Word: lumbago
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these ails, the quest for help may be as exasperating as the pain itself. Too often, each specialist who is consulted has a different explanation of what is wrong and, more vexing, a different way of setting it right. For example, some doctors still speak of lumbago and sciatica. But these are notoriously imprecise terms for generalized pain in the lower back or neighboring areas that may be the consequence of various difficulties. Says Murray Goldstein, deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke: "All treatments are controversial, and the reason is an almost complete...