"I f bending backward worsens the pain but bending forward provides relief, the cause might be degeneration in the lower back ...

No treatment for sciatica works instantly - rather it often takes weeks of intensive treatment, combined with regular exercise, to make a difference. If the pain continues, then investigations ...

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If the ache of a useless lower back is bad enough, the piercing discomfort of sciatica – an umbrella term for referred pain from a pinched sciatic nerve – is insanity-making. I was desperate.

It may be, she added, that weekly therapy sessions are simply not scalable to a broad population, and the field should explore light-touch alternatives, like single-session interventions and ...