Are You Tired of Short-Lasting and Ineffective Treatments?
Few things can stop you from living your normal life like sciatica pain. Although sciatica can be frustrating to deal with, you’re not alone in your struggle. In fact, plenty of adults will struggle with sciatica pain at some point, sometimes on and off for years. Of course, that doesn’t make your sciatica pain any easier to live with, and it certainly doesn’t help you know what’s causing your sciatica pain or what you can do to stop it.
At this point there are probably many things that you’ve tried for your sciatica pain, such as foam rolling, stretching your muscles, or even visiting your chiropractor for an adjustment.Unfortunately, many of these sciatica pain treatments are often for short-term relief, which can be disappointing and even frustrating when you’re looking for long-term results.
Despite the difficulty you’ve faced so far, there are ways for you to get lasting relief for your sciatica pain and get back to doing the things you love most again.
Introduction: The Basics of Sciatica Pain & How Our Specialists Can Help
Sciatica pain can happen at any age, but it often causes major difficulty in your day-to-day life and can put your favorite activities on the back burner. Are you always adjusting your position to get comfortable, moving awkwardly around your house, and avoiding anything outside of your comfort zone? You’re not alone!
Even though sciatica pain is related to irritation of your sciatic nerve in your hip, it’s usually caused by a combination of different problems that lead to your pain. For example, a common cause of sciatica pain is too much or too little motion in your low back, leading to increased pulling or stress on your sciatic nerve. Regardless of the cause, knowing how to address all contributing problems in a holistic way is the key to getting relief.
The Doctors of Physical Therapy (DPT) in Scottsdale are leading experts in sciatica pain care, and our sciatica pain specialists are ready to help you along your path to relief and recovery. With the right help you can have less pain, less hassle, and more activity back into your life!
Sciatica Pain: Common Causes
Whether your sciatica feels like stubborn aches or burning and tingling, the root cause of your sciatica pain needs to be identified so that it can be handled the right way. Among the many causes of sciatica pain, there are some very common causes that we help our patients with at The Doctors of Physical Therapy in Scottsdale.
Muscle Imbalances are especially common for runners and other athletes, but can happen to anyone who needs to do repetitive activities. Muscle imbalances in your back, hip, or thigh can cause your sciatic nerve to take more stress than it can handle. Knowing which muscles are too tight or too weak is vital to correcting imbalances.
Deep gluteal syndrome is a condition where your sciatic nerve is pressed on by something in the subgluteal space (the area under your glutes). Identifying what’s most likely to be pressing against your nerve is an important first step in helping relieve this pressure for recovery.
Piriformis syndrome happens when the small muscle that crosses the back of your hip (your piriformis) becomes tight and presses on your sciatic nerve. Depending on what’s causing your piriformis syndrome, the right exercise and movement training can make a big difference.
Nerve root irritation from your lower back can cause pain or numbness in your hip and leg. When this is the case, sciatica pain physical therapy that focuses on your lower back may actually be the best course of action to help with your sciatica pain.
Body Mechanics are the way you move, and they can easily contribute to hip and sciatica pain. Expert advice on how to move, and how it should feel, can make the difference in recovering from sciatica pain.
Treatment That Lasts from Sciatica Pain Specialists in Scottsdale: Our Approach
Sciatica pain can make even the most normal days feel difficult, and it can be hard to break the cycle of frustration and disappointment. With the right help, state-of-the-art sciatica pain physical therapy treatments, and ongoing support from a specialist, you can finally get relief from your sciatica pain and live an active lifestyle again.
The Doctors of Physical Therapy in Scottsdale AZ are a team of sciatica pain experts with specialized knowledge and experience to help you recover from your sciatica pain easier, faster, and with more confidence. Our approach includes:
Personalized & Evidence-Based Care
Tired of cookie cutter care plans that don’t work for your needs and doctors who aren’t really paying attention? At DPT we believe that you deserve a care plan that’s designed for you and your unique needs. More importantly, every sciatica pain treatment that you get is backed by science, which is why our clients get relief faster!
The PHIX Approach
Your sciatica pain recovery plan starts with a detailed and thorough assessment that looks at your body as a system, rather than individual pieces. By basing your plan off of your personal story and the best research available, you can find the root cause of your sciatica pain and learn strategies to find relief, feel better, become more active again.
Shockwave Therapy
The natural healing process of your body can be enhanced with innovative technology like shockwave therapy, a regenerative treatment that improves your metabolism, boosts circulation, and accelerates natural healing using energy waves. When regenerative sciatica pain treatments like shockwave therapy are combined with evidence-based sciatica pain physical therapy, you get the best of both worlds!
As trusted and experienced sciatica pain specialists, our physical therapists have training in everything from strengthening, to sports, to wellness programs to help you get back to doing what you love again.
But don’t just take our word for it. Check out what our patients have to say about working with DPT in Scottsdale!
Client Testimonials
Katherine, Early 40’s
“I’m now happy to say that I’m pain free. I have no more shooting pain. I can get up in the morning, and I’m not stiff and uncomfortable. And I can do all my activities and keep up with my kids which is important.”
Doug, Late 40’s
“The balance that this has created is phenomenal. The Change in sleeping behaviors. The release that when I am in pain I can do stuff. We’ve traveled through Switzerland, through Italy in may. And that was one of my goals, I wanted to be able to walk around Italy with my wife for her 50th birthday…”
Teri, Late 40’s
“Living pain free really makes me feel like I’m not going to… like i have quality if life to live! Like I think I had reached a point in my life and thought, ‘Okay, maybe… maybe this is it. Maybe I just start aging now.’ And I feel really good, which I haven’t felt in a long time.”
Beat Your Sciatica Pain and Take Back Your Active Lifestyle
Making a full recovery from your sciatica pain starts with you taking the first step to get the right help. When you reach out to our sciatica pain specialists at DPT, you’re finally getting the right help from the right team of experts to start on your path to recovery, discover the root causes of your pain, and finally get the lasting relief that you’ve been waiting for.
The biggest reason that you’ll find success at DPT is that our team of specialists don’t use sciatica pain treatments that don’t get results for our clients. Because we want you to succeed and beat your pain, we provide dynamic sciatica pain physical therapy treatments that change with you every step of the way, helping you navigate the hurdles that naturally come up during your recovery.
Sciatica pain is normal, you shouldn’t have to live with it long term. If you’re ready to get immediate relief for your sciatica pain and start on your path to recovery today, we’re excited to help you at DPT.
One of the most important factors in your success at DPT is that our team of experts doesn’t use treatments that don’t work for our clients. To help you get real results, we provide dynamic treatments that adapt to your needs each day, paving the way for your progress with treatment and any roadblocks that come up along the way.
Having knee pain is normal, but living with stubborn knee pain isn’t. If you’re ready to get immediate relief for your knee pain and kickstart your recovery with the help of experts you can trust – we’ll be ready for you at DPT!
