Icheon Back Pain: There's a Reason the Leg Numbness Keeps Coming Back
Icheon Back Pain
There's a Reason the Leg Numbness Keeps Coming Back
Hello.
I'm Director Seo Se-wook of Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic in Icheon.
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Among those who open the door to my exam room,
the ones who come because of their back look different from the very start.
When they sit down, they brace one hand on the chair
and lower themselves slowly, very carefully.
Seeing that,
my heart goes out to them before I even realize it.
And most of them say something like this.
"Doctor,
I can't tell whether it's my back that hurts or my leg.
Everything from my hip down to my toes feels numb."
"I kept thinking it would get better if I rested,
but now I can't even stand."
"It clearly got better once,
but then it hurts exactly the same again. Why does this keep happening?"
That last sentence weighs on me the most.
When you thought you were healed
and it hurts again, the body struggles, but the mind grows even more weary.
Today's topic is
exactly that: Icheon back pain and leg numbness.
Especially for those who suffer repeated flare-ups,
I hope today's column offers real, practical help.
Back pain does not always require surgery.
When it keeps recurring, there is always a reason,
and once you find that reason, things really can change.
Today I'll walk you through these three points.
One. Why does leg numbness develop
on top of back pain?
Two. Why does it get better and then hurt again?
Three. How should it be treated so it doesn't keep recurring?
For those losing sleep over Icheon back pain,
I hope this column becomes a clear answer.
One. Why does leg numbness
develop on top of
back pain?
Many people, when their leg goes numb,
think, "Is the problem in the leg itself?"
But in most cases it isn't the leg —
it's a nerve descending from the back being compressed.
When the nerve connecting the back and the leg
is pressed by a disc or surrounding tissue,
the numbness or pulling sensation spreads to the hip,
thigh, calf, and all the way to the toes.
So even if the leg feels numb,
treating only the leg won't make it better.
You first have to identify
what in the back is compressing the nerve.
At Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic,
we use the GE P5 ultrasound device
to directly examine the condition of the muscles, ligaments,
and tissue around the disc with our own eyes before beginning treatment.
If you treat without knowing where and why the nerve is being compressed,
it eases for a moment and soon hurts again.
This is precisely the first reason it keeps recurring.
Two. Why does it get better
and then hurt again?
This question is the heart of today's column.
"It clearly got better, so why does it hurt again?"
The pain disappearing
and the body fully recovering are two different things.
At the point when the pain feels like it has eased,
the surrounding muscles and ligaments
are often not yet fully stable.
If you stop treatment in this state
and return to your old routine,
the same area easily breaks down again.
Near Changjeon-dong in Icheon,
there are so many people who stand for long hours at work,
and who sit in a chair all day long.
Market vendors, factory workers, office workers.
For such people,
the back is structured to accumulate repeated strain,
so when they return to daily life before recovery is complete,
recurrence is bound to repeat.
If you find yourself getting better and hurting again over and over,
there's a strong chance you stopped treatment too soon.
Three. How should it be treated
so it doesn't keep recurring?
I think of back pain treatment in three stages.
The first is
the stage of reducing pain and swelling.
The second is
the stage of restoring the function of stiffened muscles and joints.
The third is
the stage of balancing the whole body
so the same area doesn't break down again.
Many people
finish only the first stage and end their treatment.
Then, with the second and third stages missing,
recurrence keeps happening.
For treatment, we use ultrasound-guided pharmacopuncture, acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and physical therapy
together,
and when necessary
we combine herbal medicine to support recovery from within the body.
We prepare the decoctions ourselves on-site,
and national health insurance coverage for herbal decoction (첩약 건강보험) is also available.
And once treatment has progressed to a certain point,
I ask about the patient's lifestyle patterns,
and together we go over precautions
that can realistically be kept in daily life.
Nothing grand — just things that can actually be followed.
Let me sum up what we've talked about today.
If your leg is numb along with your back pain,
it means a nerve is being compressed,
and you must first accurately find the cause of that compression.
The reason it gets better and then hurts again, over and over,
is in most cases because treatment was stopped too soon.
To reduce recurrence, treatment can't end at pain relief —
it needs to continue through to functional recovery and restoring balance.
If you live in Icheon, or near Icheon,
and have long been suffering from back pain and leg numbness,
please do stop by sometime.
When it keeps recurring, there is always a reason,
and I will help you find that reason together.
This has been Seo Se-wook of Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic in Icheon.
Thank you.
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Mon, Wed, Fri 9:00-20:00 (reception closes at 19:00)
Tue, Thu 9:00-18:00 (reception closes at 17:00)
Lunch break (13:00-14:00)
Saturday 09:00-14:00 (reception closes at 13:00)
Closed every Sunday.
[Directions]
Address: 1st floor, Baeyoung Building, 178 Yeongchang-ro, Icheon-si
Silver Intersection (former Korea Exchange/Hana Bank site)
Across from NC Department Store,
the building right next to Davich Optical Icheon Jungang branch
About 100m toward Shinhan Bank/Kookmin Bank
[By public transport]
Gwango-dong stop:
Go straight about 200m toward Shinhan/Kookmin Bank
Shinhan Bank stop:
Go straight toward Gwango Market, then
it's across the Jungang Intersection
[Parking]
When using the Gwango Market public parking lot,
we provide a 1-hour parking ticket.
Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic in Icheon
Icheon Back Pain
There's a Reason the Leg Numbness Keeps Coming Back
Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic
178 Yeongchang-ro, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
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