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What Is The Remedy For Low Back Pain?

female, age 68, 5 foot six, 178lbs. very healthy to this point, low back pain, sciatica,hiip reflexor pain recent MRI shallow protrustion in the right lateral recess at L4-L5 contacts descending right L5 nerve root anterior radial tear moderate to severe pain is it imagined?
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Thanks for writing to us.
Sciatica refers to pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve — which branches from your lower back through your hips and buttocks and down each leg. Typically, sciatica affects only one side of your body.
Although the pain associated with sciatica can be severe, most cases resolve with just conservative treatments in a few weeks.
Sciatica do respond well to bed rest and analgesics (pain killer) and is right mode of treatment.
The definitive treatment depends upon the cause of sciatica. I would suggest you to consult an orthopediac surgeon and may suggest other mode of treatment. After initial few days of bed rest, you needs physiotherapy (exercises).
Hope this helps you. You can consult me again directly through my profile http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-saurabh-gupta/64132
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What Is The Remedy For Low Back Pain?

Hello, Thanks for writing to us. Sciatica refers to pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve — which branches from your lower back through your hips and buttocks and down each leg. Typically, sciatica affects only one side of your body. Although the pain associated with sciatica can be severe, most cases resolve with just conservative treatments in a few weeks. Sciatica do respond well to bed rest and analgesics (pain killer) and is right mode of treatment. The definitive treatment depends upon the cause of sciatica. I would suggest you to consult an orthopediac surgeon and may suggest other mode of treatment. After initial few days of bed rest, you needs physiotherapy (exercises). Hope this helps you. You can consult me again directly through my profile http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-saurabh-gupta/64132