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Chiropractic helps a little with back-related leg pain
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Image: Thinkstock Chiropractic is a popular alternative therapy for low back pain. |
Chiropractic manipulation of the spine provides limited and short-term relief from back-related leg pain, reports a study in Annals of Internal Medicine. Shooting nerve pain in the legs, or sciatica, is a common problem for men with back pain related to spinal disc problems or narrowing of the space around the spinal cord (spinal stenosis).
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