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Pinched Sciatic Nerve
Almost everyone who has a pain radiating down the leg is diagnosed with
sciatica. Do you know that if a
nerve is really pinched that you could barely have a conversation with
me? You be wracked with pain. As it is now, your pain comes and goes.
You may even have a tingling down your leg. No, it isn’t your sciatic
nerve getting pinched. You simply have a
ligament in your
lower
back,
such as the
sacroiliac ligament that is not stabilizing your pelvis. The
pain or numb feeling down your leg is a
referral
pain.
It isn’t a nerve getting pinched. If you can sit in a chair and raise
your leg straight out in front of you without reproducing your pain,
then most likely you have a ligament injury and not an injury to your
sciatic nerve. (In other words, you don’t have
lumbar
Radiculopathy).
If you have more
low back pain than leg pain, then most likely you have
a ligament injury in your back and not a
pinched nerve. If you are in
pain but it isn’t to the point of causing you to sweat, you most likely
have a ligament injury, not a sciatic nerve getting pinched. If you can
feel equally in both legs, in other words the
numbness you feel isn’t
true numbness, because when someone touches your skin you feel it fine.
It is thus numbiness.
Numbiness is the sensation of numbness, but on
physical examination your sensation (sense of touch) is fine. This is a
referral sensation, generally from a ligament injury, not a nerve
injury.
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Ross Hauser, M.D.
Caring
Medical and Rehabilitation Services
Dr.
Hauser received his M.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago; completed his
residency at Loyola-Hines VA-Marianjoy Hospitals in Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation; and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Hauser is one of the leading
experts in the treatment of chronic pain and sports injuries with
Prolotherapy.
He, along with his wife Marion, have written seven books on the
topic of Prolotherapy, a comprehensive book on the natural medicine
approach to cancer, as well as a myriad of articles and newsletters
for the general public. Read more about
Ross Hauser MD
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