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A Revolutionary New Method of Treating Sciatica

Your lower back aches, and often that pain shoots down the back of one of your legs. You rub your leg, digging your fingers into the back of your knee to massage the pain away. You take pain relievers, you ice it—and then discover that it hurts a little less when you stand. But are you really going to stand for the rest of the day, or are you going to find a way of treating your sciatica?

Sciatica Definition

Sciatica is, strictly speaking, not a condition itself; rather, it is a set of symptoms that indicate a condition. It results from compression of one of the sciatic nerves – the longest in the body, running down each leg from the lower back – by a herniated disc or bulging disc, which causes pain near the compression that radiates down the nerve. The only way of treating sciatica is to relieve that pressure; ordinarily, rest, physical therapy, and pain medication will help that process along. Sometimes, though, a patient comes along who has not seen any real improvement from such a conservative course of treatment, and it is time to consider the possibility of spine surgery – the last resort when it comes to eliminating back pain.

A Better Way to Treat Sciatica

We call surgery the last resort because of the complexity, risk, and possibility of failure inherent in traditional open back procedures, all of which cause most physicians to recommend a non-invasive treatment regimen first. When this fails, however, and back surgery becomes an option, it’s time to consider Laser Spine Institute (LSI), the worldwide leader in minimally invasive spine procedures. Our team of renowned spine surgeons has treated tens of thousands of patients with back pain using minimally invasive, laser-assisted endoscopic treatments that allow surgeons to access the problem area of the spine with the least trauma, risk, and recovery time possible. LSI’s repertoire of spine procedures is the ideal means of treating sciatica, spinal bone spurs, foraminal stenosis, and many other common spinal issues.

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For more information, contact LSI today. We can arrange for a consultation with a member of our medical staff, including a free review of your MRI or CT scan – and, ultimately, we can begin discussing how LSI has helped tens of thousands of patients rediscover a life free from back pain.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.