Common Sciatica pain sensations include:

• Shooting/Radiating pain (felt in any or all of these areas - the thigh, calves and feet especially aggravated with movement - such as transitioning from sitting to standing).
• Burning, tingling or other nervy sensation in the leg, originating from the low back or buttocks.
• Numbness in the buttocks, thighs, calves or feet
• Gluteal pain that is aggravated by sitting

The most common cause of sciatica in order are:

1. Lumbar Disc Bulges provoking the nerve roots (especially L4/5 and S/1).
2. Lumber spinal stenosis (shrinking of the compartment of the spinal cord).
3. Spondylolisthesis (an abnormally forward vertebra – common in gymnasts).
4. Trauma to the leg, glutes or spine.
5. Irritation or pinching of the sciatic nerve (a common muscle entrapment in the hips is called Piriformis syndrome).
6. Joint Injury.
7. sacroiliac dysfunction.

People aged between 30 and 50 are most likely to suffer from sciatica.  People who sit a lot are statistically more likely to experience disc damage and sciatica pain.  High body mass is a risk factor.  People often Google “sciatica from driving”.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over approximately two years, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

At Knead Massage Brisbane our treatments for Sciatica include:

• Low Level Laser Therapy (to improve healing of damaged nerve tissue)
• Electro needling (to improve nerve conduction and blood flow)
• Nerve Glides (to help the nerve tolerate movement)
• Myofascial release (to reduce muscle tone and help pain free movement)
• Joint mobilisations (to reduce compressive tension)
• Corrective Exercises and guidance on how not to aggravate your sciatica pain

The best way to determine optimal symptom relief for sciatica is to understand what structures are causing your pain by consulting with a clinician.

At Knead Massage Brisbane, your Myotherapist will perform a full physical assessment and utilise special tests after a thorough interview to establish the cause of your discomfort.

Sciatica is easy to diagnose, but non responsive sciatica may need to be investigated with scans such as MRI or X-ray.

Sciatic pain has significant variance.  Sciatica symptoms include:

• Shooting/Radiating pain (felt in any or all of these areas - the thigh, calves and feet especially aggravated with movement - such as transitioning from sitting to standing).
• Burning, tingling or other nervy sensation in the leg, originating from the low back or buttocks.
• Numbness in the buttocks, thighs, calves or feet
• Gluteal pain that is aggravated by sitting
• Weakness, or difficulty controlling the leg or foot
• Relentless calf pain – usually on the side or rear

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  The majority of sciatica presentations can improve with treatment.  Sciatica that is non-responsive to treatment needs to be investigated by x-ray or MRI to ascertain if there are serious pathology at play.

Your Myotherapist will perform a full assessment and utilise special tests after a thorough interview to establish the cause of your discomfort.

Sciatica is easy to diagnose, but sometimes the cause of the episode may need to be investigated with scans such as MRI or X-ray.

The majority of sciatica attacks resolve through conservative treatments such as Myotherapy.  It is essential that Sciatica symptoms that do not resolve with treatment are investigated with imaging to rule out life threatening conditions.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over time, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  This process takes approximately two years. Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over time, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  This process takes approximately two years. Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over time, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  This process takes approximately two years. Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

Sciatica that does not respond to treatment should be imaged immediately to ascertain if there are serious pathology at play such as tumours that are compressing the spine.  Any loss of bladder or bowel control is considered a red flag and cause for imaging and immediate involvement of your GP.

Myotherapists Liza Markova and Roger Morelli at Knead Massage Brisbane provide expert sciatica pain treatments.  At Knead Massage Brisbane our treatments for Sciatica include:

• Low Level Laser Therapy (to improve healing of damaged nerve tissue)
• Electro needling (to improve nerve conduction and blood flow)
• Nerve Glides (to help the nerve tolerate movement)
• Myofascial release (to reduce muscle tone and help pain free movement)
• Joint mobilisations (to reduce compressive tension)
• Corrective Exercises and guidance on how not to aggravate your sciatica pain

Myotherapists Liza Markova and Roger Morelli at Knead Massage Brisbane provide expert sciatica pain treatments.  At Knead Massage Brisbane our treatments for Sciatica include:

• Low Level Laser Therapy (to improve healing of damaged nerve tissue)
• Electro needling (to improve nerve conduction and blood flow)
• Nerve Glides (to help the nerve tolerate movement)
• Myofascial release (to reduce muscle tone and help pain free movement)
• Joint mobilisations (to reduce compressive tension)

Corrective Exercises and guidance on how not to aggravate your sciatica pain

Myotherapists Liza Markova and Roger Morelli at Knead Massage Brisbane provide expert sciatica pain treatments.  At Knead Massage Brisbane our treatments for Sciatica include:

