Western scientific medicine has taken this arrogant stance for close to a century. Little or no respect is paid to all medical history that preceded scientific inquiry. Their god is scientific method and they pretend all they do is proven safe and effective by someone. They have no use for anecdotal evidence that created folk and traditional medicine, practiced around world to this very day. If grandma passed her gallstones with a mega dose of olive oil, they don't care because grandma is uneducated and does not worship scientific method. If a treatment doesn't come from our fraternity, it is of no value to us. By this attitude, we know their worship of science is more important than Hippocratic Oath they swear. They are free to do all kinds of harm; if it is scientific. They have a license to kill and they do not take it lightly. Or do they?

They would rather see you die from their often admittedly ineffective treatments, than to see you live, due to treatment that is unscientific. If a million people use an unscientific remedy and two die, it makes TV news so rest of million will know they are flirting with death. They will finally go see doctor they have not trusted for years. If they go see that doctor, they may wait for hours to be told; "I don't know anything about that treatment. You are probably throwing your money away." Then he will send them a bill for his service and they know they just threw their money away and they are sure this is what scientific medicine is all about. Why do you think they call their customers patients? "If you come to us for help you will have to be patient."

The motto of American Medical Association must be: keep them busy and keep them ignorant. Encourage members to continue education that we approve and leave them little time to do so. Get them to choose specialties in school that further narrow their medical focus. Work them to exhaustion with promise of six figure incomes. Point out that this sacrificial lifestyle gives them nobility and authority. "Mr. Jones, I do this procedure thirty times a week, you can trust me." It means same as when buying a used car.

Many millions of Americans no longer care about scientific method and double blind studies. If friend, co worker, neighbor or stranger in a waiting room, mentions she got relief from arthritis using an unproven method, sufferer won't hesitate to try it.

If a million people are using scientifically "proven" prescription drugs and a hundred of them die from unproven drug interactions, cause of death is a stroke, a heart attack, or natural causes. That will not be TV news and many of us wonder how many die every year from scientific treatment. How many people die to support 186 billion dollar pharmaceutical industry? Their motto appears to be; whatever ails you - take more drugs, especially ours. Ask your doctor for a prescription.

Sciatica and Piriformis Syndrome are same condition... it is just that medical community is starting to call condition by muscle (Piriformis) that is involved and getting away from calling it by name of nerve that is involved (sciatic) nothing more than semantics.

Did you go see your primary care physician and get diagnosis of Sciatica only to have them refer you to an orthopedic specialist and than get a diagnosis of Piriformis Syndrome... and than be told to see a Physical Therapist and PT tells you a little heat, ultra sound, electrical stimulation and some therapeutic exercises and we will have you good as new???

If this is path you have been down and you're tired of all worthless treatments that just don’t work, you must read this article! I guarantee you, it will likely be far different than what you have read or heard anywhere else!

First, let me tell you why today’s traditional treatment methods just flat out miss boat. The medical community is so conditioned and focused on treating only symptoms and trying to get in as many patients a day as possible, that many people are misdiagnosed and/or mistreated.

Sciatic pain is simply caused by pressure being placed on sciatic nerve and there are primarily four things that can create this... you may have one or more of following:

1. Pressure caused by shortening and tightening of piriformis muscle. This is almost always due to months or years of muscle imbalances in hip rotator muscles.

2. Pressure caused by spinal stenosis, which is a decrease in space between vertebrae. This is primarily caused by uneven pressure and compression due to muscle imbalances.

3. Pressure caused by Isthmic spondylolisthesis which is simply when a vertebrae slips or moves... this can sometimes pinch sciatic nerve but often times people who have this condition don’t have any pain, symptoms, or even know they have it!

4. Pressure caused by a herniated or bulging disc. A herniation is when a disc protrudes out from between vertebrae and this can either be caused by an event like a car accident, or, by months or years of uneven pressure due to muscle imbalances. It is also important to note that many people with herniated discs don’t even experience pain or symptoms, and many don’t know they have condition.

As you can see, there is a trend here... in nearly every case, muscle imbalances are primary cause of pressure being placed on sciatic nerve.

If you are not sure which one of four is causing your sciatic pain, I recommend you start with basics. Most cases of sciatic pain are caused by muscle imbalances so if you begin to work on correcting any muscle imbalances you have, you should start to see improvement right away.

There are several self assessments you can perform to help identify which specific muscle imbalances you have and these are covered in our Lose Back Pain Video along with step-by-step instructions on what to do to eliminate your imbalances and pain. You can learn more by visiting http://www.losethebackpain.com

Sciatic pain comes about either due to a traumatic event, muscle imbalances, or a combination of both.

The event scenario is most likely catalyst for sudden onset of sciatic pain. So what happens… when there is undue stress on Piriformis muscle that stress causes it to go into spasm and then you have pain due to Piriformis muscle putting pressure on sciatic nerve.