{"id":1989,"date":"2019-09-13T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T09:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:42:31","slug":"treating-sciatic-nerve-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>html { scroll-behavior: smooth; scroll-padding-top: 5em; .table_of_contents {margin: 25px 0; padding: 10px; background: #F2F5F7;} .table_of_contents a { text-decoration: none; }}<\/style><div class='table_of_contents'><h3>Table of Contents<\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"#symptoms-and-complications\">Symptoms and Complications<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#risk-factors-that-influence-sciatica\">Risk Factors that Influence Sciatica<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#common-treatment-options\">Common Treatment Options<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#home-remedies\">Home Remedies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#physiotherapy\">Physiotherapy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#treatment-by-stem-cell-therapy\">Treatment by Stem Cell Therapy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The sciatic nerve is a large nerve that originates from the lower back and passes through both the legs to the feet, is important to provide the motor and sensory functions to the legs. Sciatic nerve injury also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/sciatica-pain-during-pregnancy\/\">Sciatica pain<\/a> is caused due to any kind of pressure such as stretching, jerking or cutting of the nerve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"symptoms-and-complications\">Symptoms and Complications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Injury in the sciatic nerve leads to loss of muscle power and pain that spreads to the back of the leg from the lower back. It generally occurs only on one side of the body. The pain may range from mild to severe ache, sometimes it might feel like a sharp pain which can develop progressively or suddenly. Sciatica is known to cause some complications such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>leg injury<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>inability to move the leg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>loss of sensation in the leg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>permanent damage of the nerve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"risk-factors-that-influence-sciatica\">Risk Factors that Influence Sciatica<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Age \u2013 An increase in the age of a person may lead to a herniated disk or bone spurs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Occupation \u2013 Carrying heavy loads, driving for a prolonged time or even a sedentary lifestyle may lead to deformation in the spinal cord.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Obesity \u2013 Excess weight increases stress on the spine, thus leading to spinal cord injury.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diabetes \u2013 Nerve damage may occur due to the high sugar level in the blood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"common-treatment-options\">Common <strong>T<\/strong>reatment Options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medicines:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anti-inflammatories \u2013 Non-steroidal drugs can be used to reduce the inflammation of the nerve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muscle relaxants \u2013 To get relief from muscle cramps or muscle spasms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antidepressants \u2013 In case of chronic lower back pain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"home-remedies\">Home Remedies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hot and cold compress \u2013 A combination of hot and cold packs can help to relieve pain. The cold pack reduces inflammation associated with the pain and the heat will increase the flow of blood to the area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acupuncture \u2013 Needles are inserted into the specific sites at the lower back to create a response from the nervous system. The response triggers our brain to release natural painkillers, increase blood flow and relax the surrounding muscles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Massage \u2013 A deep tissue massage will help to relax the tensed muscles and reduce the pressure on the sciatic nerve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"physiotherapy\">Physiotherapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strengthening exercises \u2013 To provide strength in the spinal cord for supporting the lower muscles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stretching exercises \u2013 Helps to stretch the muscles of the lower back so that the muscles become flexible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, physiotherapists also advise to improve body posture while sitting or sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"treatment-by-stem-cell-therapy\">Treatment by Stem Cell Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the above options will only provide instant relief from sciatic pain but it cannot cure the disease. Umbilical cord blood stem cells are being researched to find their benefits in treating sciatic nerve injury. A pre-clinical study conducted by Yilmaz, A. et al. (2018) showed that cord blood-derived CD34+ Stem Cells can protect and prevent the degeneration of axon and myelin sheath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this pre-clinical study, they used 21 female rats to study the right hind limbs. The rats were divided into 3 groups and a full layer cut is done on the right sciatic nerve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the first group, only the cut was made.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the second group, the cut was covered with a synthetic vascular graft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the third group, the area of the cut was covered with a stem cell applied vascular graft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Post 8 weeks of operation, they found that there were no major differences between the first and second groups. However, in the third group, they found that the degeneration of axon and myelin sheets was prevented due to the use of CD34+ cells. This indicates that with further research, umbilical cord blood stem cells can help to treat nerve injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, it is advisable for the parents to store the stem cells of their baby. Due to the ease in method, Umbilical cord blood is collected at the time of the birth which is further processed for extraction of stem cells, which is then kept in cryopreserved compartments at -196\u00b0C. These stem cells are ready to use and can be retrieved whenever needed. So, bank your baby\u2019s stem cells with us and avail a chance to get rid of nerve pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Symptoms and Complications Risk Factors that Influence Sciatica Common Treatment Options Home Remedies Physiotherapy Treatment by Stem Cell Therapy The sciatic nerve is a large nerve that originates from the lower back and passes through both the legs to the feet, is important to provide the motor and sensory functions to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read the informative article to know if stem cells can be used to treat Sciatic Nerve Injury.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read the informative article to know if stem cells can be used to treat Sciatic Nerve Injury.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stem Cell Banking Guide and Pregnancy Tips For New Parents\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-13T09:30:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-28T10:42:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"594\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cordlife India\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cordlife India\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cordlife India\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7a6ac890dea585e4e352f0d70e7e9833\"},\"headline\":\"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-13T09:30:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-28T10:42:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/\"},\"wordCount\":688,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Pregnancy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/\",\"name\":\"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-13T09:30:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-28T10:42:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"Read the informative article to know if stem cells can be used to treat Sciatic Nerve Injury.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Stem Cell Banking Guide and Pregnancy Tips For New Parents\",\"description\":\"Cordlife India\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Cordlife Sciences India Pvt Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CordLife_Logo_201505.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CordLife_Logo_201505.png\",\"width\":618,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Cordlife Sciences India Pvt Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7a6ac890dea585e4e352f0d70e7e9833\",\"name\":\"Cordlife India\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab124aeff50abe10ffe4fb8872ef6c57?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab124aeff50abe10ffe4fb8872ef6c57?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cordlife India\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/author\/avijit-paul\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury","description":"Read the informative article to know if stem cells can be used to treat Sciatic Nerve Injury.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury","og_description":"Read the informative article to know if stem cells can be used to treat Sciatic Nerve Injury.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/","og_site_name":"Stem Cell Banking Guide and Pregnancy Tips For New Parents","article_published_time":"2019-09-13T09:30:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-28T10:42:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":594,"url":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cordlife India","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cordlife India","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/"},"author":{"name":"Cordlife India","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7a6ac890dea585e4e352f0d70e7e9833"},"headline":"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury","datePublished":"2019-09-13T09:30:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-28T10:42:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/"},"wordCount":688,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Pregnancy"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/","name":"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-09-13T09:30:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-28T10:42:31+00:00","description":"Read the informative article to know if stem cells can be used to treat Sciatic Nerve Injury.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/treating-sciatic-nerve-injury\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Approach of Stem Cells in Treating Sciatic Nerve Injury"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/","name":"Stem Cell Banking Guide and Pregnancy Tips For New Parents","description":"Cordlife India","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Cordlife Sciences India Pvt Ltd","url":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CordLife_Logo_201505.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CordLife_Logo_201505.png","width":618,"height":270,"caption":"Cordlife Sciences India Pvt Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7a6ac890dea585e4e352f0d70e7e9833","name":"Cordlife India","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab124aeff50abe10ffe4fb8872ef6c57?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab124aeff50abe10ffe4fb8872ef6c57?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cordlife India"},"url":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/author\/avijit-paul\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7960,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989\/revisions\/7960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}