“How often should I get chiropractic adjustments for sciatica?”
I am a 41 year old female and I have sciatica. How often should I get chiropractic adjustments for sciatica?
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Regular treatments will aim at getting to the cause of sciatica, and should be 1-2 times week in the acute stage. Chronic stage? once per month.
Your chiropractor will tell you as result of his protocol of treatment and how your body is reacting.
Depends on how bad it is. Sometimes you're looking at 24 visits over the course of 3-6 months
Usually three times per week for 4-5 weeks while monitoring the progress along the way. If the pain is debilitating you may get adjusted every day or even twice per day until the pain subsides.
Depending on the severity of the situation will determine the frequency of care. Typically, care begins with multiple visits for a couple of weeks and decreases as you respond to care. You are looking at 4-6 weeks of total
care to stabilize the pain.
care to stabilize the pain.
There is no set amount of adjustments for any particular condition. Your treatment schedule will depend on what your chiropractor determines will give you the best outcome.
There are many causes of sciatica so the amount of visits required will depend on what is going on in your particular case and other such factors like the length of time you’ve had the problem and the degree of pain you have.
Talk to your chiropractor about the concerns you have in terms of the number of treatments.
There are many causes of sciatica so the amount of visits required will depend on what is going on in your particular case and other such factors like the length of time you’ve had the problem and the degree of pain you have.
Talk to your chiropractor about the concerns you have in terms of the number of treatments.
3 to 4 times a week or until the pain is gone
My recommendation is once or twice per week for 10 visits total.
Depends on the severity of the injury. I've seen chronic sciatica respond quickly and acute sciatica takes four months to resolve. What is important is that you're improving and getting better, not the number of treatments.
