Chiropractic care can help sciatica (leg pain) when other medical management fails.
CONCLUSIONS: Sixty percent of patients with sciatica who had failed other medical management benefited from spinal manipulation to the same degree as if they underwent surgical intervention. Of 40% left unsatisfied, subsequent surgical intervention confers excellent outcome. Patients with symptomatic LDH failing medical management should consider spinal manipulation followed by surgery if warranted.
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10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.08.013.Manipulation or microdiskectomy for sciatica? A prospective randomized clinical
study.
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