Non-surgical sciatica treatments encompass a broad range of options, with the goal of relieving pain caused by compressed sciatica nerve The range encompasses exercises to steroid injections to microscopic surgery to more invasive surgery techniques after a trial run of ruling out less invasive treatment as unsuccessful.
Joseph H. Feinberg M.D. & Neil L. Speilhotz PhD. (authors of “Peripheral Nerve Injuries in the athlete).