I recently had the pleasure of interviewing an acupuncture
patient, who had been diagnosed with sciatica. Sciatica is a
condition in which the sciatic nerve is inflamed. The symptoms this
patient had included pain, tingling, and numbness which traveled
from his lateral aspect of his left hip, referred down his leg and
into the lateral aspect of his left foot. At times the pain was so
severe he had to miss work and other common daily activities. He
did not find much continuous relief of symptoms through his
conventional medical care. As a result, he received two acupuncture
treatments, which gave him long-term relief from the sciatic
symptoms. This patient was kind enough to agree to an interview for
this blog to explain his personal experience with acupuncture.