Nerve Pain in Pomona , NY

Nerve Pain: A Sign of Underlying Spinal Conditions

Are your doctors struggling to explain your nerve pain? Have treatments for pinched nerves, sciatica, or unexplained burning pain provided only temporary relief? At Care PT of Rockland, we’ve discovered that persistent nerve pain often reveals an underlying spinal condition that many practitioners miss. Understanding how your posture and spinal alignment affect your nerves could be the key to finding lasting relief.

The Hidden Source of Nerve Pain

While many healthcare providers focus solely on where you feel your pain, we look deeper. That burning, shooting, or radiating pain you’re experiencing might actually be signs of spinal conditions you didn’t know you had:

Signs Your Nerve Pain Might Be Posture-Related

• Pain that changes when you sit differently
• Burning pain that’s worse at the end of the day
• One-sided pain that sometimes switches sides
• Relief when lying down or changing positions
• Sharp sensations that move around
• Radiating pain that comes and goes

Common Conditions We Discover

1. Forward Head and Rounded Shoulders (Kyphosis)

Many patients are surprised to learn their rounded upper back is causing:

• Sharp nerve pain in their arms
• Burning pain between shoulder blades
• Radiating discomfort into hands
• Pain that worsens at their desk

2. Uneven Shoulders or Hips (Scoliosis)

That slight curve in your spine you never noticed might be behind:

• One-sided nerve pain
• Alternating arm or leg pain
• Asymmetrical burning sensations
• Unpredictable pain patterns

3. Swayback Posture (Lordosis)

An exaggerated lower back curve could be causing:

• Radiating leg pain
• Lower back nerve pain
• Pain that changes with standing
• Unexpected shooting discomfort

Why Traditional Treatments May Not Have Worked

If you’ve tried various treatments for nerve pain without lasting success, it might be because they weren’t addressing the underlying spinal condition. Most traditional approaches focus on managing pain at the site where you feel it, rather than identifying its true source in your spine.

The Limitations of Common Treatments

Medications only mask the pain temporarily. While they might provide relief, they don’t address how your spinal positioning is affecting your nerves. Even when the pain subsides, the pressure on your nerves from poor spinal alignment continues, eventually causing the pain to return.

Local treatments like injections or physical therapy focused only on the painful area might feel good initially. However, if your spinal alignment remains poor, the nerve continues to experience pressure and tension from postural stress. This explains why you might feel better for a few days or weeks, only to have the pain return once the treatment wears off.

The Missing Link

Think of it this way: if you had a kink in a garden hose, you wouldn’t just treat the area where water isn’t flowing properly – you’d straighten the entire hose. Similarly, your nerves run through a complex network of spaces in your spine. When spinal conditions like rounded shoulders, uneven hips, or excessive spinal curves compress or stretch these spaces, it affects your nerves anywhere along their path.

Why a Spinal Approach Makes Sense

By addressing your spinal alignment first, we can:

• Remove pressure from compressed nerves
• Restore proper space for nerves to function
• Reduce tension on stretched nerve pathways
• Create lasting improvements rather than temporary fixes

Understanding this connection between your spine and nerve pain opens the door to more effective, lasting treatment. Instead of continuously chasing pain symptoms, we address the root cause through proper spinal alignment.