Services & Techniques

I am very aware that patients are turning towards Google first for their health concerns – or at least here in Rapid City.  More and more, I will hear patients tell me “I looked up this pain I am having and I think I have sciatica.”  Most of the time, they are correct.  However, what does sciatica actually mean?  Basically – radiating leg pain.  Sometimes one leg, sometimes both, sometimes it changes legs, sometimes it comes and goes.  Any good doctor in our Rapid City community will do their due diligence and try to the best of their abilities to find out WHY you are having leg pain.  Often times, it is a simple misalignment called a subluxation.  Other times, it is piriformis syndrome.  If it is very intense, it could be a disc herniation.  Is it a cyst?  Is it stenosis?  To complicate it further, it could be a combination of these!  At Nelson Chiropractic, we have a high success rate treating sciatica.  The quicker you get in, more often the time quicker the results.  Do not hesitate to contact me if you are having this symptom!