The sciatic nerve is the longest in the body, it starts from the lower back and ends on the feet. Everything somehow compresses or irritates the nerve may eventually cause chronic pain, which are called sciatica .
Pains are mild, manageable and very strong. Today, among the new six out of ten patients complaining of backache , suffer from sciatica . The disease affects men and women equally, regardless of their weight, although the extra weight can aggravate the disease.
As a rule, people with sciatica sedentary work. Comfortable chairs will tilt your pelvis slightly back, straining some of the muscles in the lower back and squeezing the other. This leads to a blockage or spasm of the muscles, which affects the sciatic nerve and is manifested by pain. If 30 years ago, the majority of patients with sciatica belonged to the oldest age group, it is now easy to find and the 20-year-olds. They laid the illness at school, after many hours of sitting at their desks.
But there is good news - nine out of ten cases sciatica It can be easily cured. Often, the disease goes away (if that is, in the first days after the start of an attack), it is also possible to get rid of a few pills of ibuprofen and ice on the lower back. If all this does not help, the patient is required to consult with an experienced physician.
Maybe, sciatica the result of the displacement drive. In these cases, the only option would be surgery. It is highly, although risky procedure, as 10% of patients after surgery infection occurs, and 2% required reoperation.
The best prevention of disease is exercise.
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