Word: sciatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HOSPITALIZED. Johnny Cash, 51, stone-faced country and western singer; to avoid chemical dependency; in the Betty Ford Center of Eisenhower Medical Center; in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Fearful that he might become hooked on drugs after taking prescribed painkillers for sciatic nerve spasms and surgery on a bleeding ulcer, the gravel-voiced Cash checked himself into a rehabilitation program...
...loss of junior forward Joe Carrabino, the team's leading scorer, to a sciatic nerve injury after the UMass game threw much of the responsibility for Harvard's front line on the broad shoulders of classmate Trout...
Though the problem lies in his back, the disk pressing against his sciatic nerve causes pain in his legs. Heat treatments and stretching are helping Carrabino fight the wear-and-tear injury, but it's anybody's guess as to when he will again don a Crimson jersey...
Judith McDonalt, the second alleged victim, testified that shortly after midnight on March 26, 1978, she was in great pain from a backache and sciatic nerve injury and Hussain gave her a morplunie injection. After giving her the morpline McDonald said. Hussain placed her in restraints and moved her call bell our of reach. When the nurse who was assisting him left the room, he removed her pants and raped her, she charged. After the rape, she added, Hussain threatened to put her in pain for the rest of her life if she ever told anyone about the attack...
...that provides firm support, especially of the lower back. Keep feet slightly elevated. Get up occasionally, stretch and walk around to relieve the strain. A special tip to men: do not keep a bulging wallet in the back pocket. During long intervals of sitting, it can press on the sciatic nerve, sending shooting pains down...