Puzzles

ACROSS

1. Relating to Vatican’s Francis 6. Denouement 9. HVAC tunnel 13. Lesser Antilles destination 14. Big Island necklace 15. Truth without proof 16. Luciano Pavarotti, e.g. 17. Distressing acronym 18. Acrylic fiber 19. *Outing in a wagon 21. *Overnighting outdoors 23. “____ Te Ching” 24. RC or Jolt 25. Tax pro 28. Lowest brass instrument 30. *Alfresco meal 35. Kaa’s warning 37. This and that 39. Extended family member 40. “The Sun is ____ a Star” 41. Namely (2 words) 43. “The Parent Trap” child 44. Renter’s paper 46. H. H. Munro’s pseudonym 47. Snaky swimmers 48. Geisha’s garb 50. Kids’ construction block 52. Caustic chemical 53. Display displeasure 55. Blunder 57. *S’more cooker 61. *U-Pick destination 65. Yahoo! message 66. Hyperactivity acronym 68. Relating to hilum 69. To the point 70. Make a pigeon sound 71. Silly 72. Ancient eternal life symbol 73. H in British HMS 74. Socially inept

DOWN

1. *Promenading route 2. Atlas stat 3. Small and weak 4. Cut short 5. Cowboy’s catcher 6. Additional 7. Opposite of paleo 8. “Xanadu” music genre 9. Village, mostly in South Africa 10. Tangerine plus grapefruit 11. Colloquial “Follow me!” 12. NASA’s orange drink 15. Master’s area 20. Meryl Streep/Philip Seymour Hoffman 2008 movie 22. *Climbing peak 24. Fashion week stage 25. *Sidewalk artist’s medium 26. Mushroom caps 27. Indian black tea 29. Unwelcome reception, pl. 31. Give a quote 32. Handrail post 33. In an unfriendly manner 34. Incense without prefix 36. Comme ci, comme ça 38. *Nature walk 42. Detroit mascot 45. Store as fodder 49. Not their 51. Lady Slipper, e.g. 54. “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” host 56. Horny odd-toed ungulate, for short 57. Between Phi and Kappa 58. Bad luck predictor 59. Police informer 60. *Angling reward 61. O in b.o. 62. Having wings 63. Military status 64. Squirrel’s nest 67. Rudolph’s Clarice, e.g.

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How To Find e Right Solution for Your Sciatica

Get back to being yourself with a sciatica solution that lasts

By Leading USA Sciatica Expert, Dr. Tom Padilla

If you’ve had sciatica for any length of time, you’re familiar with how di cult it may be to do simple things like sleep comfortably, sit for long periods, or walk. You may already know that frustrating feeling of not being able to focus on anything or anyone around you fully, because you’re distracted by pain. e problem with sciatica is it can a ect nearly every aspect of life, and doesn’t a ect anyone exactly the same way.

ere are several di erent causes of sciatica, and often, the diagnosis and solutions given only

help for the short term. ings that help one type of sciatica, make other types of worse, and what helps one day, may not help the next. Or you might have symptoms that behave di erently all the time, leaving you searching high and low for solutions that help you avoid surgeries that are often unsuccessful.

Most people with sciatica just want to know if there’s a solution that actually lasts. Solutions that used to work, don’t work any longer. Eventually you nd yourself in a rabbit hole, searching for solutions that help you avoid surgery.

You’ve likely already tried many di erent

things. Usually the list includes massage, stretching, chiropractic, and di erent exercises.

One of my patients, Marian, had tried everything above along with back surgery, unspecialized physical therapy, pain management, spinal injections, spinal electrostimulation, acupuncture, and dietary analysis.

Marian told me, “When you go through this, you learn how many things you can no longer do if you can’t stand or walk.”

You don’t have to choose between surgery and giving up the activities that you love.

Sciatica is so common because many of the solutions out there just take one area into consideration. e muscles, the joints, nerves, strength, weakness, etcetera. e simple truth is that sciatica is a complex condition with many contributing factors. e core issue, which has been proven time and again in the best research, is that the body has

developed compensation patterns in order to

protect itself. ese patterns are hardwired into the brain and will continue until they’re xed. is pattern is what CAUSES the tight muscles and sti joints. ey eventually pinch the nerve, causing sciatica. erefore, the pattern is the true root cause. No matter how long you’ve su ered, you can still get

your life back. No surgery. No pills.

Common Mistakes Doctors Make When Dealing With People With Sciatica

• ey only seem interested in pushing pills or injections with no real answers as to why you have pain. • ey make you feel like you’re a crazy hypochondriac. • ey blame you or make you feel like it’s your own fault that you’re not getting better. • ey didn’t fully explain your diagnosis so you feel like something’s missing and that you must be more complicated than other people. • ey tell you that “you’re just getting older,” and now you’re worried that your best years are behind you instead of ahead of you like you thought they would be. • ey’re lack of root-cause solutions make you worry about losing your independence, and wondering what life will look like in 10 years if things continue to go this way.

Why What You’ve Tried Hasn’t Worked

Many common “treatments” for sciatica, like stretching and injections, only address the symptoms and not the root cause of your sciatica.

What To Avoid

Here are 3 things that can make your sciatica pain worse.

Stretching: If you’ve been stretching to x your sciatica and it hasn’t worked yet, it likely won’t. More often than not, sciatica has come up because of tight muscles. Stretching is for short muscles. Tight muscles are tight because they’re compensating for a weak muscle nearby. Stretching will relieve them for a little bit, but it will come back unless the weakness is resolved.

Crossing Your Legs: Avoid crossing your legs at all costs. is can cause stretching in the back of your hip which compresses the sciatic nerve. It also causes twisting in your hips and pelvis which can put stress on the nerves in your back.

Resting: Certain activities right now might make your sciatica worse, but that doesn’t mean you should restrict all of your movements. If certain things are painful, like walking, lifting, sitting, it’s important to nd the root cause so you can start moving properly and stay active.

How to Fix Sciatica for the Long Term

So many of the “solutions” we try only provide temporary relief because they’re not targeting the root cause. And without getting to the source of the problem, sciatica pain will continue to return because the cause was never addressed.

Marian learned this the hard way, and unfortunately a lot of people do. After addressing the root cause, Marian says, “I’m back to walking 3-4 miles a day; I can lift and hold my grandbabies; I can go to parties without having to sit in a corner; I can go shopping again.” e only thing she’d change? Finding help to address the root cause sooner. “I could have avoided a lot of doctors’ appointments and needless and expensive treatments, not to mention losing a couple of years to my other attempts.”

Tips and Exercises to Crush Sciatica Pain for Good

Our doctors are sciatica specialists who can help diagnose the root cause of your pain and design a personalized roadmap to long-term healing. is month, our doctors are setting time aside for ve

free complimentary sessions for our newspaper readers to get to the root of their pain and nd a path back to their lives without pain.

Reserve yours by calling or texting us at 480-4820651 and asking for a Sciatica Visit, or emailing us at info@thedoctorsofpt.com and saying “I’d like to reserve a Sciatica Visit.”

Or, if you’d like to meet our doctors at one of our free workshops, ask us about our upcoming Sciatica Workshop on October 26th at 6:30p where we’ll go over the root cause of sciatica and help you through a variety of exercises and stretches for fast relief.