TREATMENT OF SCIATICA

5.1. Internal medicine treatment

- The acute stage: Motionless. Epidural (Vitamin B12, Corticoid). Anti-inflammatory pain reliever. Muscle relaxants. High dose vitamins B1, B6, and B12.

- Subacute and chronic stage: Drug treatment as combined acute phase: Physiotherapy, exercise of the back muscles, stretching the lumbar spine.

5.2. Surgical treatment: indicated in the presence of horsetail syndrome; have a compressed tumor; recurring painful disc herniation many times, seriously affecting living and working; did not respond to internal therapy for 3 to 6 months.

New treatments: Percutaneous disc removal surgery, laser surgery

5.3. Traditional medicine treatment:

-  Electric acupuncture

-  Tuina- massage reflexology; spinal chiropractic

- Cupping