What is the medical approach to chronic pain and sciatica?
The medical approach to sciatica pain is to treat the symptoms using painkillers, muscle relaxers and various orthopedic treatments which may include traction, physical therapy and other therapeutic measures. Sciatica is particularly frustrating to the medical doctor because in many cases even strong pain killing drugs bring little or no relief. However, medical relief may be obtained from injections of painkillers directly into the nerve roots. Drug dependency, however, may develop among some patients.
