Lower Back Pain Sciatica

Question 1

what are non-pharm ways of managing sciatica (5)

Answer 1

group exercise programme

manual therapy - massages

physiotherapy - they give safe exercises for you to do

strengthening the core

LICENSED chiropractor

Question 2

what are some psychological things to help manage lower back pain

Answer 2

CBT

ensuring person returns to normal day-to-day life

Question 3

what must be avoided

Answer 3

corsets/ belts

don’t recommend acupuncture as there’s no evidence to suggest it actually works

Question 4

what are medicated ways of dealing with sciatica

Answer 4

give NSAID’s e.g naproxen

Question 5

what’s the form ,dose, strength, frq, quantity of the medicine used to manage pain for this

Answer 5

naproxen tablets

500mg initial dose then 250mg dose

every 6-8 hrs

56-84 tablets (x2 tabs a day)