Sciatica Lower Back Pain

Sciatica Lower Back Pain Diagnosis

Some patients may be diagnosed with a less typical causative condition, such as scoliosis, spondylolisthesis or lumbar lordosis as their primary source of pain. Regardless of the actual diagnosis pronounced, the chance of it being incorrect is high, since the structural model of back pain has been proven to be misinformed and antiquated for many patients. Remember, statistically, back pain does not exist in these diagnosed patients any more than it does in people without these abnormalities. In essence, spinal irregularities have a good chance of being coincidental to any pain endured.

The good news is that when the diagnosis of a structural issue is definitive, treatment is usually successful. For patients who can not achieve lasting symptomatic respite, it may be best to reconsider the diagnostic validity and seek a second opinion.

Sciatica Lower Back Pain Treatment

All these back pain treatments do not typically fail due to poor technique or incorrect application by the care provider. They usually fail simply because they are all targeting a misdiagnosed anatomical source when all along that perceived causation is innocent of enacting any pain whatsoever. In essence, the irregularity, whatever it may be, is simply there, but not the real reason for the pain.

This idea has received tremendous support in recent years since diagnostic protocols issued by major medical organizations have been revised to demonstrate a lack of correlation between the most common structural issues and the incidence of pain. Basically, the presence of an irregularity in the spine does not mean pain will occur and the absence of an irregularity will not mean pain will not occur.

Sciatica Lower Back Pain Advice

Do not simply stand by and allow a care provider to blame your pain on some spinal issue, when the symptoms you are dealing with do not even match the clinical expectations for the diagnosis. How will you know if this occurs? Simple. Research and learn. Do not sit idly while someone ruins your life.

I wasted 18 years trusting numerous doctors and chiropractors who did nothing to cure my back pain and everything to insure that it would continue to plague me with everlasting agony, despite some truly well-meaning intentions. Do not suffer this same fate!

If your pain does not get better, look to the diagnosis as the most logical reason. It is never too late to cure pain once the real reason why it exists has been discovered. These are words of wisdom to live by.