In Ayurveda, sciatica is described as ‘Gridhrasi’ because sciatica patient’s walk resembles an eagle’s walk and the inflamed sciatic nerve look like an eagle’s beak.
According to the Ayurveda, sciatica happens when the three Doshas in our body gets disturbed mainly the Vata Dosha. When the Vata Dosha increases in our body this leads to problems like sciatica pain, lower back pain and slipped disc.
A lot of people try to neglect their lower back pain because they think it will heal in a few days, a week or two, but this basically depends upon an individual’s condition.
Symptoms of Sciatica (Degenerative Disc Diseases)
- Feeling pain in the back while sneezing, coughing, bending backwards or laughing.
- Severe pain while sitting or when you bend the rear part of the leg.
- Difficulty while walking and weakness in the knee.
- Pain in the buttocks, hip, feet or the one-sided lower body.
- Intolerable pain while sleeping or while getting up from the bed.
For How Long, Severe Sciatica Pain Last?
Sciatica pain happens in the lower back size and then it further increases through the lower back to hips, buttocks and down the legs.
Sciatica pain happens when nerve roots become compressed or pinched. Most sciatica symptoms are seen in the lower part of the body that affects only the one side.
Sciatica symptoms can be severe in some people that may take weeks to get fully cured but in some cases sciatica symptoms are acute and therefore the patients get cured in one or two-week time. There are a lot of other factors depend upon the recovery time like the sciatica treatment, your food and physical activities or certain exercises or yoga poses that have been advised to you.
Chronic sciatica is actually a result of acute sciatica which turns into chronic sciatica problem because a lot of people do not consult a doctor and neglect their pain thinking the pain will heal itself.
And that is where they are wrong. If a person sees a doctor or start a medication or any type of treatment in the initial stage, then the condition might not become severe.
When you have chronic sciatica, that means the pain is not temporary you might feel pain every day while doing basic physical activities like sitting, standing, walking or laying on a bed.
It is also seen that chronic sciatica pain is a lifelong problem and the pain from sciatica is more severe compared to the acute form and when people have no option left; they go for a surgery or herbal treatment for sciatica pain.
Tips to Get Relief From Sciatica Pain:
Take Rest: If you feel back pain, try to rest for a few days, but this does not mean that you will not consult a doctor.
If after resting for some days you are not getting relief it is better to consult a doctor. And, try not to indulge in a long hour of physical activities, it can make your sciatica symptoms worse.
Try to use ice packs on the lower backside to get relief from sciatica. This will give you temporary relief from the pain.
If you think resting and icing are not working and your pain is increasing day by day, then you need to see a doctor. And the doctors will provide medications to get relief from lower back pain, like:
- anti-inflammatories
- muscle relaxers if spasms are present
- tricyclic antidepressants
- antiseizure medications
- narcotics in severe cases
Mainly doctors provide medicines and in some of the cases, they also suggest some physical therapy once your symptoms are improved. This will help you strengthen your core and back muscles as well.
Doctors also suggest injections (steroid) into the area near the affected nerve, this may reduce the pressure and the inflammation on the sciatic nerve but this has severe side-effects.
If your sciatica problem is causing a loss of bladder control or bowel control, getting surgery can be suggested as the last option (if medication and other treatments didn’t work).
Therefore, going for herbal medicines for sciatica pain treatment can a really good option, because herbs do not cause any side-effects and have tremendous beneficial properties to cure
sciatica pain completely.
Changes in your lifestyle Future Sciatica Problem
- Regular physical exercise, a minimum of 5 days a week.
- Try to maintain good posture while standing, walking or sitting.
- Try to avoid sitting for long hours.
- Try to indulge in sports activities for a healthy mind and body.
- Follow a balanced nutritional diet, eat good food and home-cooked food instead of eating outside junk.
- Try to control diabetes and over-weight problem because it has a higher risk of developing sciatica problem.
SureShot Herbal Medicines for Sciatica Pain Treatment:
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SureShot Herbal medicines are the only medicine in the world which can cure sciatica pain completely.
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