Consult with a Sciatica Doctor in Clifton for Minimally Invasive Treatments
Meet Your Sciatica Doctor in Clifton
When you schedule your appointment at Pain Treatment Specialists, your sciatica doctor in Clifton listens carefully to your lower back pain concerns. Combined with a physical examination, your pain doctor is able to identify the cause of your back pain, be it sciatica, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, or osteoarthritis. One of the pain doctors you’ll meet at our Clifton pain clinic is Dr. Geogre Hanna. His patients rave about his bedside manner being “understanding, patient,and reassuring” while also “thoroughly explaining everything.” His background as a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School means that he is able to teach patients about their back pain condition– and also what treatments are available.
The pain doctors at Clifton’s Pain Treatment Specialists genuinely care about finding solutions for your lower back pain. Contact their pain clinic on Route 46-E and feel confident about the next steps of your back pain treatment.
Why Does Sciatica Cause Numbness and Tingling?
The term sciatica refers to pain that occurs along your sciatic nerve, which is the longest nerve in your body. This nerve branches down from your lower back through your buttocks, hips, and legs. The pain ranges from mild to quick, excruciating jolts that occur unexpectedly. This is exactly what happened when you went to grab your lawn chair from the shed and the pain left you struggling to stand back up.
The most common cause of sciatica is a herniated disc or narrowing of the spine (spinal stenosis) compresses part of the sciatic nerve. This is what causes inflammation of your sciatic nerve, which results in pain, and often numbness and tingling in your buttocks, hips, or legs.
Sciatica is easily treated with minimally invasive treatments, which is good because pursuing surgery is not something you wanted to explore. When you meet with your pain doctor at Pain Treatment Specialists, they’ll thoroughly outline your back pain treatment plan.
What are the Best Minimally Invasive Treatments for Sciatica Pain?
At Pain Treatment Specialists, our pain doctors treat a wide variety of joint and nerve pain issues. This allows our team to utilize many cutting-edge treatments that are also minimally invasive. You’ll be shocked after your first back pain treatment at the difference you’ll feel in your lower back pain– and the fact that you’re on your feet the same day!
Physical therapy is highly effective for symptoms of sciatica, and is often used in conjunction with other back pain treatments. During your PT sessions, your physical therapist uses a variety of stretches and exercises that relieve pressure on your sciatic nerve. Heat and cold therapies are also used to reduce inflammation and provide pain relief.
Lumbar epidurals are one of the most common pain management tools used for sciatica pain. During this procedure, your pain doctor delivers medicines to the epidural space of your spine, which is the fat-filled area between the bone and the protective sac of spinal nerves. If your sciatica is caused by spinal stenosis or herniated discs, this injection provides long-lasting back pain relief for weeks, if not months.
An SI joint injection is another effective tool for people suffering from lower back pain. This treatment is administered while you lie on your stomach, and your pain doctor injects anesthetic into your lower back. This is done using a fluoroscopic x-ray to guide the injection, which is inserted into your sacroiliac joint.
Friday nights are meant for live music and dancing– not lying in pain on your couch! Contact Clifton’s Pain Treatment Specialists, located near the Fette Ford Dealership on Route 46-E, and get back to Sullivan Square without nagging sciatica pain.
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Scheduling a consultation with one of our pain treatment specialists is one of the best ways to determine the proper solution for pain relief.
Meet our Harvard trained team
Dr. George Hanna
Harvard Medical School | NY & NJ Pain Specialist
Dr. Hanna received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed anesthesiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard Medical School and a pain management fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hanna was then appointed Clinical Instructor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School – training new graduates for over 3 years in anesthesiology and pain management techniques at Massachusetts General Hospital.
