Find Relief with Theragun Technology! Have you heard of Theragun? If not, it could help relieve your aches and pains! At Complete Physical Rehabilitation in Jersey City and Elizabeth, we use advanced and innovative technology to provide you with the most effective massage for your needs. We are happy to say that our licensed physical … Read more
Chronic pain, which is mild or severe pain that lasts for weeks to years, can make it difficult to do everyday tasks. It can also affect your mental health, sleep, and stress levels, which in turn can cause your pain to become worse. At Complete Physical Rehabilitation, we are proud to offer LightForce® Laser Therapy … Read more
Are Herniated Discs the Cause of Your Back Pain? Herniated discs refer to an issue with one of the rubbery cushions that are in between the vertebrae. A spinal disc has a soft jellylike interior with a tougher exterior. Strange neck pains, back pains, or extremity symptoms can indicate a variety of potential problems – … Read more
Our bodies are composed of a complex network of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. Your sciatic nerve is the largest nerve you’ve got in your body. It extends from the lumbar spine through the buttocks area, and if there is unnecessary pressure applied to it, it can cause a world of problems for you. Sciatica, … Read more
Each of your sciatic nerves runs from either side of your lower back down to each of your legs. That’s why a classic sign of sciatica is having a shooting pain on one side only. While compression of one of your sciatic nerves can literally be a “pain in the butt,” it doesn’t always require … Read more
In one longitudinal study, back pain accounted for more than 3 percent of all emergency room visits between 2004 and 2008. It is also estimated that more than 25 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, many with a disability that prevents them from doing normal daily tasks like working and caring for themselves or others. … Read more
So, you’ve done it. You’ve taken the first step to getting rid of your back pain from sciatica by making an appointment for physical therapy and starting a course of treatment. You’re now well on your way to getting back to a pain free life! But you’re still left with a very natural question: how long will it take before the pain goes away?
When sciatica first hits, our physical therapy patients always start their 1st visit with the same question:
What Caused My Sciatica?
It can be very difficult to figure out how back pain started. In general, there are many medical issues that can lead to back pain and significant sciatica issues. That being said, there are 3 common causes of back pain.
Sciatica is one of the most common back ailments that we see in our Elizabeth and Jersey City physical therapy clinics today. The symptoms, originating in the lower back, manifesting itself as pain, numbness, or tingling that travel down the sciatic nerve of each leg, can be both disheartening and difficult to handle, affecting numerous aspects of a person’s daily life.
Low back pain patients who underwent early physical therapy reportedly had better outcomes than those who did not. Early physical therapy was also more cost-effective, according to researchers.
In the study, published recently in the journal Spine, researchers studied the effect of early physical therapy on 220 patients with low back pain, with respect to both outcomes and costs.
