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Sciatica is a pain in the lower extremity resulting from irritation of the sciatic nerve. The pain of sciatica is typically felt from the low back (lumbar area) to behind the thigh and can radiate down below the knee. The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body and begins from nerve roots in the lumbar spinal cord in the low back and extends through the buttock area to send nerve endings down the lower limb. Radiculopathy is sometimes referred to as sciatic nerve pain.

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Causes of sciatica

While sciatica is most commonly a result of a lumbar disc herniation directly pressing on the nerve, any cause of irritation or inflammation of the sciatic nerve can produce the symptoms of sciatica. This irritation of nerves as a result of an abnormal intervertebral disc is referred to as radiculopathy. Aside from a pinched nerve from a disc, other causes of sciatica include:

  • Irritation of the nerve from adjacent bone, tumors, muscle, internal bleeding, infections in or around the lumbar spine, spondylolisthesis, injury, spinal stenosis, cauda equina syndrome, osteophyte, and other causes.
  • Sometimes sciatica can occur because of irritation of the sciatic nerve during pregnancy

Symptoms

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  • Degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine.
  • Lumbar disc disease.
  • Herniated disc.
  • Trauma or injury to the lumbar spine.
  • Pain.
  • Burning sensation.
  • Numbness, or tingling radiating from the lower back and upper buttock down the back of the thigh to the back of the leg.
  • Lumbar pain,
  • Buttock pain.
  • Hip pain.
  • Leg pain.

Sometimes the sciatic pain radiates around the hip or buttock to feel like hip pain. While sciatica is often associated with lower back pain (lumbago), it can be present without low back pain. Severe sciatica can make walking difficult if not impossible. Sometimes the symptoms of sciatica are aggravated by walking or bending at the waist and relieved by lying down. The numbness and pain relief by changing positions can be partial or complete.

Diagnosis of sciatica

Sciatica is diagnosed with a physical exam and medical history. The typical symptoms and certain examination maneuvers help the health care professional to diagnose sciatica. Sometimes, X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, and electromyograms, are used to further define the exact causes of sciatica.

Allopathic treatment for sciatica Crazy Doctor GIFs | Tenor

Allopathic treatment options for sciatica depend on its cause and include addressing the underlying cause and physical therapy.

  • Transcutaneous nerve stimulators (TENS units) are sometimes useful for more chronic forms of sciatica.
  • A variety of low back conditioning and stretching exercises are employed to help patient recover from sciatica.
  • Medications used in the treatment of sciatica include pain relievers, muscle relaxants, anti-inflammatories, and antidepressants. Antidepressants actually help in this setting by reducing pain perception in the brain.
  • Other medications that may be helpful include gabapentin and duloxetine. Cortisone medications, given orally or by local injection (epidural injection), can sometimes be helpful in relieving sciatica pain.

Surgical procedures can sometimes be required for persisting sciatica that is caused by nerve compression at the lower spine. Sometimes pain management specialists help with chronic sciatica conditions.

Heat and cold pack topical administration, over-the-counter pain medications such as acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like naproxen, ibuprofen, aspirin, and physical therapy that incorporates gradual exercises and stretching.

Mobility and strengthening: If sciatica is caused by a lumbar disk prolapse (slipped disk), then extension exercises are recommended to help reduce the compression of the disk on the nerve root.

Core exercises: Core strengthening exercises to strengthen the core muscles of the trunk is a option for managing back conditions.

Homeopathic treatment for Sciatica

There are lot of medicines in Homeopathy for nervus system and for sciatica; Here are very few of them which are proven best in my personal practice till now – Dr Qaisar Ahmed MD, DHMS:

Rhus Toxicodendrone

Pain and stiffness in small of back. Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments, and fasciae. Sciatic pains from nape of neck, loins up to extremities; better motion. Soreness of condyles of bones. Limbs stiff paralyzed. Pain along ulnar nerve. Tearing down thighs. Sciatica; worse, cold, damp weather, at night. Numbness and formication. Paralysis; trembling after exertion. Tenderness about knee-joint. Loss of power in forearm and fingers; crawling sensation in finger tips. Tingling in feet.

Agaricus Muscerious

Pain as from fatigue and dislocation in the back, at the nape of the neck and in the loins. Painful weakness in spinal muscles. Sensation of soreness and weakness in the back. Paralytic pain in the loins, increased by walking or by standing. Cracking in joints. Arms weak and without vigor. Burning pain in the arms and fingers. Irregular and hurried movements of arm like an electric shock. Prostration, weariness, and paralytic feeling in arm.

