Spinal Decompression Therapy Treatment for Sciatica

Sciatica is a painful sensation caused by pressure that is placed on the sciatic nerve. The nerve will flare up and create a tingling sensation down the leg or sometimes the flare up will show itself in the form of shooting pain down the leg all the way to the toes. If you have ever suffered from sciatica--you know the pain! It's miserable, terrible, and for some people--it just won't stop!

Luckily, there is a relatively new form of chiropractic treatment called spinal decompression therapy which helps in the treatment for sciatica by releasing the disc pressure that is placed on the sciatic nerve. This new treatment will not only relieve your sciatic nerve pain, it can also help to actually repair the discs that were degenerating or damaged so that the sciatic nerve pain never comes back!

What Causes Sciatic Nerve Pain?

Most often, sciatica is actually caused by the disc being inflamed and creating an inflammation on the nerve root sleeve. The release of chemicals from the inflamed disc penetrate the nerve root sleeve causing a painful sensation from the sciatic nerve that radiates down through the lower back and the legs. In most cases, the actual root of the sciatic nerve is not damaged, nor does it have any actual pressure on it from a herniated or slipped disc. Most sciatic nerve pain is associated with pure inflammation of the nerve root sleeve due to the chemical release from an inflamed disc nearby.

How Does Spinal Decompression Therapy Help as a Treatment for Sciatica?

A spinal decompression therapy treatment lasts a total of 30 minutes from start to finish. There are two types of treatment phases associated with the decompression therapy which each lasts 1 minute and then changes rotating back and forth--decompression and relaxation cycles alternate for 1 minute each for a total of 30 minutes.

During the decompression phase, a vacuum effect is applied to the disc reducing the pressure that the disc places on the spin and nerves within the spinal region. During the resting phase of the spinal decompression therapy, the disc is left alone and the spinal area is able to relax and heal. These two phases will alternate one minute cycles for a total of thirty minutes to complete one spinal decompression therapy session at the chiropractor's office.

Where to Get Spinal Decompression Therapy Treatment for Sciatica

You have lots of options when it comes to finding a local chiropractor to treat your sciatic nerve pain. Not all chiropractors will offer spinal decompression therapy as part of their medical routine so you will need to make calls to the local chiropractors in your area and ask them individually if they have the proper equipment to provide decompression therapy. Here are a few other sites that you can check out to find chiropractors in your area that offer spinal decompression therapy:

Spinal Aid

Wellness Centers Chiropractor Directory

American Spinal Decompression Therapy Association