Why You Need a Pain Specialist — Not Just a General Provider — for Lasting Relief of Sciatica

Few things can hijack your life like low back pain, which is a leading cause of disability around the world. The pain that comes with sciatica, which affects up to 40% of people, is a great example of this. Sciatica can make even the simplest movements, such as getting out of bed, a painful pursuit.

Given how much of an impact sciatica can have on your life, this is one area where you should enlist the right help from the get-go, which means medical professionals who specialize in the condition.

That help can be found at Apex Pain Specialists, where board-certified physicians Dr. Maziar Massrour and Dr. Naveen Reddy have a long and successful history of curing patients of their  painful and debilitating sciatica.

Sciatica at a glance

There’s a reason why sciatica can be so painful and uncomfortable: it involves the largest nerve in the human body. Called your sciatica nerve, it forms from nerve roots in your lower back and then the nerve splits and travels down each of your legs, all the way to your feet.

When you have sciatica, something is pressing up against this nerve in your lower back, often a herniated disc, which can lead to local pain, as well as symptoms that run down into one of your legs. These symptoms not only include pain, but numbness, tingling, and muscle weakness.

Why a sciatica specialist matters

We don’t need to tell you that sciatica can overshadow everything in your life during a flare-up, so the last thing you want to do is spin your wheels trying to find solutions and relief.

Instead of seeing your general practitioner or surgeon, who might end up referring you to us anyway, come straight to our sciatica experts.

The most common condition we treat at our practice is low back pain, which develops in many different ways.  The primary reason you should be evaluated by us quickly is so that we can diagnose you correctly from the start.

This is important because sciatica is more of a symptom than a condition. Sciatic nerve compression can occur because of a herniated disc, as we discussed, but also for other reasons, such as trauma, spondylolisthesis, or lumbar spinal stenosis.

With a diagnosis in hand, we can formulate the best treatment plan that will not only address your current pain, but also help prevent recurrence down the road.

So, once we get you much-needed relief from your sciatica pain, we’ll focus our efforts on prevention by addressing your risk factors and managing the underlying issue.

To get immediate relief of your sciatica, we urge you to see one of our specialists today. To get that ball rolling, please call our office in Chandler, Arizona, at 480-820-7246 to schedule a consultation. You can also book an appointment online.