Do you get sciatica from sitting for a long time?
Staying up late and working overtime can't stand it, and the body will suffer.
Living in front of the computer for too long, it hurts from the butt to the legs,
Does it provoke sciatica?
According to a pain doctor at Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, patients with lumbar disc herniation and spinal stenosis, coupled with poor sitting posture for a long time, will experience sciatica. But this is only symptomatic, and treatment needs to treat both the symptoms and the symptoms.
Did you self-assess sciatica?
According to Dr. Zhou Hao, Department of Pain, Zhongda Hospital, sciatica is a syndrome caused by various causes of pain in the running and distribution area of the sciatic nerve.
The typical symptoms of sciatica are pain radiating from the bottom of the buttocks to the back of the legs, usually electric shock, acupuncture or knife-like pain, and may be accompanied by burning, numbness and other abnormal sensations.
This pain and paresthesia can occur or aggravate during exertion, heavy standing, prolonged sitting, flexion and extension of the waist, and straight leg raises. If the above conditions occur, but relieve with rest, there is a high degree of suspicion for sciatica.
What is the culprit of sciatica?
Common causes of sciatica include the following:
Stimulation of nerves in spinal canal
The lumbar or sacral nerves originate from the spinal canal. If there are space-occupying lesions in the spinal canal, such as lumbar disc herniation, spinal stenosis, and tumors in the spinal canal, it will compress and stimulate the nerve root, causing radiation pain to the sciatic nerve.
Muscle strain and other diseases
After the sciatic nerve emerges from the spinal canal, it travels between the muscles of the waist, buttocks and lower limbs. If the above muscles are abnormally inflamed or swollen due to strain and other reasons, it will stimulate and compress the sciatic nerve passing through it, and then induce sciatica.
In addition, the abnormal physiological anatomical structure of some people can also cause sciatica. According to statistics, 34.8% of adults will divide the sciatic nerve into two branches when it passes through the piriformis muscle.
Do these 3 things to reduce sciatica pain
According to the doctor, the occurrence of sciatica is closely related to fatigue and improper posture and stress. In order to reduce the probability of occurrence, the first thing to do is to make the waist "comfortable and not hurt". Place it naturally, not too high or tilt your legs; you can get up and move for 5-10 minutes after sitting for about half an hour; when bending over and holding your weight, you should squat first, and use your leg muscles to keep your back upright when you stand up.
Exercising in moderation again instead of overexertion, and ensuring an appropriate amount of exercise every week is of great help in enhancing muscle strength, and can also prevent sciatica caused by sudden overexertion of muscles. However, exercise emphasizes gradual progress and varies from person to person. Exercise must not be turned into fatigue and strain, nor should it be replaced by daily housework.
At the same time, for some middle-aged and elderly people, keeping warm is a way to prevent many painful diseases, including sciatica. Appropriate increase or decrease of clothing according to temperature and humidity can effectively prevent the lesions of muscles and fascia, and then prevent myofasciitis, spinal stability changes, sciatic nerve stimulation and other conditions before they occur.
How to treat sciatica?
Zhou Hao introduced that the principle of sciatica treatment is to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, identify the cause, and treat the cause.
Patients with different symptoms are treated differently:
For patients with mild symptoms and superficial etiology, oral and topical drugs and physical therapy can be used to solve the cause and relieve sciatica;
For patients with mild symptoms and deep etiology, oral and topical drugs cannot act on the lesions very well. It is necessary to deliver the drugs to the lesions by injection. At the same time, it may be necessary to combine the pressure of the acupuncture knife on the lesion tissue and the blood flow. Circulatory disorders are relieved by walking;
For sciatica caused by lesions in and around the spinal canal, minimally invasive surgery is required to remove the compressed and stimulated nerve under the advice of a doctor.
doctor reminder
Nerve is a very sensitive tissue in the human body. If the cause is removed in the early stage, it may still be repaired. However, if the stimulation and injury time is too long, even if the cause is removed, the nerve damage will be difficult to repair, which will lead to lifelong pain and function. obstacle.
Therefore, for the treatment of sciatica, it is recommended to see a doctor as soon as possible.
Jinling Hand Doctor, Zijinshan News
Editor: Lu Jinglan
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