NYC Sciatica Surgery and Improving Overall Spine Health

Sciatica can cause a significant amount of pain, as well as some other symptoms. As a result, the condition can significantly limit your mobility and activity level, while reducing your overall productivity and quality of life. In some cases, surgery is used to treat sciatica. However, surgery should always be accompanied by methods to improve overall spine health.

Sciatica Surgery

Although it's still ideal to treat any back condition without surgery, patients who do need surgery have more options for sciatica surgery than ever. Options include both traditional and modern, minimally invasive methods, including:

• Open spine surgery
• Laser back surgery
• Nerve stimulation
• Stem cell therapy

Only your doctor can determine whether surgery is necessary, and which type of surgery is right for your particular situation. The decision will be based on your symptoms, your preferences, your response to past treatments, and the underlying cause of your sciatica.

Improving Spine Health

Everyone should take steps to maintain a healthy spine, but people who already have a spine condition like sciatica should be particularly conscientious about spine health. Taking good care of your back can prevent future flare-ups, and prevent you from developing more spine conditions down the road.

Exercise and stretching can go a long way towards improving spine health. You should stretch every day, with special attention to stretches for the buttocks, hips, and lower back. You should also perform low-impact aerobic exercise to help maintain a lower body weight. Finally, performing core-strengthening exercises like Pilates takes the pressure off of your spine, thus reducing symptoms.

Although poor posture doesn't cause sciatica or other spine conditions, it can play a role in making symptoms more severe. When you use proper posture, you align your spine properly so that extra pressure isn't placed on any part of the spine.

Finally, what you put in your body can promote spine health, as well as overall health. Colorful fruits and vegetables may play a role in reducing inflammation, which helps reduce symptoms associated with spine conditions. More dramatic is the effect of smoking - your body is less prone to injury and more able to heal if you don't smoke.

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