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How do you fix a pinched sciatic nerve
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4 things: Surgical decompression (not to be confused with chiropractic so-called decompression) epidural steroid injections spinal physical therapy "tincture of time" since the natural history of sciatica tends to be one of spontaneous healing.
Answered 12/7/2017
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