Dr. Eric Marfo of 21st Clinic has underscored the need for sciatica patients to have a thorough treatment to avoid common complications found within the nerves.

Speaking on the Healing Point program with Dr. Blessed Foster, on Sompa TV, he said, Sciatica Research and Treatment Centre have discovered a condition called Piriformis Syndrome which has a similar condition to Sciatica.

“A disorder in which the piriformis muscle in the buttocks irritates the sciatic nerve. Piriformis syndrome is a disorder of a narrow muscle located in the buttocks.” he explained.

He differentiated between Sciatica and Piriformis Syndrome.

“While both conditions interfere with sciatic nerve function, sciatica results from spinal dysfunction such as a herniated disc or spinal stenosis. Piriformis syndrome, on the other hand, occurs when the piriformis muscle, located deep in the buttock, compresses the sciatic nerve”. He explained.

He said the sciatic nerve starts from the waste through the buttocks to the feet, adding that the sciatic nerve has 5 on each leg and has 3 in waste.

He further said sciatica and piriformis syndrome originated from the lumbosacral region.

He has advised a thorough assessment of patients to ascertain the piriformis syndrome which he describes as a common disease.

He cautioned that not every machine can detect piriformis syndrome, not even the MRI Scan.

Author: Eric Murphy Asare
Source: www.sompaonline.com