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Sciatica Running
Sciatica Running TreatmentRunning might be the next logical step for patients who have enjoyed some success in treating their sciatica pain using walking. If you feel like you have maximized your benefits from walking alone and are ready for the next challenge, consider running a good option.Running will work the same muscles as walking, but will provide a greater athletic challenge and increased cardiovascular workout. Running should always be performed on an appropriate surface, to minimize the pounding which is inherent to this moderate impact activity. Running tracks or wooden surfaces are ideal. Running along the beach is great, since sand is a perfect way to reduce impact. Just make sure to run near the waterline, to prevent twisting an ankle in overly soft and dry sand… Sciatica Running PainMany runners experience sciatica which they feel is directly related to their running activities. While this can be true in some instances, running pain is often psychosomatic in origin and relates to repressed emotional issues which may not have anything to do at all with physical activity. For these patients, knowledge therapy is crucial. This treatment will help a runner to recognize the actual underlying causation of their symptoms and get back to running after beating their pain once and for all.Sciatica Running AdviceIf you plan on using running as a sciatica treatment option, be sure to talk to your doctor first. If you get the green light, then go for it! Just remember that running is likely to provide only temporary relief from sciatica pain which is caused by oxygen deprivation. It is not a good option to enact a real and permanent cure.If you are a runner who has developed sciatica recently, or suffered with it for many years, I advise a thorough exam from a qualified physician. No matter what potential physical cause may or may not be discovered during the diagnostic process, just be sure to know the facts about sciatica. Not all diagnoses are correct and just because you have seen a doctor does not excuse you from taking an active role in your own healthcare. Avoid becoming an unfortunate casualty of misdiagnosed sciatica… Talk to your doctor and do some quality independent research. If no structural cause is found or the suspected source does not make perfect sense, then consider the possibility that your pain is simply ischemic… 6/2/09 Revised 12/16/09
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