{"id":306,"date":"2017-01-09T02:40:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T02:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yanzhang.000webhostapp.com\/?page_id=306"},"modified":"2021-01-23T04:06:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T04:06:25","slug":"sciatica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/sciatica\/","title":{"rendered":"Sciatica"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is sciatica?&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-307 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sc1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Yan Zhang Acupuncture by Yan P.C. Garden City, NY, 11530\" width=\"256\" height=\"197\" title=\"\"><\/h2>\n<p>Sciatica, which is pain along the large sciatic nerve that runs from the lower back down the back of each leg, can cause severe, debilitating pain. &nbsp;It&nbsp; is one of the top 5 pain conditions I treat with acupuncture. Researchers estimate up to 43% of people will have sciatica in their lifetime. Nearly half of all of us! That\u2019s a lot of people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>6 most common causes of Sciatica<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lumbar herniated disc<\/li>\n<li>Degenerative disc disease<\/li>\n<li>Isthmic spondylolisthesis<\/li>\n<li>Lumbar spinal stenosis<\/li>\n<li>Piriformis syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Sacroiliac joint dysfunction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More Causes of Sciatica and Sciatica-Type Symptoms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Scar Tissue<\/li>\n<li>Musle Strain<\/li>\n<li>Spinal Tuma<\/li>\n<li>Fracture<\/li>\n<li>Ankylosing spondylitis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How does an acupuncturist evaluate and treat sciatica pain?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Key Point is to determine which acupuncture meridians are affected, that is to say which meridian travels through the painful areas.<\/li>\n<li>Electric acupuncture is very useful to the sciatica which can stumulate the tendons and relax the muscle in order to releave the pain<\/li>\n<li>Once or twice weekly treatments for 4 to 6 weeks before re-evaluating the sciatica pain is recommended. After pain relief is achieved, a maintenance course of acupuncture is beneficial to consolidate the treatment.<\/li>\n<li>I use <em>Tuina<\/em> medical massage, cupping and medicine capsule to treat sciatica pain as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sc2.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Yan Zhang Acupuncture by Yan P.C. Garden City, NY, 11530\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is sciatica?&nbsp; Sciatica, which is pain along the large sciatic nerve that runs from the lower back down the back of each leg, can cause severe, debilitating pain. &nbsp;It&nbsp; is one of the top 5 pain conditions I treat with acupuncture. Researchers estimate up to 43% of people will have sciatica in their lifetime. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/sciatica\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sciatica&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-306","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1251,"href":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/306\/revisions\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acupuncturebyyan.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}