How treatment at Osteopath London can help?
When you have agonizing symptoms like sciatica, you must be sure that any treatment you find is suitable for you. The most excellent way to do this is to get an accurate diagnosis from a healthcare professional who specialises in musculoskeletal problems. At the Hampstead you will be seen by a registered osteopath who will carry out a thorough and complete assessment before making a diagnosis and offering treatment.
Once the cause of your problems has been established, osteopathic management can be very effective at relieving symptoms such as back pain and stiffness, sciatica and other leg symptoms. Your management possibly will include mobilisation of vertebral joints, which helps free up trapped nerves and allows greater range of movement in the back.
Soft tissue methods are then often used to lessen the muscle spasms which are regularly associated with back injuries. You will also be shown how to deal with your symptoms through better posture and safe exercises which will reinforce your body and make you more flexible, so that your symptoms don’t keep coming back.
What leg symptoms might I experience when I have injured my back?
There are numerous back injuries that will cause in different kinds of leg symptoms and the severity of the symptoms in your legs may not have any relationship with your back pain’s severity. Dull ache in the buttocks and thigh sometimes becomes a sharp pain on particular movements.
Injury that are more severe can lead to lots of inflamation which will aggravates the nerve and may result in sharp shooting pain which can extend as far as your foot. Pins and needles, numbness, cramping and cold or burning sensation could be other symptoms. You can also weakness in your legs.
What causes these different symptoms?
Nerves being compromised in some way by the symptoms listed above. The more severe the injury in the back the further down the leg will travel and this is a general rule. Common causes include herniated discs, hypertonic muscles, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, or anything that puts pressure on the nerves e.g. tumours or infection. Several other issues can cause leg problems during pregnancy.
Learn more about Osteopath London. Stop by Ben Posen’s site where you can find out all about Osteopathy Clinic and what it can do for you. Hampstead Osteopathy is a friendly osteopathic clinic in London NW6.