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Sciatica that
won't stop radiating.

It runs from the back or glute down your leg: sharp, burning, or heavy and numb. You've been told it's a disc. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

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Not Always a Disc
Much sciatic pain comes from trigger points in the glutes and piriformis, not a disc. Those causes don't show on MRI.
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Piriformis Compression
The piriformis sits directly on the sciatic nerve. Trigger points there compress it, mimicking disc sciatica exactly.
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Treatable Without Surgery
Dry needling releases the compression. Acupuncture calms the inflammation. No surgery, no injections.

It took over your leg.
It started somewhere else.

You can't predict when it will flare. Sitting through a meal, a meeting, or a drive becomes an endurance test, and you've reorganized your day around it.

Pain that radiates from the low back or glute down the back or side of the leg
Numbness, tingling, or burning sensation in the leg or foot
Pain that worsens with sitting, driving, or bending forward
A heavy or dead feeling in the affected leg
Difficulty finding any comfortable position
Previous treatment for disc-related sciatica that only partially helped

Two methods targeting every layer of sciatic pain.

We identify whether your sciatica comes from the disc, the muscles, or both, and treat accordingly.

Acupuncture

Calms nerve inflammation and resets the pain signal

Calms the inflammation along the sciatic nerve and turns down the amplified pain signal. Restores circulation to the compressed tissue in the low back and glutes.

Dry Needling

Releases the muscles compressing or mimicking the nerve.

Sciatic pain is often driven by the piriformis, gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, and deep low back muscles. Dry needling reaches these muscles directly and releases the compression on the nerve, or the trigger points that mimic it.

One releases the pattern.
The other keeps it from coming back.

A meta-analysis of 1,842 patients found acupuncture significantly more effective than conventional medicine for sciatica, with fewer side effects.

★★★★★

"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."

Jim O.

Common questions about sciatica treatment.

Yes. Even with a confirmed herniation, trigger points in the piriformis, gluteus minimus, and low back muscles often account for much of the pain. Acupuncture calms the nerve inflammation; dry needling releases the muscular compression. Many patients with confirmed herniations find significant relief.

No. It’s a good sign. Intermittent sciatica means the nerve isn’t constantly compressed; the irritation is triggered by specific positions and muscle tension, which usually means the problem is muscular and responds well to treatment. The risk of waiting is that each flare reinforces the pattern, and episodes become more frequent and harder to resolve.

Acute sciatica that’s been present for weeks typically shows meaningful improvement within 2–3 visits. Chronic sciatica that’s been recurring for months or years takes longer because the compensation patterns are deeper, but most patients still notice a shift in the first few sessions.

Sitting compresses the very structures that irritate the sciatic nerve: the discs load more in sitting than standing, and the deep gluteal muscles the nerve passes through are pinned against the chair. If your pain builds with sitting and eases when you walk, that pattern itself is diagnostic information.

A tight hamstring stays a short, stiff muscle in the back of the thigh. Sciatica travels: it runs from the low back or buttock down the leg, often 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.

A typical treatment timeline.

Visit 1
Assessment + First Treatment
Most patients feel the radiating symptoms ease before they leave.
60–75 minutes.
Visits 2–4
Progressive Resolution
Each session targets the next layer of compression or referral.
Sitting tolerance and leg symptoms typically improve between visits.
Visits 5+
Resolution or Maintenance
Muscular sciatica often resolves in 4–6 sessions; disc-involved cases take longer and benefit from concurrent care. The goal is reaching the point where you no longer need regular treatment.

Every case is different. Your plan is tailored to what we find in your assessment.

You know exactly how many minutes you can sit.

A compressed nerve needs release, not accommodation.

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.

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Your sciatica has a source.
Let's find it.

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