 99% of the time and do not cause ongoing chronic pain conditions, although they sometimes act as triggers for psychosomatic sciatica to begin. * The lower back is incredibly strong and is not prone to serious injury more than any other part of the anatomy. * The diagnostic
nocebo
effect is a major contributor to the escalation and perpetuation of
sciatica symptoms.
* Exercise will temporarily provide symptomatic relief from ischemic based sciatic nerve pain conditions. * The number one reason why so many patients never recover is their inability to recognize the underlying psycho-emotional causation of their suffering. Advice Concerning Sciatica FactsMost patients, myself included, have been conditioned to think about back pain the way doctors want it to be viewed. Medical science teaches that most dorsopathy conditions are the direct result of spinal abnormalities, when in fact, clinical research suggests a very different explanation. The medical establishment does not want to upset its long standing view of the body as a complex machine or accept the obvious influence of the emotional mind on the physical anatomy. After all, not only is this principle against the founding Cartesian precepts of modern medicine, but the idea that a physiological disorder can be completely and permanent cured by a psychological treatment greatly undermines the economic viability of the entire back pain industry. Let us not forget that back pain treatment is BIG BUSINESS and accounts for billions of dollars every year in healthcare costs…It took me 18 years to learn the real facts about sciatica, but this knowledge changed my life. Instead of spending all my time and money on ineffectual medical and complementary sciatica treatments, I invested a tiny amount of money in some good knowledge therapy books. Instead of following the blind leadership of my unenlightened doctors, I finally broke free and followed the path of a doctor who learned the true back pain facts many years before… Dr. John Sarno. Best of all, instead of suffering any more, I found true and lasting relief. My life is very different now and I can not even begin to tell you how much better the world can be without the burden of agonizing sciatica pain. But, then again, I might not have to tell you at all… Not if you too are learning the real facts about sciatica… Sciatica Forum The Sciatica Pain Newsletter. 7/1/08 Revised 12/10/09
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