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Sciatica can send searing, unrelenting pain down your legs, and surgery is often recommended if other less invasive measures fail to bring relief.
Unfortunately, a new study review suggests that such operations likely only provide temporary results, with pain typically returning within a year.
Sciatica is "characterized by pain going down the back of the leg, most often due to press...
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
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- April 24, 2023
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People suffering from sciatica gain lasting relief from a procedure that uses a fine needle to heat nerve roots near the spine, a new clinical trial shows.
The minimally invasive procedure, called pulsed radiofrequency (RF), provided superior pain reduction and disability improvement out to one year for patients with sciatica, according to findings published March 28 in the journal
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- March 29, 2023
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The Grammy-winning singer Adele told a crowd at her New Year's Eve concert that "really bad sciatica"is causing her to wobble on stage.
The award-winning singer first talked about her chronic back problems in a 2021 interview with The Face.
"I slipped my first disk when I was 15 from sneezing," she said. "I was in bed and I sneezed and my fifth one flew out. In January, I ...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- January 5, 2023
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A new approach to spinal cord stimulation may drastically reduce chronic back pain, a small pilot study suggests.
The study, of 20 patients with stubborn low back pain, tested the effects of implanting electrodes near the spinal cord to stimulate it with "ultra-low" frequency electrical pulses.
After two weeks, 90% of the patients were reporting at least an 80% reduction in their pa...
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
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- August 26, 2021
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