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Sciatica Symptoms
* Unilateral Sciatica Sciatica Symptoms / PainSciatica pain is definitely the king of radiculopathy symptoms. Pain can be experienced in the lower back, buttocks, legs or feet and might range from dull to extreme. Pain is the most prevalent symptom and also the one which elicits the most FEAR, since it can make life a living hell for any affected patient. Sciatica muscle spasms can occur in some patients, bringing on unimaginable agony and creating long lasting emotional scars.Chronic sciatica pain is generally not caused by an injury or degenerative condition, although these circumstances are typically blamed for the symptoms. Most injuries will heal on their own or resolve with appropriate medical attention. Most degenerative conditions are not symptomatic at all and are merely a normal part of the spinal aging process. The most common reason for ongoing pain is ischemia caused by a psychosomatic process. Sciatica Symptoms / TinglingSciatica tingling is a common neurological symptom which shows up in a great number of diagnosed dorsopathy conditions. Tingling is usually suspected to be a direct result of a pinched nerve and this might be the case in a small minority of affected individuals. However, chronic tingling is certainly far more common in patients affected by ischemia. This is even more true in sciatica patients, since their symptoms generally change often and affect large areas of the lower body. These circumstances would be impossible if the causation was actually a single compressed nerve root somewhere in the lumbar spine…Sciatica Symptoms / WeaknessActual or perceived sciatica weakness can result from injury, inflammation or ischemia. In back pain patients, all three of these situations are presented frequently. However, inflammation due to traumatic injury will heal within days and should not cause ongoing muscular weakness. Injury to the back muscles or spinal structures should also heal and weakness is typically a temporary symptom lasting several days to several weeks. For weakness which endures for months or even years, the cause is virtually always oxygen deprivation.Sciatica Symptoms / NumbnessSciatica numbness sounds good to some patients who experience mostly pain, but it is certainly no joy to endure… Numbness is a disturbing feeling, which is closely tied to tingling (generally at the beginning and end of a numb period) and weakness (generally occurring over time with prolonged periods of numbness). Continued compression of a spinal nerve root will indeed cause long term numbness in the affected anatomical region. For patients who experience chronic numbness without pain, a pinched nerve is often to blame. However, bouts of recurrent numbness, especially in the presence of pain and tingling are more commonly caused by simple ischemia.Advice on Sciatica SymptomsNo matter what symptomatic profile you must put up with, I understand that it is no fun… I suffered with a constantly changing symptomology over the course of my 18 years battling back and leg pain. My primary symptom was definitely PAIN, but I also experienced acute bouts of tingling, numbness and especially weakness in my early years of suffering. Later on, I experienced more chronic pain, tingling and weakness, but less acute pain and numbness. Regardless, my back pain experience was one of utter terror and misery from the first day till the last…Constant and consistent symptoms are better indicators of a structural causation. Variable, wide ranging or often changing symptoms are better indicators of an ischemic pain syndrome. If this is your reality, you should investigate knowledge therapy as your preferred option. This is the same easy and free (or very low cost) therapy I used to finally resolve my own pain after all those horrible years of torture. If I can help you to recover, feel free to write to me for advice anytime… Sciatica Forum The Sciatica Pain Newsletter. 6/27/08 Revised 11/18/08
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