Sciatica Treatment On Insurance
Sciatica question- do most insurances pay for treatments?
I have medicaid at the moment as my primary insurance, but my husband just got a new job with insurance that is now in place. I am wondering what treatments most insurances will pay for? I’ve heard so many treatments for sciatica like physical therapy, massage therapy, chiropractic, etc. I am pretty sure both of my insurances would pay for physical therapy, but what about other treatments, like the massage and chiropractor?
Every insurance coverage is different, so the only way to know is to call up their office and ask.
Our insurance covers all 3 of them. I have hip problems with this pregnancy and see our chiropractor 2 times a week.
Yes, Yes and Yes….
The only tricky thing about the massage is that I had to use the massage therapists that they use at the chiropractic office. So, basically the Chiropractor put it in my treatment plan that I needed massages. (Which I asked him to do and he was so happy to do it) I ended up paying 20 dollars which is my copay for a one hour massage.
BTW, your dr can refer you to physical therapy.
I have had three flareups with Sciatica and I tried everything. Pain pills, epidurals and physical therapy.
And, honestly without question the physical therapy is what helped out the most. I did it for 12 weeks. I was only orginally supposed to do it for 8 weeks but they extended it because I needed it.
Now, when I have those first warning signs that is going to act up I do the two exercises that I learned that helped me the most.
Hope you get some help because I know how painful sciatica can be but have not experienced it while pregnant (hopefully I won’t either)
Hugs….
I have really good health insurance and they do not cover chiropractics so I would say that medicaid probably won’t cover it either.. I"m not sure about the massage either.. I would guess not since that would not be a medically necessary procedure.