Ms X Y Zhang Liverpool chinese acupuncturist registered with British acupuncture council.
ontact Tel: 07525760837
Practice address : 108 Pilch Lane. Liverpool. L14 7QD.
I have used acupuncture treating many people suffering from sciatica with great benefit. But I have to point out that not every individual patient received significant relieve from acupuncture treatment. sciatica occurs when something pushes on the sciatic nerve. This can be a muscle spasm, the spinal disc slipped out, and sometimes even the spine itself. Most often this pain is due to muscle spasms or a slipped disc. There are a few of factors which might affect the treatment effect. it is very much depending on the cause of sciatica, also the numbers of the treatment received and the life style.
What factors can affect acupuncture effect.
1) Muscle spasms are a common cause of sciatica. Most often is the pisiforms muscle, but it can be other muscles in the low back and pelvic region. If the pisiforms muscle starts to spasm or becomes tight, it can put pressure on the sciatic nerve and cause the pain as well as the radiating symptoms. People with this type of sciatica pain normally can have great relieve from acupuncture treatment.
2) Slipped disc, is when a small portion of the spinal disc bulges out of the spinal column. This disc then pushes on the sciatic nerve causing pain. in some severe cases, spinal stenosis, or a narrowing of the spinal canal, can push on the nerve and cause pain. Acupuncture treatment has very limited effect on this type of the sciatica pain.
3) Another serious cause of sciatica is the spinal tumours, which require immediate medical attention.
4). The numbers of the acupuncture treatment received. Acupuncture is a therapy process that does take one or a few of the courses of the treatment in order to achieve maximum treatment effect. some of the patients do experience some relieve and some don’t feel the benefit after the first treatment. By 4 to 6 treatment most people with sciatica can have significant easier in pain. if people stop the acupuncture treatment too soon after just one or two treatment, obvoursely this is one of the reason some of the people might have the impression that acupuncture doesn’t help sciatica.
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