Legs heavy and fatigued. Darting pain in the feet and in the toes. Sciatic pain. Burning itching and redness in the toes. Bunion Sensation of tearing in the limbs. Great sensibility in the whole body; the softest pressure produces continued pains. Weakness and heaviness in all the limbs. Sciatica-Causes-Symptoms-Diagnosis-best-treatmet-Homeopathic-Best-Homeopathic-doctor-in-Pakistan-Dr-Qaisar-Ahmed-Dixe-Cosmetics Trembling. Convulsions. Epileptic fits. Epilepsy (with great exertions of strength).

Gelsemium

Complete relaxation of the whole muscular system. Languor; muscles feel bruised. Every little exertion causes fatigue. Pain in neck, in upper sterno-cleido muscles. Dull aching in lumbar and sacral region, in muscles of back, hips, and lower extremities, mostly deep-seated. Sciatica.

Loss of power of muscular control. Cramp in muscles of forearm. Professional neuroses. Writer’s cramp. Excessive trembling and weakness of all limbs. Hysteric convulsions. Fatigue after slight exercise.

Hypericum Perfuratum

Pain in nape of neck. Pressure over sacrum. Spinal concussion. Sciatica. Coccyx injury from fall, with pain radiating up spine and down limbs. Jerking and twitching of muscles.

Darting pain in shoulders. Sciatica. Cramp in calves. Pain in toes and fingers, especially in tips. Crawling in hand and feet. Lancinating pain in upper and lower limbs. Neuritis, with tingling, burning pain, numbness and flossy skin. Hysterical joints. Tetanus. Traumatic neuralgia and neuritis.

Kali Bichromicum

Cutting through loins; cannot walk; extends to groins. Sciatica. Pain in coccyx and sacrum. Pains fly rapidly from one place to another. Wandering pains, along the bones. Left-sided sciatica; better, motion. Bones feel sore and bruised. Very weak. Tearing pains in tibia; syphilitic rheumatism. Pain, swelling and stiffness and crackling of all joints. Soreness of heels. Tendo Achilles swollen and painful. Pains in small spots.

Oxalic Acidum

Sciatica; Numbness, weakness and tingling. Pains from spine and extend through extremities. Drawing and lancinating pains shooting down extremities. Backache; numb, weak, Myelitis. Muscular prostration. Wrist painful, as if sprained. Lower extremities blue, cold, insensible. Multiple cerebral and posterior spinal sclerosis. Lancinating jerking pains.

Physostgima Venenosum

Pain in popliteal space. Burning and tingling in spine. Sciatica. Hands and feet numb. Sudden jerking of limbs on going to sleep. Tetanic convulsions. Locomotor ataxia. Numbness in paralyzed parts, crampy pains in limbs.

Ammunium Muriaticum

Icy coldness between shoulders; not relieved by warm covering, followed by itching. Bruised pain in coccyx. Backache. Pain as from ulceration in finger tips. Shooting and tearing in finger tips. Ulcerative pain in heels. Contraction of hamstring tendons. Sciatica, worse sitting, better lying. Neuralgic pain in amputated limbs. Offensive sweaty feet. Pain in feet during menses.

Arsenicum Album

Edematous, painless swellings of the neck and of the lower jaw. Tetters between the shoulder – blades. Violent and burning pain in the back, powerfully aggravated by the touch. Acute drawing pains in the arms and in the hands, swelling of the arms, with blackish pustules of a putrid smell. Acute pulling and shooting in the wrists. Excoriation between the fingers, hard swelling of the fingers, with pain in the finger-bones.

Cramp in the legs, acute drawing pains in the hips, extending to the groins, the thighs, and Sciatica-Causes-Symptoms-Diagnosis-best-treatmet-Homeopathic-Best-Homeopathic-doctor-in-Pakistan-Dr-Qaisar-Ahmed-Dixe-Cosmetics sometimes even to the anklebones, with uneasiness, which obliges one to move the limb constantly. Tearing and stinging in the hips, legs, and loins. Tearing in the tibia. Sciatica and/or rheumatic pain in the legs/in the tibia. Paralytic weakness of the thigh. Pains are burning and lancinating. Contraction of the tendons of the ham. Burning and shooting ulcers in the leg. Itching herpes in the bends of the knee. Varices. Fatigue and/or swelling in the legs and in the feet, burning, hard, and shining, with burning vesicles of a blue-blackish color.

