title: A 40-Minute Phone Intervention.
abstract: This article recounts the experience of an 88-year-old woman with sciatic pain and her attempts to get it treated. Common interventions were utilized and failed, and back surgery was recommended. A patient advocate was consulted who suggested the need to begin to exercise and to reconsider other medical interventions. Within 2 months, she was pain-free and returned to her active lifestyle. The use of scientific evidence and common sense prevented unnecessary surgery and other costly medical treatments.
authors: Mark R
authors: MR
authors: Collen
keywords: Chronic pain; neuropathic pain; sciatica; unilateral lumbosacral radicular syndrome