Sciatica refers to pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the leg. It is caused by injury to or pressure on the sciatic nerve.
Sciatic nerve is the longest nerve strand in the body. It originates from the lower back region, crossing the buttocks, through the entire leg, ending in the bottom of the foot. Thus sciatic pain originates from the lower back and propagates throughout the entire span of the nerve affecting the entire leg and the foot. This pain makes walking painful.
Sciatic nerve is the longest nerve strand in the body. It originates from the lower back region, crossing the buttocks, through the entire leg, ending in the bottom of the foot. Thus sciatic pain originates from the lower back and propagates throughout the entire span of the nerve affecting the entire leg and the foot. This pain makes walking painful.
Location and the span of sciatic nerve
Pain relieve through medicinal usage has a very limited effect. However, massaging is very effective to alleviate such pain. There are many customers who came for the massage treatment, after 3-4 times, their pain was greatly reduced. If visiting a massage therapist is not convenient for you, you could also perform self massage at your own leisure. I would like to introduce some methods so you can help your self. All the methods utilizes the Chinese reflexology. If you are not familiar with the concept of reflexology, there is also an article posted in this website.
Method 1 "Jinmen" meridian
Jinmen meridian is a nerve meridian located at the side of the foot shown in picture below. It could be translated to golden gate meridian. What can be done with the Jinmen is to press it with a ball point pen. After about 5 minutes, you should feel some alleviation from the pain. It should be noted that pressing the Jinmen meridian can only relieve pain, like taking in pain medicine, it does not have any healing effects.
Jinmen meridian is a nerve meridian located at the side of the foot shown in picture below. It could be translated to golden gate meridian. What can be done with the Jinmen is to press it with a ball point pen. After about 5 minutes, you should feel some alleviation from the pain. It should be noted that pressing the Jinmen meridian can only relieve pain, like taking in pain medicine, it does not have any healing effects.
The bottom right circle is the location of Jinmen meridian
Method 2. Ear reflexology
Using the point of the finger, apply pressure to the most painful reflected area for the sciatic nerve for 1-2 minutes. The pressing strength will depend on your own pain tolerance. It should be noticed that not enough force will not have any effect. Left foot will correspond to right ear, and right foot will correspond to left ear. The ear reflexology diagram is shown below.
Using the point of the finger, apply pressure to the most painful reflected area for the sciatic nerve for 1-2 minutes. The pressing strength will depend on your own pain tolerance. It should be noticed that not enough force will not have any effect. Left foot will correspond to right ear, and right foot will correspond to left ear. The ear reflexology diagram is shown below.
The point labeled Heel, Toe, Ankle, and etc all correspond to the Leg area, find the most painful point and pressure it for 1-2 minutes
Method 3 Lying Down
As you were lying down, place a small sphere between the surface and your buttocks. Using your own weight to apply pressure to buttock area so as to stretch the buttocks muscle. When buttocks muscle became relaxed, it will reduce the stress it causes to the sciatic nerve and thus achieve the pain relief.
As you were lying down, place a small sphere between the surface and your buttocks. Using your own weight to apply pressure to buttock area so as to stretch the buttocks muscle. When buttocks muscle became relaxed, it will reduce the stress it causes to the sciatic nerve and thus achieve the pain relief.
Method 4. Direct massaging the pain area
Request a family member to directly massage your pain area. The buttocks area will require some strength, however let your pain tolerance to decide the level of massage strength. At the same time the effect will be better if massaging is combined with Acupressure Massage or Trigger point therapy.
Request a family member to directly massage your pain area. The buttocks area will require some strength, however let your pain tolerance to decide the level of massage strength. At the same time the effect will be better if massaging is combined with Acupressure Massage or Trigger point therapy.
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