Paroxysms of suffering with anxiety, coldness, rapid failure of strength, and wish to lie down. Edematous swellings, with burning pain in the parts affected. Excessive indolence, and dread of all exertion. Want of strength, excessive weakness, and complete asthenia, even to prostration, sometimes with paralysis. Paralysis and contraction of the limbs, especially of the lower extremities. Sciatica.

Ignitia Amara

Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Stitches in lower back; in the nape of the neck. Convulsive bending backwards of the spine. Lancinations as by knives, from the loins to the thighs. Weak back, with sciatica. Convulsive starting in the arms in the deltoid muscle, and in the fingers. Tearing in the arms, tension in the wrist. Sensation of torpor and digging in the arms. Warm perspiration in the palm of the hand and fingers.

Incisive, tearing pains in the posterior surface of the thighs, on fatiguing the muscles. Sciatica, with weakness of back and lower limbs. Limbs swollen, thigh knotty, cannot get up or lie down without pain. Convulsive starting of the legs. Stiffness of the knees and of the feet. Cracking in the knee. Painful sensibility of the soles. Shootings and pain, as from ulceration in the soles. Sensation of burning in the heels. Coldness of the feet and legs, extending above the knee. Sensation of burning in corns.

Hydrastis Canadensis

Muscles of neck feel sore. Tired aching across small of back and in limbs; knees ache. Limbs tired, ache, with coryza. Shifting pains in arm and leg. Pain from head to shoulders, with aching in both elbow, forearms, shoulders and first fingers.

Sharp shifting pain in limb, from middle of thigh down to middle of leg. Pain from hip to knee, while walking. Sciatica. Legs feel weak; knees weak; aching. Aching in sole; no relief from change of position.  Weakness, physical prostration. Frequent sudden attacks of fainty spells, with profuse cold sweat all over. Mucous membranes: secretions increased, tenacious, ropy; erosions. Muscles greatly weakened; atony.

Drosera Rotundifolia

Stiffness at the nape of the neck, with pains during movement. Bruise-like pains in the back. Twitching in shoulder, only when at rest. Pains, as from a bruise, in the joints of the arms and of the hands. Cramp and stiffening of the fingers, on grasping an object. Nocturnal pains in the bones of the arm, going off during motion in the day.

Sciatica. Paralytic pains in the coxo-femoral joint, and in the thighs, which occasion limping. Incisive shootings in the legs. Violent stitch in the os ischium, on rising from a seat. Tearing and stiffness in the joints of the feet. Gnawing shootings in the cavities of the bones of the arms and of the legs, exceedingly violent, with violent shootings in the joints, during repose, rather than during movement. Shooting and painful pressure in the muscles of the limbs, paralytic weakness in all the limbs. Gnawing-stinging in the long bones; worse during rest.

Rhuta Graveolens

Pain in nape, back and loins. Backache better pressure and lying on back. Lumbago. Spine and limbs feel bruised. Small of back and loins pain. Legs give out on rising from a chair, hips and Sciatica-Causes-Symptoms-Diagnosis-best-treatmet-Homeopathic-Best-Homeopathic-doctor-in-Pakistan-Dr-Qaisar-Ahmed-Dixe-Cosmetics thighs so weak. Contraction of fingers. Pain and stiffness in wrists and hands. Ganglia. Sciatica; worse, lying down at night; pain from back down hips and thighs. Hamstrings feel shortened. Aching pain in tendo-Achilles. Thighs pain when stretching the limbs. Pain in bones of feet and ankles.

Colocynthus

Tension in the neck and shoulder-blades. Drawing stretched like pains in the back. Great weakness in the back. Bruise-like pain in the joint of the shoulder; Aching, pressive, and shooting pain in the arms; Cramping in the hands, which with difficulty suffers the fingers to be opened. Pain in the coxo-femoral joint, as if it were fastened with an iron clasp, the pelvis and sacral region, with pains extending from the lumbar region to the legs. Tensive lancination, in the lumbar region and of the hips. Sciatica. Sensation of coldness in the knees. Great heaviness and trembling of the legs. The feet go to sleep. Swelling of the feet. Tearing in the soles of the feet during repose.

Contraction of the tendons in some parts only, or throughout the body. Twitching of the muscles. Stiffness in all the joints. Sciatica.