• Low Level Laser Therapy (to improve healing of damaged nerve tissue)
• Electro needling (to improve nerve conduction and blood flow)
• Nerve Glides (to help the nerve tolerate movement)
• Myofascial release (to reduce muscle tone and help pain free movement)
• Joint mobilisations (to reduce compressive tension)

Corrective Exercises and guidance on how not to aggravate your sciatica pain

Myotherapists Liza Markova and Roger Morelli at Knead Massage Brisbane provide expert sciatica pain treatments.  At Knead Massage Brisbane our treatments for Sciatica include:

• Low Level Laser Therapy (to improve healing of damaged nerve tissue)
• Electro needling (to improve nerve conduction and blood flow)
• Nerve Glides (to help the nerve tolerate movement)
• Myofascial release (to reduce muscle tone and help pain free movement)
• Joint mobilisations (to reduce compressive tension)
• Corrective Exercises and guidance on how not to aggravate your sciatica pain

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  The majority of sciatica presentations can improve with treatment.  Sciatica that is non-responsive to treatment needs to be investigated by x-ray or MRI to ascertain if there are serious pathology at play.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over time, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  This process takes approximately two years. Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over time, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  This process takes approximately two years. Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over time, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  This process takes approximately two years. Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over time, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  This process takes approximately two years. Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

Sciatica is a condition with many possible origins and onsets.  It depends on the cause of the sciatic pain – disc bulges will shrink over time, reducing the pressure on the spine and the sciatic pathway.  This process takes approximately two years. Other forms of sciatica, such as those resulting from spinal stenosis (narrowing of the compartment of the spinal cord) will only get worse if left untreated.  Sciatica of a muscular origin such as piriformis syndrome may come and go depending on your activity levels without treatment.  Establishing the cause of your sciatica is the most important factor.

Sciatica is caused by a compression (or irritation) of your sciatic nerve.  This compression results in shooting pain and tingling that spreads from the lower back down the buttock, thigh, calf and even the foot. Sciatic pain has significant variance.  Symptoms are often described as burning, dull, nervy, shooting or aching,

Sciatica is caused by a compression (or irritation) of your sciatic nerve.  This compression results in shooting pain and tingling that spreads from the lower back down the buttock, thigh, calf and even the foot.  Common Sciatica pain sensations include:

• Shooting/Radiating pain (felt in any or all of these areas - the thigh, calves and feet especially aggravated with movement - such as transitioning from sitting to standing).
• Burning, tingling or other nervy sensation in the leg, originating from the low back or buttocks.
• Numbness in the buttocks, thighs, calves or feet
• Gluteal pain that is aggravated by sitting

Sciatica is caused by a compression (or irritation) of your sciatic nerve. This compression results in shooting pain and tingling that spreads from the lower back down the buttock, thigh, calf and even the foot. Sciatic pain has significant variance.  Symptoms are often described as burning, dull, nervy, shooting or aching,

Myotherapists Liza Markova and Roger Morelli at Knead Massage Brisbane provide expert sciatica pain treatments.  At Knead Massage Brisbane our treatments for Sciatica include:

• Low Level Laser Therapy (to improve healing of damaged nerve tissue)
• Electro needling (to improve nerve conduction and blood flow)
• Nerve Glides (to help the nerve tolerate movement)
• Myofascial release (to reduce muscle tone and help pain free movement)
• Joint mobilisations (to reduce compressive tension)

Corrective Exercises and guidance on how not to aggravate your sciatica pain

Myotherapists Liza Markova and Roger Morelli at Knead Massage Brisbane provide expert sciatica pain treatments.  At Knead Massage Brisbane our treatments for Sciatica include:

• Low Level Laser Therapy (to improve healing of damaged nerve tissue)
• Electro needling (to improve nerve conduction and blood flow)
• Nerve Glides (to help the nerve tolerate movement)
• Myofascial release (to reduce muscle tone and help pain free movement)
• Joint mobilisations (to reduce compressive tension)

Corrective Exercises and guidance on how not to aggravate your sciatica pain

Myotherapists Liza Markova and Roger Morelli at Knead Massage Brisbane provide expert sciatica pain treatments.  At Knead Massage Brisbane our treatments for Sciatica include:

• Low Level Laser Therapy (to improve healing of damaged nerve tissue)
• Electro needling (to improve nerve conduction and blood flow)
• Nerve Glides (to help the nerve tolerate movement)
• Myofascial release (to reduce muscle tone and help pain free movement)
• Joint mobilisations (to reduce compressive tension)
• Corrective Exercises and guidance on how not to aggravate your sciatica pain