Why Your Sciatica Might Not Be Going Away and How a Platelet Injection Can Benefit You

If you suffer from persistent or repeated pain in your hips, buttocks, lower back, or even your upper thighs, it could be sciatica. This condition occurs when your sciatic nerve becomes pinched or compressed. Sciatica can be difficult to fully relieve, and, in the meantime, you’re stuck coping with chronic pain. You deserve better – and modern regenerative medicine may have your answers.

At Alpenglow Pain & Wellness in Anchorage, Alaska, board-certified Regenexx physician Dr. Gavin Nixon provides comprehensive care for sciatica patients, including state-of-the-art regenerative treatments like platelet injections. Could this be the type of treatment you need to get rid of your sciatica symptoms? Here’s what you need to know.

Long-term sciatica symptoms

The sciatic nerve, one of the major nerves in your body, follows a path from your lumbar spine through your buttocks, and then runs down into both of your legs. This nerve is essential to lower leg function and feeling, but can become a source of pain problems as well.

Some people only experience a twinge of sciatica from time to time. Others find easy relief with conservative treatment options like targeted stretches or posture retraining. But for some, sciatica becomes a more serious chronic pain problem, limiting mobility and negatively impacting quality of life. It’s hard to maintain a full life when your hips ache, or you suffer from shooting pain down one or both of your legs.

Why isn’t your sciatica getting better? If you can’t relieve the source of the nerve compression, your pain symptoms will continue. Sciatica doesn’t improve on its own. If you’re not ready for spinal surgery, but need more effective relief than that offered by yoga, physical therapy, and over-the-counter pain medication, regenerative medicine injection therapy may be the solution you need.

Platelet injections for sciatica

With Dr. Nixon’s help, you can tap into the regenerative capabilities of your own body to fully recover from sciatica at last. How does it work? The platelets present in your blood work naturally to trigger healing and cellular regrowth. Targeted injections with super-concentrated platelet-rich plasma (PRP) often produce significant results for patients suffering from chronic back pain.

Dr. Nixon uses the Regenexx system for your PRP treatment. This offers you benefits including better platelet concentration. He precisely targets your PRP injections to the area of your sciatic nerve where irritation or compression is causing issues.

Since your PRP serum is based on your own blood, you’re likely to tolerate PRP injections well. You could experience pain relief results within just a few days of your treatment. If needed, Dr. Nixon may recommend repeated platelet injections for the greatest regenerative and healing benefits. This type of treatment combines well with other approaches to sciatica treatment, forming part of a comprehensive treatment plan designed to relieve your low back or leg pain for good.

Dr. Nixon takes your sciatica pain seriously and uses his knowledge of cutting-edge regenerative medicine to help you heal. You don’t have to learn to live with chronic low back pain, leg pain, or buttock pain related to sciatica. Instead, reach out to Dr. Nixon at Alpenglow Pain & Wellness today and schedule your initial consultation appointment. Contact our team online or over the phone to book.