Agaricus Muscarius

Pain as from fatigue and dislocation in the back, at the nape of the neck and in the loins. Painful weakness in the muscles of the back. Sensation of soreness and great weakness in the back. Paralytic pain in the loins, increased by walking or by standing. Sciatica. Arms weak and without vigour. Burning pain in the arms. Irregular and hurried movements of arm; Alzheimer’s disease. Upper arms shaken as from an electric shock. Prostration, weariness, and paralytic feeling in arm. Trembling and coldness and tearing in the fingers. Legs heavy and fatigued, esp. in the thighs. Burning itching and redness in the toes. Bunion.

Magnesia phosphoric

Wonderful homeopathic medicine for sciatica pain of right side. Cutting sciatica pains; shooting, stabbing, or stitching in nature. Pain starts in the lower back and extends down the right hip, thigh, hollow of knee and leg. Pressure or warm applications gives relief.

Gnaphalium Polycephalum

Cramps in calves of legs and feet when in bed. Rheumatic pain in ankle joints and legs. Intense pain along the sciatic nerve; numbness alternates with pain. Sciatica. Frequent pains in calves and feet. Gouty pains in big toes. Better, drawing limbs up, flexing thigh on abdomen. Gouty concretions. Anterior crural neuralgia. Pain in joints. Chronic muscular rheumatism of back and neck.

Valeriana officinalis

Rheumatic pains in limbs. Constant jerking. Heaviness. Sciatica; pain worse standing and resting on floor; better walking. Pain in heels when sitting.

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Severe bone-pains. Periosteum thickened, especially tibia; sensitive to touch. Rheumatism; pains at night and in damp weather. Contraction of joints. Rheumatism of knees with effusion. Pain in small of back and coccyx. Pain in hip, forcing limping. Sciatica; cannot stay in bed; worse at night and lying on affected side. Formication of lower extremities when sitting, better lying down.

Chamomilla

Tensive stiffness of neck muscles. Shooting, pulling, tearing pain in the back. Painful stiffness in the loins, after having been seated some time. Insupportable pain in the loins and in the hip. Convulsions in the back, with a throwing backwards of the head, and stiffness of the body as in tetanus.

Cracking in joints, with pain in them as if bruised. Pain in periosteum of limbs with paralytic weakness. Convulsive single jerks in limbs. Numbness and stiffness of the arms on grasping an object. Convulsions of the arms, with clasping in of the thumb Paralytic weakness in the arms.

Paralytic and drawing pain in the hip and in the thigh, extending to the feet, chiefly at night. Tension of the muscles of the thighs, and of the legs. Cramps in the calves of the legs. Sciatica. Burning in the soles of the feet (at night, he puts his feet out of bed). Sensation of numbness in the toes.

Arnica Montana

Gout. Great fear of being touched or approached. Pain in back and limbs. Sprained and dislocated feeling. Soreness after overexertion. Everything on which he lies seems too hard. Deathly coldness of forearm. Cannot walk erect, on account of bruised pain in pelvic region. Rheumatism begins low down and works up. Sciatica.

Gensing

Hands feel swollen. Skin feels tight. Contraction. Coldness in back and spine. Bruised pain in small of back and thighs; nightly digging in right lower limb to toes. Burning heat in tips of fingers. Sciatica. Stiff, contracted joints, heaviness of lower limbs. Crackling in joints. Stiffness in back.

Cotyledon umbilicus

Effective homeopathic medicine for sciatica pain and sensitivity in lower limbs. Heaviness in the lower limbs. Stinging pain in the hip.

Bryonia Alba (Sciatica that Worsens with Walking)Pinterest

Bryonia Alba is the most effective Homeopathic medicine for sciatica that gets worse from walking. The slightest motion may worsen sciatica. Lying down absolutely still provides some relief. Feeling of heaviness in affected side.

Kali Iod (Sciatica that gets Worse with Sitting or Standing)

Kali Iod is an excellent remedy for sciatica that offers great help where sitting or standing worsen pain, pain that gets worse at night. Walking provides some relief. Another unique feature in such cases is formication on the legs. The formication is mostly felt while sitting.

Valeriana Officinalis (Sciatica where standing Increases Pain)

Valeriana Officinalis is the most suitable medicine for sciatica that gets worse from standing, sciatic pain getting worse from stretching the leg. Walking may make things better. Valeriana Officinalis is the medicine of choice to prescribe where severe pain is felt from the calf (back of leg) to heel.

Kreosotum

Lower back pain, continuous burning in small of back. Drawing pain along coccyx to rectum and vagina, where a spasmodic, contractive pain is felt. Senselessness of an arm or leg. Shootings in muscles and joints of shoulders. Painful paralytic sensation in fore-arms and fingers. Numbness of fingers. Heaviness in legs. Drawing and shooting pains in limbs, as from dislocation, in joints of knees and feet or pain from ulceration, and burning (itching) sensation in soles. Painful paralytic sensation; pulling and shooting pains. Lassitude, heaviness, and painful weariness in all limbs. Sciatic nerve pain.

