What is sciatica?
Our Sciatica Physiotherapy Cornwall service provides physiotherapy to people in Truro and the surrounding areas. Sciatica is more appropriately called spine-referred leg pain.
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There are three overarching sources of spine-referred leg pain: somatic, radicular and radiculopathy. The last two involve inflammation and irritation of nerves whereas somatic involves irritation of other structures like the discs or facet joints.
Symptoms Of Sciatica
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Leg pain worse than back pain
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Pins and needles and / or altered sensation in your leg
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Burning, stinging, lancinating or electric-shock like symptoms in your leg that are well localised​
How physiotherapy for sciatica helps
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Help you understand what is contributing to your pain, with clear explanations pitched at a level you understand
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Identifying goal-directed movements and exercises to get you back to your activities, sports or work
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Lifestyle medicine and nutrition advice to help calm inflammation and irritation of the nerve(s)
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Personalised 1:1 exposure therapy, focused on progressively targeting painful activities and movements, in a controlled way
