Severe Sciatica Pain Relief in Mira Mesa, CA
Sciatica is a common and painful condition that occurs when the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the body, becomes irritated or compressed. The pain often radiates from the lower back down the legs, and in severe cases, it can greatly affect your ability to move, work, and enjoy life. If you're looking for severe sciatica pain relief in San Diego, you're in the right place. Here at The Spinal Decompression & Chiropractic Center of San Diego, we specialize in non-surgical approaches to treating sciatica and other disc-related issues.
What Causes Sciatica?
Sciatica typically results from spinal disc issues such as bulging, herniated, or compressed discs. These disc problems put pressure on the sciatic nerve, leading to radiating pain down one or both legs, numbness, and even weakness in the limbs. Other causes may include spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, or trauma. It’s crucial to understand the root cause of sciatica to treat it effectively.
At-Home Tips for Managing Sciatica
While professional treatment is often necessary for severe cases, there are several things you can try at home to manage mild sciatica symptoms:
Walking: Light walking can help keep your muscles engaged and support circulation.
Ice Therapy: Applying ice for 20 minutes on the painful areas can reduce inflammation.
Avoid Prolonged Sitting: Sitting for long periods can aggravate sciatica. If you must sit, ensure your posture supports the lower back.
Stretching Exercises: Gentle stretches that target the hamstrings and lower back can alleviate some of the pressure on the sciatic nerve.
Why We Use NSSD for Sciatica
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression (NSSD) is one of the key treatments we use in our protocols for sciatica. NSSD helps by gently stretching the spine, creating negative pressure within the discs. This allows bulging or herniated discs to retract, taking the pressure off the sciatic nerve. Over time, this process can help the disc heal and provide significant relief from pain.
A Comprehensive Plan of Action
While NSSD is highly effective, it’s only part of the solution. To achieve lasting relief from sciatica, it’s essential to address other key factors such as:
Low Back and Hip Stability: Strengthening the muscles around the hips and lower back to provide long-term support and prevent recurrence.
Mobility: For some patients, improving low back and hip mobility can relieve pressure and improve function.
Proper Biomechanics: Correcting posture and movement patterns to avoid putting undue strain on the lower back and sciatic nerve.
Balancing Muscle Imbalances: Addressing muscle imbalances that may be contributing to the condition, ensuring the body is better aligned.
Our protocols are tailored to each patient’s specific needs, ensuring that every step of the treatment is optimized for the best possible outcome. This individualized approach is one reason why we have such a high success rate with sciatica patients. Many people, including those who drive and fly in from out of state or even out of the country, come to seek Dr. Boelk’s expertise.
Travel and Accommodation
For those coming from outside of San Diego, we are conveniently located near several hotels that are just down the street from our clinic, making it easy for patients to stay nearby during their treatment.
If you're struggling with severe sciatica pain and are seeking effective, non-surgical relief, contact us today to schedule a consultation. Dr. Boelk and our team are here to help you get back to living pain-free.
For more information, please contact The Spinal Decompression & Chiropractic Center of San Diego at 619-298-0800.
Rated the #1 Spinal Decompression office in San Diego for many reasons. Here is a quick guide to finding the best office when searching for Spinal Decompression:
1. Does the office specialize In Spinal Decompression or is it just one of many multiple treatments they offer? We have seen many patients come from other offices who said they are specialists and experts in spinal decompression but only treat 3 or 4 patients a day on decompression.
2. Is the doctor or staff actually getting the patients on the treatments? Spinal Decompression is a specialized skill and requires daily decision making and protocols vary from person to person, it is not a one size fits all approach. Many patients come from different offices and inform us they were getting decompression but it was done by the staff and many times they are in pain when on the tables. The treatments should not be painful but feel good.
3. Is the doctor Certified? There are many doctors who are utilizing spinal decompression who are not certified. It is best to see someone who took the time and learned the process and is certified.
4. Do they have a good reputation and reviews that report the doctor and office and staff are looking out for the patient and there is a common theme of the doctor caring and wanting the best for their patients?
5. Experience? How long has the office been utilizing spinal decompression? How many sessions have they performed? You want to see someone who has a lot of experience and knowledge in their field when looking for spinal decompression offices.
Spinal decompression therapy is a painless, non-surgical treatment designed to reduce and even eliminate back pain, neck pain, sciatica and radiating arm pain. This modern treatment has shown a high success rate and helps patients avoid back surgeries they would have otherwise needed. If you suffer from chronic, debilitating low back pain, neck pain, sciatica, shooting arm pain, degenerative disc disease, disc bulges and disc herniations. The Spinal Decompression & Chiropractic Center of San Diego has been treating patients and helping them get out of pain successfully for the past 20 years.
Our office has been specializing in NSSD, Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression for the past 20 years. Everyday we perform 40-50 sessions. Every single decompression session is performed by our doctor and not our staff. He determines the settings and has unique protocols for each patient that is dynamic.
Our clinic director and founder, Dr. Cassidy Boelk DC is Certified Spinal Decompression Doctor. You can look up reviews on him and the office here. Over the past 20 years he has performed over 40,000 spinal decompression sessions.
Our treatments we use are clinically proven highly effective and have been researched by Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, Duke Medical Center and Mayo Clinic among others.
