Significance

• Sciatic nerve pain can be so severe that it leaves a person immobile. Other times, it can be described as a dull ache, a minor tingling or a burning pain.
  
  

Considerations

• Sciatic nerve pain is a symptom, not a condition. Finding out the cause of the pain is imperative in the course of treatment and recovery.
  
  

Effects

• A slipped or herniated disc, a fractured vertebra, a stress fracture or a tumor can cause sciatic nerve pain. If the cause is outside the scope of a chiropractor, a physician's care is advised.
  
  

Features

• Chiropractic care of sciatic nerve pain is always non-surgical and no medications are prescribed. Ice and heat therapy, ultrasound, spinal adjustment, and physical exercise may be used.
  
  

Function

• A physician treating sciatic nerve pain will determine the cause, the severity and the course of action. Anti-inflammatory medication is often beneficial, and oftentimes cortisol injections are used. Surgery is always the last resort.
  
  

Potential

• Physicians and chiropractors frequently work together in treating a patient's sciatica. Co-managing the treatment and the progress of the patient yields excellent results.