{"id":5089,"date":"2024-07-26T21:35:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T21:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/sydney\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T21:35:34","slug":"sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Sciatica &#038; Disc Herniations: Each Case Can Be Extremely Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I am not going to go into\u00a0the specifics of how I treat <a href=\"https:\/\/sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/portfolio\/sciatica\/\">sciatica<\/a> and disc injuries, which is difficult as each case can be extremely different from one to another, however; if you would like an overview of my approach &amp; why I combine chiropractic with myotherapy (SLM) please have a read of my <a href=\"https:\/\/sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/\">homepage <\/a>or the <a href=\"https:\/\/sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/services\/\">services <\/a>I offer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this article I am going to explain some surprising facts which I&#8217;m sure many of you suffering back pain &amp; sciatica may not be aware of. I think it is important as a sufferer to get as much useful information as possible which can be quite difficult as there are so many different treatment options, opinions &amp; &#8216;experts&#8217; on the area &amp; it can be difficult to know what is useful or useless information. I am sure some of the information will be food for thought especially for those of you who have been told you will need surgery or it is all in your head.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The first thing is that research has shown roughly 35%-65% of disc herniation&#8217;s will resolve spontaneously by themselves within 6-12 months &amp; even on the subjects where there disc herniation did not resolve it did not seem to impact them negatively when compared to those who&#8217;s disc&#8217;s did resolve. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The research did not specify the effect&#8217;s this had on the symptoms, as in my experience even when sciatica symptoms resolves on its own over time,\u00a0many\u00a0still sort treatment out for residual chronic\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">back pain, discomfort and immobility, without experiencing sciatica itself. I believe this has more to do with chronic myofascial trigger points (muscle &amp; fascia) guarding the area as a delayed over-protective mechanism &amp;\u00a0instability rather than the disc itself. Although many of these\u00a0clients reported to me that back pain &amp; immobility superseded the sciatica, I guess its a chicken or the egg type situation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Another surprising fact; in one study 28% of patients that showed a disc herniation on MRI did not actually have a herniation when they performed surgery on them. Conversely 33% of patients with a negative MRI actually had a herniation. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There are some very important points which this highlights, surgery should always be the very last option, MRI&#8217;s aren&#8217;t extremely useful when diagnosing disc herniation&#8217;s, if your MRI show&#8217;s you do have a herniation research has shown there is close to a 30% chance you in fact do not have one. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">On the other hand, if your scans say you do not have a herniation in spite of demonstrating the clinical signs i.e pins &amp; needles, weakness, numbness etc.. this doesn&#8217;t mean you don\u2019t have one and if you have been told &#8216;its all in your head&#8217; it is worth keeping these facts in mind.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">On a side note, if you experience back &amp; leg pain\/numbness with rapid onset of bowel or bladder symptoms or difficulty urinating although rare is a medical emergency and you need to be assessed by a medical physician immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not going to go into\u00a0the specifics of how I treat sciatica and disc injuries, which is difficult as each case can be extremely different from one to another,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chiropractor-sydney"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sciatica &amp; Disc Herniations: Each Case Can Be Extremely Different - Sydney Chiropractic &amp; Massage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sciatica &amp; Disc Herniations: Each Case Can Be Extremely Different\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am not going to go into\u00a0the specifics of how I treat sciatica and disc injuries, which is difficult as each case can be extremely different from one to another,...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sydney Chiropractic &amp; Massage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sydneychiroandmassage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-26T21:35:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/muscle-e1722923542553.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kieran Finnegan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SydneyChiroprac\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SydneyChiroprac\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kieran Finnegan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sciatica & Disc Herniations: Each Case Can Be Extremely Different - Sydney Chiropractic &amp; Massage","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sciatica & Disc Herniations: Each Case Can Be Extremely Different","og_description":"I am not going to go into\u00a0the specifics of how I treat sciatica and disc injuries, which is difficult as each case can be extremely different from one to another,...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/","og_site_name":"Sydney Chiropractic &amp; Massage","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sydneychiroandmassage\/","article_published_time":"2024-07-26T21:35:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/muscle-e1722923542553.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kieran Finnegan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SydneyChiroprac","twitter_site":"@SydneyChiroprac","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kieran Finnegan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/"},"author":{"name":"Kieran Finnegan","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/cd3c44a170c4cc76c9e3b7059d920b2d"},"headline":"Sciatica &#038; Disc Herniations: Each Case Can Be Extremely Different","datePublished":"2024-07-26T21:35:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/"},"wordCount":519,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/muscle-e1722923542553.jpg","articleSection":["Chiropractor Sydney"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/","name":"Sciatica & Disc Herniations: Each Case Can Be Extremely Different - Sydney Chiropractic &amp; Massage","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/muscle-e1722923542553.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-26T21:35:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/muscle-e1722923542553.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/muscle-e1722923542553.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"caption":"Muscle E1722923542553"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/sciatica-disc-herniations-each-case-can-be-extremely-different\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sciatica &#038; Disc Herniations: Each Case Can Be Extremely Different"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/","name":"Sydney Chiropratic and Massage","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#organization","name":"Sydney Chiropratic and Massage","url":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-40.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-40.png","width":400,"height":200,"caption":"Sydney Chiropratic and Massage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sydneychiroandmassage\/","https:\/\/x.com\/SydneyChiroprac","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sydneychiroandmassage\/","https:\/\/myspace.com\/kieranfinnegan","https:\/\/au.pinterest.com\/sydneychiro\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/cd3c44a170c4cc76c9e3b7059d920b2d","name":"Kieran Finnegan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1a8aa9ad4796a952bac493a9d3837fca3393aff7af4567687048fb1e082e770?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1a8aa9ad4796a952bac493a9d3837fca3393aff7af4567687048fb1e082e770?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1a8aa9ad4796a952bac493a9d3837fca3393aff7af4567687048fb1e082e770?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kieran Finnegan"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/","https:\/\/x.com\/SydneyChiroprac"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sydneychiroandmassage.com.au\/12oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}