Lasting Sciatica Leg Pain Relief Without Surgery – San Diego, CA

Why Finding and Fixing the Root Cause Is the Only Way to Real Relief

At The Spinal Decompression & Chiropractic Center of San Diego, we regularly see patients who’ve battled sciatica for months or even years. Many have tried pain medications, steroid injections, physical therapy, and even surgery—but they’re still struggling with pain down the leg, numbness, tingling, or weakness.

The problem? These treatments often focus only on suppressing symptoms, not correcting the root cause.

🚨 What’s Really Causing Your Sciatica?

Sciatica isn’t the actual problem—it’s a symptom. In most cases, sciatica occurs when a spinal disc in the lower back is compressing or irritating the sciatic nerve, usually due to:

• Disc bulges or herniations

• Degenerative disc disease

• Postural imbalances

• Muscle compensation or spinal instability

Until that pressure is relieved and the biomechanics corrected, the pain will usually persist or return—even if it improves temporarily with injections, medications, or massage.

⚠️ Why Injections, Medications & General Therapy Often Fail

While these approaches can offer short-term relief, they rarely correct the mechanical or structural problem causing the nerve irritation. That’s why so many patients experience flare-ups weeks or months later, or find that the treatments simply stop working.

Unless we:

• Identify what’s compressing the nerve,

• Understand why it’s happening, and

• Create a custom plan to address it,

…we’re only managing symptoms, not fixing the source.

✅ The Solution: Comprehensive, Root-Cause Focused Care

At our clinic in San Diego, Dr. Cassidy Boelk DC, a Certified Spinal Decompression Doctor and Certified Pain-Free Performance Specialist, has helped thousands of patients get real, lasting relief by using a multi-step approach that starts with a thorough evaluation and ends with a customized treatment plan.

🔍 Our Sciatica Relief Process

1. Detailed Examination & Diagnosis
   We assess your spinal alignment, movement patterns, and structural imbalances—because the real cause of sciatica often lies in hidden faults like:

   • Pelvic rotation or tilt

   • Core weakness

   • Hip joint stiffness

   • Spinal instability

   • Old injuries or surgeries that altered your biomechanics

2. Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression (NSSD)
   We use only the DRX9000, the most researched and effective decompression system available—backed by studies from Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, and Duke. This gentle, targeted therapy reduces pressure on the disc and sciatic nerve without surgery, drugs, or downtime.

3. Individualized, Not One-Size-Fits-All
   Every NSSD session is customized based on your height, weight, disc level, severity, and tolerance. We do not use generic settings—because cookie-cutter care won’t work for unique human bodies.

4. Active Therapy & Long-Term Correction
   Once decompression relieves nerve pressure, we integrate:

   • Postural correction

   • Core and hip stability training

   • Mobility work for the spine and hips

   • Functional movement retraining

   This approach prevents future flare-ups and helps you build strength where it matters.

🧠 Why Our Patients Get Better When Others Don’t

We don’t just treat what hurts—we treat why it hurts.

By correcting posture, improving movement, decompressing the nerve, and retraining stability, we help patients finally move, sit, stand, and sleep without leg pain or limitation—many of whom were told surgery was their only option.

📍 Located in San Diego, CA – Patients Travel from All Over

Dr. Boelk has performed over 65,000 spinal decompression sessions, is the founder of the Spinal Decompression Training Academy, and trains doctors nationwide in Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression protocols. Patients have traveled from Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Mexico, and Spain to receive care at our San Diego clinic.

“Dr. Boelk and his team are the best in the business! I have had lower back problems for over 5 years and been to 6 other doctors seeking options other than surgery. I came in early January not able to bend and walking with a limp. By February I was able to bend again with minimal pain and by March I am now able to bend without any pain and am able to walk normally.

 I am EXTREMELY happy I did not have surgery and found Dr. Boelk. Trust him and the process and he will get you feeling better. He also said from the beginning that if at any stage in the process he felt like progress wasn't happening he would let me know which was not the case with other specialist I have seen in the past so I appreciate that.”

                                                                                          Calder Pearce, San Diego, CA,3/07/25

“I was so tired of being in pain and felt I had tried all resources. After two unsuccessful cortizone shots in my back (cash out of pocket) recommended by my primary care doctor who assured me that would do the trick, I began asking people about their experience with back surgery. Even my primary care doctor said it might have to be considered. I wanted to stay as far away from the knife as possible.

Sometimes Google is magic...I began to explore other options and found many useful information on spinal decompression. It is not a quick fix. Healing takes time and patience. I am so grateful I found Dr. Boelk and staff at the Spinal Decompression and Chiropractic Center. Of course his 5 star reviews intrigued me. (and he deserves every one of those 5 star reviews).

After a consultation where I never felt rushed and I FELT HEARD I decided to commit to a treatment plan.
I am now pain free after 18 treatments. I plan to continue a maintenance routine as part of my self care goals moving forward and I'm finally feeling zero discomfort.
No meds. Just commiting to Dr. Boelk's recommended treatment plan.”

                                                                                                                                                -Marlo Surovsky, San Diego, CA

“I travel from the UK to see Dr Boelk and his wonderful team . I have 3 bulging disc and one is touching the nerve. I have the spinal decompression treatment and it really helps keep me in my active life . I will not go to anyone else for back treatment, this place is number one and they genuinely care about their patients.”

                                                                                                                              -Lisa S. United Kingdom

“The care I received at Dr. Boelk’s office was so wonderful. I went from having to lay down for several hours a day, to being able to live my life normally, and even began working up my exercise capacity. I always felt cared about, and there was a lot of feedback. The exercise and information Dr. Boelk provides is so critical to maintaining positive results and pain reduction with increased mobility and freedom. All the staff are so caring, and it’s one of the best decisions I made for my back!”      -Kaitelyn H, San Diego, CA

📞 Ready to Get Lasting Sciatica Relief?

If you're tired of chasing temporary fixes and want real, lasting results without surgery, we invite you to schedule a no-charge consultation to see if you're a candidate.

The Spinal Decompression & Chiropractic Center of San Diego
📍 5095 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92123
📞 Office: 619-298-0800 | 📱 Cell: 619-884-8298
🌐 www.SanDiegoBackCare.com

👨‍⚕️ About Dr. Cassidy Boelk DC

• Certified Spinal Decompression Doctor

• Certified Pain-Free Performance Specialist

• Over 20 years helping patients avoid surgery

• Founder of the Spinal Decompression Training Academy

• Has successfully treated disc bulges, herniations, and sciatica in thousands of patients