When “sciatic” type of symptoms won’t go away, what else can be considered as causes? Travell and Simons emphatically state that “Sciatica is a symptom, not a diagnosis; it’s cause should be identified.” (Vol II, p. 173) Here’s a list of things you can check. Structural asymmetries: Anything that makes one hip higher will cause […]
As a Neuromuscular Therapist, how do I think about the muscle pain and numbness caused by a herniated disc? Whenever there is a problem in the low back such as a herniated disc, the nerve signals generated by the irritation there can cause symptoms down into the muscles along the nerve pathway that can persist long […]
The symptoms of butt and leg pain, numbness and burning in the foot and “foot drop” that were caused by muscles in Pablo’s case were treated with Neuromuscular Therapy techniques in my clinic West of Boston. Trigger Points, nerve entrapment (piriformis syndrome), and local muscle inflammation were all addressed. Treatment included NMT locally in his […]
Pablo had 36 treatments in my Neuromuscular Therapy clinic and only needs maintenance now. He started at twice a week for a month then once a week for a month, and kept stretching out the time between treatments depending on the the window of time in which his pain returned. My criteria for a “breakthrough” […]
Pain deep in the buttock and down the leg is a disturbing symptom of a herniated disc.A metro-West Boston Physiatrist sent a 60 year old patient for treatment in my Neuromuscular Therapy Center. His pain was one-sided and deep in the buttock. He would feel referred sensations down his leg when he was active and would […]
Whenever there is a problem in the low back such as a herniated disc, the nerve signals generated by the irritation there can cause symptoms down into the muscles along the nerve pathway that can persist long after the spinal irritation is gone. Low back problems and their resulting issues cause more insurance complaints than […]
Herniated discs in the low back (especially L4,L5 and S1)) don’t always cause pain, but when they do, irritation of the nerve root affects all of the muscles along the sciatic pathway. With medical sources ruled out in the spine and disc , the pain is most likely caused by muscles. When butt and leg pain are […]
Back pain often continues even when surgery to correct a herniated disc has been performed. Sally S., a woman in her early 40’s, was referred to my Boston area Neuromuscular Therapy center by her psychotherapist for treatment of ten years of chronic low back pain. There had been no initiating accident or injury. She described the pain […]