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Unilateral Sciatica
Unilateral Sciatica CausesLike all sciatic nerve conditions, there are many potential causes for pain, tingling, numbness and weakness in one leg. Some of the most common diagnoses behind a unilateral symptomology include:* Asymetrical
spinal stenosis. * Ruptured disc causing sciatic nerve pain through chemical radiculitis. These are all typical spinal abnormalities on which most sciatica is blamed. However, research has clearly shown that most of these conditions are often misdiagnosed. The majority of spinal structural conditions are coincidental to the pain and the symptoms do not even match the clinical picture of the diagnosis in many cases. Ironically, the leading cause of sciatic nerve pain is rarely correctly identified in the majority of suffering patients. That causation is simple ischemia… Unilateral Sciatica ConditionSciatica which is very predictable in its symptoms has a better chance of being caused by an actual structural cause. Patients who experience pain in a specific area, the same way each time, better fit the profile for a physically induced set of symptoms. This is certainly not a rule written in stone, but it generally applies…Unilateral sciatic nerve pain is typically a bit more patterned than bilateral sciatica pain. Patients who have a regular pain pattern can be slightly more confident in a structural diagnosis than patients whose pain changes frequently. Of all the patients who write to me with questions about chronic sciatica, approximately 85% to 90% have a variable pain syndrome which changes often or even constantly. It is very difficult to buy into the usual diagnoses when the symptoms move around so frequently, vary in severity and specific sensations produced and even occasionally switch legs… Unilateral Sciatica AdviceLike all sciatica conditions, unilateral symptoms are most commonly caused by oxygen deprivation of the regional area surrounding the upper sciatic nerve. This explains why the symptoms change so often and also gives a far better insight to the causation of accompanying lower back pain and particularly muscle spasms in the lumbar region and buttocks. There is an excellent chance that your sciatic nerve symptoms are being blamed on some injury or spinal degenerative process. Although this is indeed possible, it is highly unlikely for patients with long term pain. Remember, injuries heal and most degeneration is normal and expected. Oxygen deprivation is a far more logical explanation for chronic radicular pain anywhere in the body. In order to treat this epidemic condition, I typically recommend using the simple techniques offered by knowledge therapy.9/24/08 Revised 12/13/09
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