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CISTRS
Exercise, physiotherapy, osteopathy treatment, chiropractor treatment.
Stretching exercises are particularly helpful.
If painful, short term anti-inflammatories will help with the stretching exercises.
All these are preferable to long term drugs and surgery.
not an expert but, I would say surgery is preferable to long term drugs.
I had similar repair surgery 6 week ago, still a bit sore but previous pain problems all gone.
they remove the inflamed tissues, grind the bone a bit to make more space for the nerve.
I was glad to stop the intake of anti-inflamatories, they work at first and start to taper off.
as always, risk of complication is lower and recovery is easier if below 55-60 yr old.