Sciatica care with Harvey, a chiropractor at 30 South Colonnade in Canary Wharf, pairs specific manual techniques with a rehabilitation exercise programme, after a history and nerve checks at your first visit.
Chiropractic is one option for sciatica: NICE includes manual therapy, alongside exercise, among the treatments to consider for low back pain with or without sciatica. In practice that means a plan of specific hands-on techniques for the lower back and hips, followed by a rehabilitation exercise programme you carry on between visits. How much it helps varies from person to person, which is why progress is reviewed after the first few visits.
The first visit starts with where the pain travels, how it began and what eases it, then checks of strength, reflexes and feeling in both legs, so anything that needs a GP or hospital is picked up first. Treatment may include mobilisation or adjustment of the lower back, soft tissue work around the buttock and hip, and a short set of exercises. Harvey also uses Activator Methods, a low-force instrument technique. You leave with a written plan if more visits make sense.
Leg pain can feel stirred up for a day or two after hands-on treatment, much like the mild aches and stiffness that are common after any hands-on treatment and usually short-lived. Tell your practitioner how you responded and the plan changes with you. If weakness is getting worse, see a GP straight away.
The NHS lists sciatica on both sides, weakness or numbness in both legs that is severe or getting worse, numbness around the genitals or bottom, and new trouble controlling when you pee or poo as reasons for A&E or 999. These can be signs of a serious problem that needs hospital treatment, not a chiropractic appointment.
There is no fixed number, and a long plan after only one or two visits would be unusual. Expect a short plan with a review point, paid per visit, and exercises that carry most of the load between visits. Harvey’s first visit is £115 for 60 minutes and a 30-minute follow-up is £80, and you can see every fee and booking term before you book.
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It is a reasonable option if the pain has no red-flag signs and you want hands-on care with exercises. See your GP first if it is getting worse or affects both legs. If you go ahead, a first visit with Harvey lasts 60 minutes, and you hear the fee before you book.
Often, yes: people say trapped nerve for pain that travels from the back into the leg, which is what sciatica describes. A history and nerve checks at the first visit sort out what is going on, so describe where the pain travels when you hear back.
NHS physiotherapy is free, often by self-referral, though waits can be long. Privately, Harvey sees patients at UNTIL Canary Wharf, 30 South Colonnade, two to three minutes from the Jubilee line. Answer four questions on the first visit form and you hear the fee before you agree to anything.
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