Sciatica – Leg Nerve Pain treatment for the residence of Kingsbury
Sciatica treatment
Sciatica is nerve pain that can run down your leg. When pressure is put on the “sciatic nerve” (a nerve that runs from your lower back, down your leg, to your foot), this can cause an immense sensation of pain in one or all of these areas.
“I have learnt through personal experience suffering from sciatica. Over the past decade, I’ve helped thousands of clients with lower back pain and sciatica”- Andrew Cunningham
What Are The Sciatica Pain Symptoms?
- Pain in the buttock and down the leg
- Numbness, weakness in the leg muscles
- Tingling (‘pins and needles’)
- Pain when lifting or pushing with the leg
- Aching in the hamstring, back of the thigh and calf, or even difficulty in controlling and moving the leg.
What causes Sciatica?
- Disc herniation: Commonly at the lower back vertebral levels L4/L5 or L5/S1, the lumbar spine discs can herniate putting pressure on the sciatic nerve.
- Pregnancy: This can be due to an increase in weight bearing in the lower back and hormonal changes causing ligaments to loosen.
- Spinal stenosis: This is a form of osteoarthritis where degeneration of the lumbar spine can cause irritation to the sciatic nerve
- Piriformis syndrome: This is when a specific muscle becomes very tight and in doing so puts pressure on the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve travels very closely and even on occasion directly through this particular muscle.
How Can We Help With Sciatic Pain?
Andrews Approach To Chronic Lower Back Pain & Sciatica:
Have you experienced lower back pain? Have you also experienced nerve pain associated with lower back pain? Lower back pain can be debilitating, it can be highly disruptive to your daily routine and if you don’t seek out the right treatment to fix it, lower back pain will often stick around for a long time.
In 2011 my symptoms were lower back pain with associated sciatica. Sciatica is a type of nerve pain running down your leg, which in my case, was travelling all the way to my foot. It’s very painful when you’re sitting, walking, jumping, lifting.. Pretty much everything, unless you’re lying in the fetal position, on the floor, with a pillow between your knees.
I’ve been working as a Chiropractor, Clinical Pilates instructor and Personal Training for the past 10 years now and I did this injury at the very start of my career. After the injury, I received treatment from various colleagues for a few months. I did the typical treatment protocol; two times a week physio/chiro appointments in conjunction with home exercises.
Fast forward 1 year and I still had minor lower back pain and moderate sciatic symptoms. My doctor suggested I seek an orthopedic consult because traditional Chiro and Physio treatment hadn’t worked. In his opinion, spinal surgery (e.g. discectomy) was the only remaining option.
Having studied an undergraduate degree in Science, a Masters in Clinical Chiropractic and working in the field for approximately 1 year, I knew this should only be used as a last resort option. Because of this, I decided to take a different approach to my recovery. After trying several rehab protocols I discovered a gym that specifically worked with clients who had chronic back pain. The method was simple, two apts a week for 10 to 12 weeks. 10 minutes each appointment was devoted to physical therapy such as massage and adjustments. Then the remaining 20 minutes was focused on working 1 on 1 with your therapist in an exercise studio.
After 6 weeks of this treatment I had no lower back pain or sciatic symptoms.
Fast forward 10 years, I’ve treated thousands of clients myself using the same protocol at my clinic in Kingsbury. My clinic houses several treatment rooms and various exercise equipment that are used in conjunction to mitigate lower back pain.
I’ve developed my own proven rehab protocol, which is specifically tailored for lower back pain with or without associated sciatica. A single session encompasses 20 mins of hands-on therapy and 20 mins of gym guided exercises, 2 times a week for 6 to 10 weeks.
After doing several years of in depth research into lower back pain and working with patients for more than a decade, a simple protocol that encompasses half hands on treatment and half resistance based exercise prescription is the key to a quick recovery. Recording strength improvements is important so you can see and feel an increase in strength. Strength gains should equate to a decrease in pain levels. Home exercises can be vague, sometimes resulting in a symptomatic flare up due to incorrect technique.
I have learnt through personal experience and helped thousands of clients with lower back pain and sciatica over the past decade. Sustaining this injury in my early 20’s has given me an invaluable insight into how lower back pain with associated nerve pain is truly experienced. The perception of pain cannot be learnt from a textbook or fully appreciated from a patient who is explaining their symptoms to you.
My lower back & sciatic pain experience had a silver lining, it’s made me a better practitioner. If you are experiencing lower back pain and/or sciatica, I’m eager to help you with my unique treatment protocol. Book an appointment with me via our online booking system. Or feel free to reach out via email andrew@advanced-health.com.au
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Our Clinic 
At Advanced Health, we provide treatment for Sciatica and Leg Nerve Pain to patients in Preston, Thornbury, Northcote, Reservoir, Coburg, Coburg North, Pascoe Vale, Pascoe Vale South, Ivanhoe, Kingsbury, Thomastown, Fairfield, Heidelberg, Heidelberg Heights, Heidelberg West, Brunswick and Brunswick East.
Sciatica (nerve pain) Chiropractor Kingsbury & Massage Therapy Kingsbury.
We house the best Chiropractors in Kingsbury and massage in Kingsbury that help elevate sciatica (nerve pain).
We provide Chiropractic and massage therapy to all local Kingsbury residents with sciatica (nerve pain) and surrounding communities including Fairfield, Northcote, Heidelberg, Pascoe Vale, Coburg, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg Heights, Reservoir, Thomastown & Thornbury.
Local Chiro & Massage servicing the Kingsbury, Thornbury, Reservoir, Northcote, Pascoe Vale and Coburg areas.
Clinic Locations
We have two locations:
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Trading Hours
Our clinics are open the following hours:
- Weekdays: 8am – 9pm
- Saturdays: 7.30am – 6pm
- Sundays: 9am – 6pm
Health Insurance
We have a HICAPS terminal onsite that can apply real time rebates for Australian private health insurance funds.
Service Area for Headache Chiro
We provide Chiropractic care to all local Kingsbury residents and surrounding communities including Fairfield, Northcote, Heidelberg, Pascoe Vale, Coburg, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg Heights, Reservoir, Thomastown & Thornbury.
Your sciatica (nerve pain) Relief Experience Kingsbury 
Located close to the border of Kingsbury and Thornbury, Advanced Health Chiropractic provides outstanding and holistic chiropractic, massage and clinical pilates care in a warm and inviting space.
New Patients
- Early Morning and Late Appointments
- Long 30- 45 minute Chiro consultation times
- Australian Olympic team massage therapist working on site
- Massage appointments starting at $60.00
- Weekend Appointments
- Our Chiropractor in Kingsbury treats the root causes of sciatica (nerve pain) injury and biomechanical dysfunction, not just the symptoms using scientific evidence based treatments
What to expect during your first visit?
We charge $70 for all Chiropractic appointments. Your 1st appointment is $70 and if required, any subsequent appointments are $70. This is not including private health insurance rebates. At Advanced Health a 30-45 minute Chiropractic treatment can include: Chiropractic adjustments, Massage, Dry Needling/Acupuncture, spinal traction (ideal for disc injuries), Taping and Clinical Reformer based Pilates.
The best Chiropractor in Kingsbury for Sciatica relief
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Chiropractic sciatica (nerve pain) relief Kingsbury
