The body experiences physical changes during pregnancy. As the baby grows, the body has to adjust, which can cause unfamiliar aches and pains. A common issue for pregnant women is sciatica symptoms or lumbar radiculopathy, which radiates discomfort sensations that travel down the lower spine, the back of the thigh, and into the foot. Chiropractic care and massage therapy can realign the spine and hips, therapeutically massage circulation through the body, relieve symptoms, and restore function.
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The sciatic nerve is the largest in the body and the main nerve in the legs. In most cases, sciatica happens when this nerve gets compressed by bulging, slipped, or ruptured spinal discs, arthritis, or spinal stenosis.
Aches and pains that result from sciatica range from mild to severe sensations. Symptoms include:
Sciatica during pregnancy can be caused by:
Sciatica will most likely occur during the third trimester when mother and baby are bulking up, but it can develop earlier, although this is less common. Most women experience symptoms on one side, though it can affect both legs. The condition can be constant or intermittent, depending on the amount of pressure placed on the nerve, and can remain for a few months after giving birth when the excess weight and fluid are gone.
Simple home remedies and treatment to help ease the symptoms. These include:
American Pregnancy Association: βPrenatal Massage Therapy.
American Pregnancy Association: βSciatic Nerve Pain During Pregnancy: Causes and Treatment.β
FRIEDMANN, E. βNarrowing of the spinal canal due to thickened lamina a cause of low-back pain and sciatica.β Clinical Orthopedics vol. 21 (1961): 190-7.
Goldsmith, Laura T, and Gerson Weiss. βRelaxin in human pregnancy.β Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences vol. 1160 (2009): 130-5. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03800.x
KULOWSKI, J. βUnusual causes of low back pain and sciatica during pregnancy.β American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology vol. 84 (1962): 627-30. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(62)90156-4
Trager, Robert J et al. βIschial osteochondroma as an unusual source of pregnancy-related sciatic pain: a case report.β Chiropractic & manual therapies vol. 30,1 45. 17 Oct. 2022, doi:10.1186/s12998-022-00451-3
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