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5 steps to sciatica pain relief

1- Apply self-care methods.

Do sciatic exercises. Try reducing pain. Remove the pain-increasing factors from your life. Most of the time it will work.

2- Drug use.

If self-care methods are not enough, use medicines prescribed by your doctor.

3- Physical therapy


After your pain has passed, practice your doctor's program. You are probably your doctor, will correct your posture, strengthen your back muscles, exercise your body to make it flexible.

4- Steroid injections


Your doctor may recommend injecting a corticosteroid drug into the area around the nerve root. This can help reduce your pain. Frequent application will result in side effects.

5- Operation


It is usually not preferred. Patients with intestinal or bladder incontinence can be operated by a doctor.

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