If you've searched this, you're probably a few days into a sharp, shooting pain down your leg and wondering whether to push through or do something about it. Fair question. Here's the honest answer. Most acute sciatica starts easing within four to six weeks. Many people are close to back to normal by the eight week mark. That's genuinely good news, and it's worth sitting with for a second before we get into the details, because a lot of what you'll find online about sciatica

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