Are you plagued by chronic or reoccurring pain that shoots up and down your legs? Does this pain make standing and sitting for long periods of time extremely painful, so much so that you find yourself canceling plans and avoiding going out to meet friends? Sciatic pain can be excruciating and isolating. However, you don't have to live with this condition. A regular visit to the chiropractor can make this pain more manageable and even get rid of it entirely.

Sciatica is a broad term used to describe symptoms, including pain, associated with compression of the sciatic or lumbar nerves. Such pain often causes discomfort in the lower back as well as pain that radiates down the legs and buttocks. These symptoms can be caused by a number of things. Among them is damage to one or more vertebrae or a herniated disc.

Chiropractic medicine has been particularly successful at treating sciatic pain. Among the techniques our chiropractor uses is spinal decompression, a painless technique that gently stretches the spine, allowing misaligned discs and vertebrae to slip back into place.

At Back on Track Chiropractic and Wellness Center in Birmingham, Alabama we use a total wellness approach to treating back pain. This incorporates traditional chiropractic treatments, such as gentle spinal adjustments, as well as massage therapy to soothe and relax the back and neck muscles, lifestyle counseling to address such things as posture and the proper shoes to wear, nutritional advice to help you get rid of those extra pounds that are impeding your recovery, and corrective exercises that we teach you to do at home to help build up the muscles that support your back, neck and spine.

How has chiropractic care helped you with chronic neck or back pain? We invite you to share your experiences with our readers by leaving a comment below.