EFFECTIVENESS OF LUMBAR TRACTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SCIATIC PAIN
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Sciatic pain is not a diagnosis but rather it is a symptom and a nonspecific term commonly used to prescribe symptoms of pain radiating downward from buttock to posterior and lateral aspect of the whole lower limb. Sciatic pain affects many people from different walks of life especially above 18 years of age both males and females. Traction reduces pressure on spine by creating tension and space b/w vertebral joints. Traction can be given by hands or via machinery. Traction is used to treat herniated discs, sciatic
pain, prolapsed Intervertebral disc, cervical and lumbar spondylosis, nerve root compression and other ailments.
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