There are many offices that claim they are experts at spinal decompression but unfortunately lack the experience, knowledge and years it takes to become an expert. We have been utilizing decompression in San Diego for the past 20 years and have seen many offices and doctors come and go and many pop up and are instantly experts. Over the past 20 years we have performed over 40,000 spinal decompression visits and we are considered experts in spinal decompression. We are still always learning and updating our protocols to get even better results and learn how to help more people even faster, the learning never stops.
We treat both local San Diego as well as out of town residents as far away as Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Canada and Spain and typically have patients from Mexico, El Centro, Calexico in our office daily. Spinal Decompression is a very relaxing, comfortable and effective treatment that helps patients with the following conditions:
Chronic Lower Back Pain
Neck Pain
Herniated Discs
Slipped Discs
Pinched Nerves
Disc Bulges
Degenerative Disc Disease
Sciatica
Spinal Stenosis
Neuropathy
With true spinal decompression, we can get water, oxygen and nutrients into the disc itself while flushing out swelling and inflammation which is adding to the pain. With traction and inversion tables the spinal muscles are unable to fully relax and thus they stay somewhat activated which then prevents the discs from getting into a negative pressure and healing properly and getting rid of the pain as much as possible.
Serious inquiries only please. For a no-charge, no-obligation consultation, call our office at 619-298-0800.
*Due to demand, regardless of referral from family physician, neurologist, orthopedic surgeon or chiropractor, patients are seen on a first come first serve basis.
Dr. Boelk’s excellent reviews are a testament not only to his expertise at treating patients of all ages and conditions, but also his compassionate and understanding approach to treatment. We are 5 star rated on over 200 reviews. Dr. Boelk utilizes methods that solved his severe neck and low back pain and disc herniations. Dr. Boelk holds the following licenses and certifications:
-#1 Rated Spinal Decompression Office In San Diego
-Board Certified Doctor of Chiropractic
-California Licensed Doctor of Chiropractic
-Certified Spinal Decompression Doctor
-California X-ray Radiology Licensed Doctor
-Pain Free Performance Specialist
-The International Disc Education Association Member
"This place is amazing, the staff is friendly and I'd recommend this place to anyone who needs it.
I recently discharged from the military with quite a few injuries, and extremely bad back pain. Since then I have seen dozens of incompetent doctors that have had no real interest in treating me, only interest is selling me the next pill or vaccine.
Dr. Boelk is not one of those doctors, this man is professional/ knowledgeable and truly cares about his patients. I have had nothing short of a great experience in this office. His nurse Megan is also very polite and caring for their patients.
These days it is very difficult to find a genuine medical professional, so when I do find them I feel that the world needs to know. This man is a good dude." - Donnie M., san Diego,CA
"Dr. Boelk is truly fantastic and his decompression treatments have been life-changing. I highly recommend anyone struggling with cervical pain and open to exploring nonsurgical methods to visit Dr. Boelk." - Mike S. Del Mar, CA
--When it comes to spinal decompression and severe neck and back pain, you want to go to the best and get the fastest relief possible and keep the pain away. For the past 19 years we have been helping people just like you get rid of their neck and back pain without the use of drugs, injections, surgery, physical therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, cupping or chiropractic adjustments.
"I decided to see Dr. Boelk after a pretty gnarly motocross neck injury. At the Hospital I was at, I felt I was getting pressured into a surgery which I refused. A friend of a friend referred him after Dr. Boelk successfully treated his broken back.
Dr. Boelk is a compassionate individual who truly cares about his patients. He looked at my MRI images, explained what he saw and potential routes for recovery. He could not treat me as I have to wait until the fracture in my neck heals, but the level of professionalism, compassion, caring and knowledge displayed by him was exceptional. He also recommended seeking an additional opinion from another neurosurgeon. My experience was that he really cares and he's not someone who would take advantage of the situation someone's in (unlike some other doctors). I will definitely be back and have already recommended him to others as well! Thank you Dr. Boelk!" - Jan H., San Marcos, CA
"Dr Boelk saved my life! I was diagnosed with Multilevel Degenerative Back Disease. The medical back specialists recommended fusing my Cervical Spine and performing a Discectomy on my bulging disc in my lower spine. They insisted on scraping Discs - C5: C6: C7 insert cadaver bones and secure my Cervical Vertebrates with a Titanium Plate & Screws. Dr Boelk treatments on the DRX 9000 & 9000C have resulted in me avoiding any evasive operations and restoring the Health of my Cervical and Lumbar Discs. I am now PAIN FREE! I returned to my Back Surgeons and presented them with new MRI's. They concluded I didn't need any operation and wanted to know what I did. When I told them I have received treatments on the DRX 9000 they were Not Supportive and were Not Happy! I have been extremely satisfied with my results and because of my Multi-Level Cervical and Lumbar deterioration condition, I continually receive periodic DRX 9000 treatments from Dr. Boelk to help Maintain my Pain Free Status.
Dr Boelk is one of the most Honest, Informed and Caring Spinal Doctors and human beings I have ever met. His office has an amazing caring and kind staff. I owe him and his staff a tremendous amount of Respect, Gratitude & Thanks for what they have achieved with my DRX treatments in eliminating all my Back Pain! - Cliff G, San Diego, CA
We have been specializing in spinal decompression for the past 20 years. We see patients from all over San Diego County as well as out of town patients from Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Alaska, Mexico, Canada and Spain.
To see if you qualify for treatment, give the office a call. 619-298-0800 Out of town patients, we have 24 hour answering service and there are 3 hotels conveniently located down the street from the office in which most of our patients stay