Sciatica relief that starts
at the first visit.
Dry needling and acupuncture in one visit, releasing the piriformis and deep glutes that press on the sciatic nerve.
5.0 · 62 reviews on GoogleTreated, you sleep on that side, sit through a meal, and drive without shifting.
Seek urgent medical care first for:
new numbness in the groin or inner thighs,
loss of bladder or bowel control,
leg weakness that is getting worse,
or back pain with fever.
First visits are typically $300, follow-ups $250. Acunatomy is out-of-network with all plans; HSA and FSA cards are accepted, and a superbill is provided for reimbursement. Coverage and costs, explained.
"Eugene has been fantastic in helping me with sciatica issues. He listens to all the issues going on and what you have tried to help alleviate it in the past. He comes up with a plan to help you move forward with your recovery."
Does acupuncture help sciatica?
Yes. In a 2024 randomized trial of 216 patients with chronic sciatica, acupuncture reduced leg pain about twice as much as sham treatment, and the benefit held at one year. The sciatic nerve runs beneath the piriformis and the deep gluteal muscles, and trigger points there compress it and send pain down the leg. Dry needling releases those muscles and acupuncture reduces the pain and inflammation along the nerve.
Tu et al., JAMA Internal Medicine, 2024
A typical treatment timeline.
Sitting tolerance and leg symptoms typically improve between visits.
What resolution looks like for your sciatica.
Shifting weight every thirty seconds.
Standing still, comfortably.
Sleep interrupted by the leg.
The leg lets you sleep.
The tingling you’ve learned to ignore.
Feeling your foot again.
Common questions about sciatica treatment.
Yes. Even with a confirmed herniation, trigger points in the piriformis, gluteus minimus, and low back muscles can drive the leg pain on their own. We identify whether your sciatica comes from the disc, the muscles, or both, and treat accordingly.
No. Intermittent sciatica means the nerve is not constantly compressed; specific positions and muscle tension trigger it, which points to a muscular cause. Each flare reinforces the pattern, so waiting makes it harder to resolve.
Acute sciatica that has been present for weeks typically improves within 2 to 3 visits. Chronic sciatica that has recurred for months or years takes longer because the compensation patterns are deeper, but the first few sessions still bring a noticeable shift.
Sitting compresses the structures that irritate the sciatic nerve: the discs carry more load, and the deep gluteal muscles the nerve runs through are pressed against the chair. Pain that builds when you sit and eases when you walk is itself a diagnostic clue.
A tight hamstring stays a short, stiff muscle in the back of the thigh. Sciatica travels from the low back or buttock down the leg, burning, tingling, or numb, and stretching tends to provoke it. If months of hamstring stretching have changed nothing, the hamstring was probably never the problem.
No. The sciatic nerve supplies the back of the thigh and the lower leg. Pain down the front of the thigh comes from a different nerve or from trigger points in the hip flexors and quadriceps. The first-visit assessment identifies which muscle or nerve is producing the pain and treats it.
Sometimes. Most improvement happens in the first three months. In the largest primary-care study, 609 patients, just over half had improved a year later; nearly half had not. In chronic sciatica the piriformis and deep gluteal muscles are still pressing on the nerve, and releasing those muscles is what treatment does.
Where does it hurt?
Or find it on the body →Your leg can carry you again.
Let’s start.
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