Sciatica Treatment in Rockford, IL

The only way to know is to get it examined thoroughly. Pain that shoots down your leg can come from several different types of problems, and each one needs a different approach to care. At Rockford Crossings, the time spent on your initial exam identifies precisely which problem is causing your sciatic pain, so your care is directed at the correct problem from the start, providing optimal short-term and long-term relief. Our sciatica treatment and chiropractic care page explains the condition in more depth.

Because the problem isn't getting corrected. Typical things like rest, a heating pad, or medication can lessen or even eliminate the pain for a while, but in most cases the underlying problem is still there, unaddressed, let alone corrected, so the pain keeps returning. For many, the next episode seems worse than the last one. True long-term relief comes from first identifying the problem, then taking the time to correct it, and then maintaining the health of your spine, as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Our care is effective because it starts with a thorough spinal exam that identifies the underlying problem causing your sciatica pain. Your care plan is then built to correct that problem, based upon your specific findings and personal goals, using evidence-based, modern treatments that each do a different job and make the others work better:

• Chiropractic adjustments restore proper movement to the individual joints of your spine.
• Spinal decompression takes pressure off the disc and the nerve, and this office offers three different methods.
• Spinal traction, based on Chiropractic BioPhysics and set up precisely from your own X-rays, corrects your spinal curves and posture.
• Physical therapy, corrective exercises, and spinal rehab strengthen and stabilize the muscles that support your spine.
• Stretch therapy keeps the muscles and soft tissue around your spine healthy.
• Massage therapy is also included when your chiropractor prescribes it as part of your individual care plan.
• Physiotherapy, such as electrical muscle stimulation, cold laser, or Softwave, reduces pain & inflammation and facilitates tissue healing.

Bringing all of these together in one office allows our doctors to prescribe what is needed to correct your underlying problem and is a big part of what makes our care so effective for sciatica.

Care moves through three phases. Relief comes first, easing your pain and symptoms. Correction follows next with us focusing on and addressing your underlying problem. Maintenance care addresses the health of your spine over time, keeping your gains and improvements while preventing the problem from building again.

Your first visit begins with a consultation and health history, followed by a thorough spinal exam, postural analysis, functional & orthopedic testing, and spinal X-rays if your doctor finds they are needed. From there, your doctor walks you through a clear & detailed report of findings, so you understand exactly what is going on, what can be done to help, and what your best next steps are. You will have the opportunity to ask questions, review your options, and make the decision that is right for you. The $21 New Patient Special covers the consultation and health history, the thorough exam, spinal X-rays if needed, and the report of findings. (Excludes Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, and PI/Workers' Comp claimants.)

Leg pain is an emergency when it comes with loss of bladder or bowel control, numbness in the groin or inner thighs, or weakness in the leg that is growing fast. Those signs call for emergency medical care right away, and chiropractic care is the wrong tool for that moment. For everything short of that, Evolve Chiropractic works alongside your medical doctor, and we will tell you plainly when your exam points to something that belongs with them.

Evolve Chiropractic of Rockford Crossings is at 290 N Mill Rd, suite 5-7, on the northwest corner of N Mill Rd and State St, at the east end of the Rockford Crossings Shopping Center between Aldi and Lyfe Dispensary by Target. Parking is at the door. Patients from Rockford, Loves Park, Cherry Valley, Belvidere, and Machesney Park see us here, and our second Rockford office on Broadway also treats sciatica.