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New Roads Chiropractic Center Helps Relieve Hip/Glute Pain (GOIC)

So you have pain in the butt, gluteus, hip area? Everyone describes this pain with a variety of terminology, even doctors and researchers! This pain isn’t all that unusual for back pain and leg pain sufferers. Gluteal pain that just won’t go away – a “toothache in the butt” – is more renowned today as its own concern often related to irritation of the sciatic nerve. Your New Roads chiropractor at New Roads Chiropractic Center is quite knowledgeable of the irritation of the sciatic nerve and its chiropractic care relief.

ANATOMY

Many structures come together in the area of this gluteal/hip pain! The gemelli muscles are positioned in the posterior hip area. Along with the obturator internus, piriformis, and quadratus femoris muscles, the gemelli muscles were seen to allow external rotation of the thigh. (1) A study of the sciatic nerve in both live volunteers and cadavers during hip rotation showed that throughout passive hip rotation, the sciatic nerve is very much related to the gemelli-obturator internus complex, curving during passive internal rotation and relaxing during external hip rotation. (2) In an ultrasound study of the motions of gluteal and subgluteal muscles, researchers found that passive movements of hip rotation and isometric contraction of muscles impacted the sciatic nerve in the subgluteal space. They suggested that these passive movements may well impact the sciatic nerve, triggering retrotrochanteric pain in the gluteus. (3) Your New Roads chiropractor recognizes how anatomy shapes how pain is experienced daily!

ANATOMY AND PAIN: The Sciatic Nerve

Right in the heart of|In the middle of all these gluteal muscles is the sciatic nerve that runs from the spine to the toes. Back in 2009, an early report of sciatic nerve compression explained how endometriosis, abscess, tumor, adjoining uterus, piriformis syndrome and newly presented sciatic neuropathy due to compression of the sciatic nerve by obturator internus tendon and muscle may well be causes for sciatic pain. (4) Even earlier, in 2005, a chiropractic radiologist/clinician and a chiropractic anatomist connected the clinical presentation of deep gluteal, sciatica-like pain in back pain patients with persistent aching pain in the retrotrochanteric area of the hip and upper posterolateral thigh. The anatomist described how the structures in this area involved the gemelli-obturator internus muscle complex and related bursae. (5) New Roads Chiropractic Center finds this to be a small area for everything to fit!

TERMINOLOGY

A review of just what is published about deep gluteal syndrome – pain in the gluteus – reported that deep gluteal syndrome has been more recounted in the medical literature recently but called all sorts of different names: piriformis syndrome, gemelli-obturator internus syndrome, ischiofemoral impingement syndrome, proximal hamstring syndrome. Reviewers defined this deep gluteal syndrome as posterior hip pain as a result of nerve entrapment beyond the piriformis syndrome which can be due to nerve entrapment. If not pathological, the nerve entrapment of deep gluteal syndrome may well beb conservatively treated. (6) Medical conservative and New Roads chiropractic conservative each offer different options. New Roads Chiropractic Center can help.

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS

Before more invasive treatments are done, conservative options are tried. Medical approaches were listed as rest, staying away from irritating movements, taking meds, receiving injections, or undergoing physiotherapy. Patients with persistent or recurrent symptoms after conservative treatment may undergo surgery. (6) Chiropractors like your New Roads chiropractor deliver conservative care effectively for most. The clinician-author described conservative treatment as goading of the bursa/sciatic nerve/muscle area – referred to as the GOIC (gemelli obturator internus complex) areaalong with Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression of the lumbar spine L5S1 area to relieve pressure on the sciatic nerve. (5) Relief is often forthcoming for New Roads chiropractic patients with this method.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Make your New Roads chiropractic appointment soon. The gluteal/butt/hip pain – regardless of its name – may get relief at last!

 
New Roads Chiropractic Center understands the anatomy of pain in the gluteal (butt/hip) area and has relieving treatment. 
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