Managing Sciatica and Radicular Pain in Primary Care Practice

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Laroche, Francoise (Editor), Perrot, Serge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tarporley : Springer Healthcare Ltd. : Imprint: Springer Healthcare, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Pain medicine.; Pharmacotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.; Surgical Orthopedics.

Low back pain is described as a very common condition that tends to affect about 70% of the population at some point in time with varying degrees of symptom severity. Although definitions vary, sciatic pain is generally defined as back-related pain radiating to the leg (normally below the knee and i...