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Compressed Nerve
Compressed Nerve RealityNerve roots branch off the spinal cord through openings in between the vertebrae called neuroforamen. Injury and age can cause degenerative changes in the spinal bones, leading to a reduction in the space through which the nerves pass out of the spine. Sometimes this space actually becomes too small for the nerve to pass without suffering from a “pinching” or “squeezing” effect from the spinal bones or discs. This is the reality of a pinched nerve condition.Compressed Nerve MythsThe space required by a nerve to pass through the vertebral opening is very small. The opening would have to be almost completely closed off in order to effectively block normal nerve function. Although this is possible, it is simply not the anatomical case in the majority of patients diagnosed with pinched nerve conditions. This is especially true when a herniated disc is the suspected culprit causing the nerve compression. Vertebral bones are hard and unyielding, but disc material is softer and more pliable. It is rare for a herniated disc to compress a nerve, unless the condition has time to age and calcify, creating a solid structure more capable of affecting nerve signal.Scientific evidence demonstrates that continued compression of a nerve causes the nerve to lose the ability to signal altogether. The result of this situation is numbness, as well as possible loss of mobility and/or anatomical function. Most patients with long term nerve related symptoms do not understand that pain is only a short term effect of common compressive neuropathy. This is information which needs to be recognized in order to find the solution to idiopathic nerve pain. Recommendation for a Compressed NerveMost patients diagnosed with pinched nerves are actually suffering from a far more logical and common type of symptomatic syndrome. Oxygen deprivation due to a psychosomatic back pain condition is the true cause of most of these patient’s suffering. Oxygen deprivation has severe effects on ultra-sensitive nerve tissue and can affect them much in the same way as acute compression from a structural source. Long term chronic nerve pain and related symptoms make much more sense being caused by the variable process of ischemia, then from the static theory of anatomical compression. If you are suffering from chronic nerve related pain that has proven to be treatment resistant to a variety of therapies, consider the chance that your condition might actually be a case of misdiagnosed psychological pain. Understand the pain in order to beat the pain. Once the mystery has been solved, the pain will no longer have power over you and your future will be functional and pain free.
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