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I am getting an mri done on my lower back bc of my sciatica if its a bad disc what can be done?
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Several things: Rest, medicine, physical therapy, chiropractic care, injection, accupuncture, surgery...
Answered 3/14/2019
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Lumbago : Be cautious about anyone recommending surgery if your complaint is only back pain. Back pain is multi factorial. Conservative therapies are physical therapy/ core strength, muscle relaxers, anti inflammatories, chiropractor manipulation, heat/ice packs, ultrasound, etc etc. Steroid injections are also options . Back pain, thankfully is more commonly not a surgical problem fyi.
Answered 2/20/2021
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Spine Pain Options: This pain in the distribution as you suggested is the result of an irritated nerve or facet joints or other injury typically in the lumbar spine (low back) which are caused by herniated disks, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease, etc requiring further evaluation by a spine specialist and may be candidate for facet injections/radiofrequency ablation and epidural steroid injection.
Answered 1/10/2018
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