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How To Treat For The Pain In My Leg?
have pain from back down leg into front muscle of lower leg is it sacitic and how long will it last I can stand and lay down but not sit what treatment is best I am 69 but dance and exercise 4 times a week have had this for 7 days now want to get better to go back to dance
Thu, 22 Sep 2016
Hi you have sciatica for 7 days and want to get over it fast to continue your normal activities. I would recommend that you take pain killers + Gabapentin 300mg at night and start physiotherapy. The response time is likely to be 2-3 weeks and then you gradually resume your normal activity.
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