Dr. John D. Lipani provides state-of-the-art neurosurgery in New Jersey and specializes in treating patients for sciatica pain relief. Dr. Lipani is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon who specializes in spinal surgery including minimally invasive spine surgery techniques. Sciatica occurs when the sciatic nerve (the large nerve that runs down the back of the leg) causes pain, tingling, weakness or numbness in the leg and/or foot. One common cause of sciatica is disc herniation, also known as a slipped disk. A herniated disc occurs when the inner core of the disc herniates through the outer fibrous layer and impinges on other structures such as nerve root.
There are various ways to provide you with sciatica pain relief including sciatica exercises, heat and ice, pain medications or chiropractic manipulation. Sciatica exercises work to reduce your current sciatica pain and prevent future pain from occurring, while chiropractic manipulation works to enhance your spinal alignment. Alternating between heat and ice packs and taking sciatica pain medications are sciatica pain relief options that may only provide temporary sciatic pain relief.
If your sciatica pain does not respond to initial conservative treatment or if significant symptoms occur such as incapacitating pain, numbness or weakness, herniated disc surgery may be recommended. For definitive sciatica pain relief, Dr. Lipani surgically removes the disc herniation to decompress the affected nerve root and helps patients regain neurologic function and quality of life.
For more information on sciatica pain relief and sciatica treatment contact the office of Dr. John D. Lipani at (609)-890-3400 today!
