Margolis wears it on her neck; her mother uses it for sciatica.
I do agree, however, that as opposed to laminectomy for sciatica, instrumentation and fusion have a very tenuous claim to effectiveness.
The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, is the only large and well-designed trial to compare surgery for sciatica with waiting.
Here is one for "Sciatica,"for instance.
After Baron and Binder [8] first introduced in 2004 the concept of mixed pain for sciatica, studies were published that confirmed the participation of nociceptive as well as neuropathic mechanisms of low-back pain.
Roland Disability Questionnaire for Sciatica (RDQ).
The primary outcome measure is the Roland Disability Questionnaire for Sciatica.
DH tissue was harvested from patients undergoing surgery for sciatica.
To be eligible studies needed to explicitly report that participants had sciatica or a synonym for sciatica.
1) Roland Disability Questionnaire for Sciatica.' This illness-specific 23-item functional assessment questionnaire is frequently used for low back pain and sciatica [ 38, 39].
