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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.

Dr Armstrong and another doctor agreed

Answered 12/7/2017

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