How long does sciatica usually take? How to treat sciatica fastest? Before answering these two questions, let's learn the basic knowledge of sciatica.
Why sciatica?
Sciatic neuralgia is more common in middle-aged people, but in recent years, with the change of lifestyle, the onset age is getting younger and younger, and the incidence rate of heavy manual workers is higher than that of light manual workers. However, light manual workers, with decreased waist muscle strength and long-term sedentary, are prone to static strain and sciatica.
In addition, in the late pregnancy, with the gradual increase of the fetus, the pressure in the pelvic cavity is getting bigger and bigger, which compresses the sciatic nerve and causes sciatica.
Is sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation?
The most common cause of sciatica is lumbar disc herniation, but not all of them are caused by lumbar disc herniation. Spinal canal stenosis, tumor compression in vertebral body, spinal cord injury, pelvic cavity and pelvic diseases, lumbosacral radiculitis, etc. Can also cause sciatica.
How to treat sciatica? How to treat sciatica fastest? Sciatic neuralgia can be caused by many reasons, so the first step of treatment is to find out the reasons and then carry out targeted treatment. Sister Wang's sciatica is caused by lumbar disc herniation, and the reason is very clear.
How to treat sciatica fastest? How long does sciatica usually take?
The prognosis of sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation is good. Generally, surgery is not needed, and the pain can be relieved through proper rest and conservative treatment such as drugs.
However, some people say that conservative treatment is not as fast as surgery, and it can also root out. The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is a bit cruel. Why? Surgery can indeed quickly relieve the compression of intervertebral disc and release the tissues around the nerve, but surgery is not the guarantee of root cutting, because surgery may bring new injuries and lead to the recurrence of sciatica.
So, how to treat sciatica the fastest? Or conservative treatment. Drug therapy is a common therapy for sciatica, and Yaotongning capsule is a common drug for treating lumbago and leg pain caused by cold and dampness blocking collaterals.
In addition, exercise therapy can not be ignored, and core muscle training can be strengthened through exercise to prevent recurrence. It is inevitable that Sister Wang should avoid sitting for a long time. It is also good to change her posture more.
How long does sciatica usually take?
This is related to the severity of the disease (that is, the size and location of lumbar disc herniation). People with sciatica for the first time have a relatively short recovery time, usually within 3 months, and more than half a year. For patients with recurrent attacks, it is difficult to say how long sciatica usually takes, because local adhesion and calcification may occur.
Therefore, patients who have just been diagnosed with sciatica should be actively treated and exercise moderately at ordinary times to prevent recurrence.
You can try to do this, learn early and benefit early!
1. Adjust sitting posture
It's never too late to form good habits. If the previous sitting posture is very casual, you often use the way of "paralysis" or "lying down" and correct it in time. When sitting, try to use the strength of your waist and abdomen, keep your back upright and stand up instead of leaning back. Besides, you can't sit still forever. It is best to sit for a while and then stand up and take two steps. If you are limited by work and other reasons, you can also choose to do some chest expansion exercises, twist your waist and let your body move as much as possible.
keep warm
Compared with thick cotton-padded clothes, many people prefer to wear light clothes, which not only facilitates activities, but also makes people look better. But people with sciatica should pay attention to keep warm, especially in the spine. If they are exposed to cold, the meridians may be blocked, which may further aggravate the condition of sciatica.
Proper exercise
If you want to prevent sciatica, you should strengthen physical exercise and exercise regularly. Some people who are already ill, if their illness is mild, should strengthen exercise, but pay attention to controlling the intensity and time of exercise. For people who are seriously ill, some exercises may be unrealistic, but they can't be let go. Taking some gentle ways, such as massage and swinging your legs, can also have obvious relief effect.
If you are unfortunately suffering from sciatica, you should choose the following ingredients in your daily life: cheese (one of which is also called cheese) is a fermented dairy product, and its properties are similar to ordinary yogurt. Both of them are made by fermentation, and both of them contain lactic acid bacteria which can be used for health care. However, the concentration of cheese is higher than yogurt, and it is similar to solid food, so it is more nutritious. Cheese originated in West Asia and is a delicious food handed down from ancient times. However, the taste of cheese really began to brew in Europe. Each kilogram of cheese products is concentrated from 10 kg of milk, which is rich in nutrients such as protein, calcium, fat, phosphorus and vitamins. This is a pure natural food. Technically, cheese is fermented milk; As far as nutrition is concerned, cheese is condensed milk.
Milk is one of the oldest natural drinks. As the name implies, milk is expressed from a cow. In different countries, milk has different grades. At present, the most common are full-fat, low-fat and skim milk. At present, there are quite a few additives in milk on the market, such as high calcium and low fat milk, which emphasizes the addition of calcium.
Yogurt is rich in nutrition. After fermentation, it has more nutrients than milk and is more easily absorbed and utilized by human body. Yogurt is a kind of dairy product with fresh milk as raw material, which is fermented, then cooled and filled. At present, most yogurt products on the market are solidified, stirred and fruity with various juices and jams. Sweet and sour, deeply loved by consumers.
Healthy people generally don't pay attention to diet, but if they have sciatica, they should pay attention to daily recipes: for example, these ingredients listed above have a good auxiliary treatment effect on sciatica.