Sciatica Spasms can drive you up the wall. The muscular tissue along the sciatic nerve could spasm when the nerve gets irritated for several possible reasons, for example if you suffer from a hernia in one of the disks of the lumbar spine, Piriformis syndrome and other latent causes. On the other hand it could also be muscle spasms from for example a strained muscle that in turn irritates the sciatic nerve. It can easily turn into a never ending circle of agony and if stress becomes part of the equation it'll take it up a notch.
Back pain, sciatica pain specifically, and stress go hand in hand. Stress hormones can add to the awareness of discomfort and also cause the muscles to tense up. In fact muscular tissue can tense up to the extent of going into painful spasms.
So Stress causes muscle tension. Muscle tension then decreases blood flow in the tissues, which results in less oxygen and nutrients going into the muscular tissue and less acidic waste (a byproduct of muscle activity) going out of the muscles. Once circulation is lessened the healing process will also progress slowlier. The more the muscle tense up, the more pain you feel. The more pain you feel, the more your muscles tense. It becomes a "not-so-merry-go-'round", with you sitting on the miserable end.
If you already have pre-existing back problems, stress will be a quick-trigger for pain. A relatively small amount of tension or a wrong move can bring on a painful flare up of your affliction. Tensed up muscles through stress are injury prone, due to loss of pliability.
So what can you do to de-stress, to give your muscles a chance to relax and to take the pressure of the nerve? Some stress reducing steps are actively required of you. When you lower the stress, pain that is caused by tensed muscles will also reduce.
Exercises help to lessen stress. Stretching exercises increase circulation, which then speeds up the healing process and more than that decreases the tightness in the muscular tissue. To naturally lower pain and get into a better mood amplify your endorphin production by aerobic exercises that also burn off stress hormones. Low impact aerobic exercises like bicycling and swimming are your best bet. Deep breathing exercises are also a good way to release stress and relax.
You will also have to have a look at your life style and make a some decisions if this or that activity could be saved for some other time. This day and age we tend to compress every moment of our day to the limit to take advantage of our time. After a some time of this the stress will show itself, first with hectic behavior patterns and other stress symtomps, followed by physical expressions of the stress your body feels. Often we even end up just going through hectic motions, instead of enjoying life and spending even more time, effort and money to find restoration from the ailments stress from over-activity has brought on. Make some choices and diminish. Having a few hours in the evening to spare for yourself or to spend with your loved ones in fact isn't a bad thing to have.
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