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I have sciatic back pain. how can i find out whether the pain caused by a torn rotor cuff surgery i recently had?
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Not related: Sciatic nerve pain is caused by an irritation of the nerves that come from the low back. A rotator cuff issue will have no bearing on sciatica.
Answered 5/12/2014
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Simple - it isn't: It is most lijely unrelated unless you have modified how you were moving and lifting or being more sedentary as a result of the surgery. It is unlikely that it would be related to your positioning for the surgery. If you fell being transferred from the or table i would expect you would have been informed and you would have had other evidence of this unlikely scenario.
Answered 2/25/2017
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