Sciatica Specialist
Understanding Sciatica and Treatment Options
When do you need a Sciatica Specialist? Sciatica is more than just back pain; it’s a condition that can significantly disrupt your daily life. Characterized by pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve—from your lower back through your hips and down each leg—sciatica can make even simple movements a challenge. At Nexus Pain Center, we specialize in providing effective and compassionate care to help you find relief.
Nexus Pain Center Has Sciatica Specialist?
Yes we do! At Nexus Pain Center, our team of sciatica specialists is dedicated to offering personalized treatment plans tailored to your unique needs. Our goal is to alleviate your pain and improve your quality of life through a combination of advanced medical techniques and compassionate care.
Comprehensive Sciatica Treatment Options
We offer a variety of treatment options designed to address the root cause of your sciatica:
Physical Therapy: Customized exercises to strengthen muscles and improve mobility.
Injections: Targeted treatments to reduce inflammation and pain.
Surgical Options: For severe cases, our specialists can perform minimally invasive surgeries.
Multiple Locations With Sciatica Specialist!
No matter where you are in Georgia, Nexus Pain Center is here to help. We have locations in:
Columbus
Fayetteville
LaGrange
Newnan
McDonough
And we are excited to announce a new location coming soon, ensuring that expert sciatica treatment is always within reach.
Hear from Our Patients
“The team at Nexus Pain Center gave me my life back. Their personalized approach to treating my sciatica made all the difference.” – John D.
Take the First Step Toward Sciatica Pain Relief
Don’t let sciatica control your life. Contact Nexus Pain Center today to schedule an appointment with one of our specialists. Visit us at any of our convenient locations. Your path to recovery starts here. Even consider this blog on how these exercises can help with sciatica pain!
Sciatica Treatment Q & A
What is Sciatica?
Sciatica isn’t a stand-alone medical diagnosis. Instead, it’s a symptom of another underlying medical condition.
Signs of sciatica include tingling, numbness, and weakness that originate in your lower back and travels down the back of each leg. Some of the lower back problems that can cause sciatica symptoms include:
- Herniated disk or degenerative disk disease: pressure on the nerve root
- Spondylolisthesis: out-of-line vertebrae narrow the opening
- Spinal stenosis: nerve pressure results from narrowing of the spinal canal
How is Sciatica diagnosed?
A sciatica diagnosis includes a review of your medical history and your symptoms, as well as a physical exam. A straight-leg-raise test, where you lie on your back with your legs straight and slowly raise each leg and until your pain begins, helps the specialists at The Nexus Pain Center pinpoint the nerves affected and determine if you have a problem with one of your disks.
You may also undergo other diagnostic tests including:
- X-rays: to rule out spine fractures
- Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography: to create images of the structures of your back
- Electromyography: to examine electrical impulse travel
- Myelogram: to determine if a vertebra or disk is causing the pain
We are your Sciatica Specialist
Regardless of the cause of your sciatica, the specialists at The Nexus Pain Center use an interventionally driven approach. Therefore, rather than just using one course of action, be it prescribing medication or recommending physical therapy, all sources of treatment are used to eliminate pain in the fastest and most effective way possible.
The most common procedure used to alleviate the pain associated with sciatica is an epidural steroid injection to reduce inflammation. Because an epidural is an injection, it goes directly into the area of pain around your sciatic nerve.
The effects of an epidural tend to be temporary. However, it provides enough relief to allow you to utilize a physical therapy program.
Call or make an appointment online with the well-trained, board-certified specialists at The Nexus Pain Center in Columbus or LaGrange, Georgia, to decrease the pain associated with your sciatica.
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