| Is bed rest effective in the short-term treatment of patients with back pain and sciatica? |
| I had admitted an elderly woman with severe sciatica to the community hospital. |
| Prior to initiating any flexibility program, especially for sciatica or low back pain, disc involvement should be ruled out. |
| Two years after the injury, he was referred to a rheumatologist in case the pain was caused by sciatica. |
| His sciatica gradually improved and has not recurred, although his back pain still gives him trouble occasionally, as you would expect. |
| Slipped discs, pinched nerves, sciatica, aging, and infections are other common causes of lower back pain. |
