Word: sciatic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...result, said Dr. Snorrason, the sitter's muscles and ligaments stretch and he becomes fatigued. Long periods in a conventional chair can cause lumbago (generalized pain in the loins), sciatica from pressure on the sciatic nerves, or even contribute to disk displacement resulting in extremely painful pinched nerves in the lower back...
...horizontal, on the buttock (see diagram) and make the injection into the upper, outer quadrant. But this is risky, says Dr. Hanson, because people are not all built alike, and if the needle goes in a little too close to the midline of the body, it may hit the sciatic nerve...