Low back pain and sciatica

Abstract

An attempt has been made to evaluate use of the Williams flexion technic in treatment of 150 compensation patients suffering from low back pain and sciatica. Relief of symptoms and rehabilitation have been uniformly good, and this technic seems to offer an adequate solution of a difficult problem in industrial surgery. It is suggested that the poor late results in the over-all treatment of herniated nucleus pulposus might be bettered by a rigid flexion regimen postoperatively. © 1949.