Aconit Nepalus

Painful stiffness in the nape of the neck, the loins, and the hip joints, numbness, paralytic Sciatica-Causes-Symptoms-Diagnosis-best-treatmet-Homeopathic-Best-Homeopathic-doctor-in-Pakistan-Dr-Qaisar-Ahmed-Dixe-Cosmetics weakness, sensation of drawing in the arms. Sciatica. Extremity feels dead, swelling, heat and tingling. Paralytic weakness in the legs. Shooting pain in the hip joint, even to the knee; pain which forces a cry at every step. Shooting, or rheumatic pains. Rapid and general decay of strength.

What is the prognosis for sciatica?

Depending on the precise cause of sciatica, the duration of symptoms and method of treatment (allopathic or Homeopathic), the outlook for recovery from sciatica ranges from excellent to having long-term chronic symptoms.

The duration of sciatica is critically dependent on its cause. A herniated disc, back sprain, shingles, and degenerative lumbar spine can all cause temporary forms of sciatica, lasting from days to weeks. Each can also cause chronic sciatica.

Sometimes degeneration of the lumbar spine and discs can cause chronic sciatica that persists unless surgical intervention or a good Homeopath can help these types of patients with just medication, cure is possible without surgery in 20-60 days.

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Brief Profile Dr Qaisar Ahmed is a distinguished Physician & Chief Consultant at Al-Haytham Clinic, Risalpur. He is highly knowledgeable, experienced and capable professional who regularly contributes to various publications and runs a widely read specialized blog on health issues. Dr Qaisar Ahmed is one of the most sought after speakers at conferences and seminars on health and well being. Dr Qaisar Ahmed has a strong academic and professional background. Studied Masters in Medicines and surgery, Abdominal Surgeries, Oncological surgeries, Gastroenterologist, Senior research officer in Dnepropetrovsk state medical academy Ukraine; DHMS in Sarhad Medical college, Nowshera and is a registered Homeopathic practitioner (No. 164093) from The National Council of Homeopathy, Islamabad; Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharyat Law) from Allama Iqbal University, Islamabad. At the Dnipropetrovsk state medical Academy, Ukraine, Dr Qaisar Ahmed also attended many international seminars and workshops in the UK, Europe, Russia and UAE. Dr Qaisar Ahmed widely traveled the world and during his visits to Norway, Sweden and France, he learnt from acclaimed homeopathic practitioners and writers. At his registered establishment with the K.P.K Healthcare Commission Dr Qaisar Ahmed treats his patients as per international standards of homeopathy. He takes all kinds of chronic cases, though his main areas of focus include Cardiac diseases, Hypertension, Cholesterol, Asthma and other respiratory diseases, allergies and infection, Renal/urinary tract stones and diseases, Gastroenterology especially Gallbladder stones, haemorrhoids, Gastric ulcers, Crohn's disease, Eye diseases, Eyesight and cataracts, Sciatica, Rheumatoid and osteoArthritis, Gout, Varicose, Paralysis, Skin diseases and Unwanted facial Hairs, male/Female infertility, PCOS and menstrual diseases, Thyroid diseases. He runs a state of the art online homeopathy course “HOMEOPATHY for HOME”. This is an orientation course for the Homeopathy Medical System, meant for new homeopathic practitioners, basic learners, patients, allopathic doctors, nurses, alternative medicine practitioners, and students aspiring for a career in homeopathy. Dr Qaisar Ahmed belongs to the progeny of a noble Sayad (generation of Hazrat Mulk Shah Sahib - Sargodha who is the real son of Hazrat Hassan R.A) family of Risalpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His father Dr Inzar Gull is a distinguished Homeopathic doctor with deep insight into religion, pedagogy, oratory, faith healing and traditional medicines. Dr Qaisar Ahmed's inspiration for learning religion, its laws came from his father. He happily lives with his two wives and three children in Risalpur at Inzar Gull street, House# one. Location: Al-Haytham clinic, Umer Farooq Chowk Risalpur Sadder. K.P.K, Pakistan. Contacts: 0923631023, 03119884588, 03059820900. Find more about Dr Sayed Qaisar Ahmed at : https://www.youtube.com/Dr Qaisar Ahmed https://www.facebook.com/dr.qaisar.dixecosmetics