Sciatica often causes pain that travels from the lower back or buttock into the leg. Depending on the underlying cause, the discomfort may feel sharp, burning, electric, aching, or numb. Some people notice it most while standing or walking, while others find that long periods of sitting make symptoms significantly worse. That pattern is common enough to deserve attention. Sitting changes the position of the pelvis and lower spine, increases pressure through some spinal structures, and can tighten muscles around the hips. For people already dealing with irritation of the sciatic nerve, those changes may increase symptoms. Sitting Changes Pressure Through the Lower Back The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body and is formed from nerve roots in the lower spine. When one of those nerve roots becomes irritated or compressed, symptoms can travel along the path of the nerve into the buttock and leg. Prolonged sitting can increase pressure through the lumbar spine, particularly when posture is poor or the person is slouched forward.  For someone with a disc-related problem, spinal narrowing, or another condition affecting a nerve root, that additional pressure may make symptoms more noticeable.

Fatigue, low energy, poor concentration, disrupted sleep, and a general feeling of reduced vitality are common complaints. Many people respond by reaching for caffeine, energy drinks, or supplements, but persistent fatigue can have many possible causes. When symptoms begin during or after an infection and continue well beyond the expected recovery period, a post-infectious condition may be worth investigating. The CDC recognizes that some infections can be followed by symptoms lasting weeks, months, or even longer. Fatigue, difficulty concentrating, sleep problems, headaches, muscle discomfort, and worsening symptoms after physical or mental exertion are among the patterns that can occur. What Is Post-Viral Fatigue? Post-viral fatigue describes prolonged fatigue and related symptoms that develop after a viral illness. Researchers are still working to understand why some people recover quickly while others experience lingering symptoms. Several mechanisms are being investigated, including persistent immune activation, inflammation, nervous system changes, altered energy metabolism, and autoimmune responses. It is important to recognize that the cause is not fully understood and may differ significantly from one person to another. COVID-19 has brought increased attention to this issue. Long COVID can include persistent fatigue, cognitive problems, headaches, sleep disturbances, dizziness, palpitations, and symptoms that worsen following exertion.

Today fatigue, tiredness, lethargy, depression and low vitality are very common. Many people take supplements to give them energy or even drink energy beverages. The cause of the fatigue must be diagnosed to correct the problem so energy is recovered. What I have been using in my holistic practice of over 46 hears is an organism screen to determine residual organisms that are hurting the body, especially causing fatigue. One of the hardest organisms to diagnose is a virus but unfortunately a virus can damage organs and tissues leading to an experience of fatigue. Residual viruses can literally take over the machinery of a cell and hide from the immune system so it cannot be eradicated. 

Currently, diseases such as heart, cancer, diabetes, auto-immune and many others are on the rise. What has happened to our healthcare system? It is offering crisis care, not healthcare. These diseases are not diagnosed until the patient is in a severe condition. It took years of decline to get in that state and will be difficult to recover and have quality of life. What to do? After 46 years practicing as a holistic doctor, I have coined the word optimization therapy. What this means is virtually no one is totally healthy in every organ system. So, on a scale of one to ten, your liver can be a 5, your heart a 3, your kidney a 6, your lower back a 4, etc. This may be good enough to pass a medical exam but opens you up to becoming pathologic. A far more effective approach is going to a doctor, like me, that is looking for all the weak areas and treating them to improve the health score. If all your organs and glands are scoring high you will not have a stroke, heart attack, develop cancer and become diabetic. What an amazing concept!! Avoid the disease as a goal so the crisis care is never necessary.

Holistic care is becoming a much sought after therapy for patients suffering with many different health care problems. Some of the most common problems are fatigue, weight gain, sleep disturbances, digestive complaints, diabetes, cancer, heart symptoms, all types of structural pain and many more. Holistic treatments take a different approach than western medicine finding the cause of each health concern and applying natural therapies such as chiropractic, acupuncture, herbology, nutritional supplements, diet, detoxification and many other treatments to regain balance. The first step to recovery is often detoxifying the body of chemicals, organisms, heavy metals and food allergies. These cause chronic inflammation in the body which is at the core of many resistant diseases, seldom addressed in western treatment, and a tremendous importance in holistic. Once the toxic factors are eliminated, huge health benefits are achieved! With all of these therapies available, now is the time to reach a new level of health and live the life you deserve.  Thomas Eyrich, D.C., L. Ac., N.D.