Sciatica. Pain that results from a pinched or irritated sciatic nerve.This nerve runs down your lower back through your hips and buttocks and down each leg. Sciatica is how laypeople refer to pain that travels down the leg from the lower back, although your doctor may use the term lumbar r...
Since some symptoms of low back strain are similar to those of more serious conditions, it's important to get checked out by a doctor. Any numbness andweaknessin your legs, or bowel andbladderproblems, can be a sign ofnerve damage-- and that needs immediate medical attention. To diagnose ...
The article offers information on the evaluation and assessment of patient with low back pain on the basis of symptoms including unstable fracture or severe spinal compression and generation of pain from intervertebral disc disruption, a pinched nerve, lumbar facet arthropathy.A. Oyelese...
Low back pain with leg involvement Low back pain that radiates down the leg usually indicates involvement of the sciatic nerve. The nerve can be pinched or irritated by herniated disks, tumors of the cauda equina, abscesses in the space between the spinal cord and its covering, spinal stenosis...
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Sometimes mechanical back pain is caused, not by a pinched nerve, but by tight muscles, degenerative discs, and inflamed facet joints.Chronic back pain persists for more than 3 months; it may be felt all the time or worsen with certain activities. Although its source may be hard to ...
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Spine Surgery for Treating Back Pain and Leg Pain (Sciatica) Show Transcript Leg pain and back pain from a pinched nerve in the lower spine, commonly calledsciaticaand medically known as lumbar radiculopathy, mainly occurs due to alumbar herniated disc. A common surgical treatment for herniated ...
This can happen when a disc herniates or when a nerve gets pinched where it leaves the spine. Recently it has also become known that when a disc ruptures, chemicals are released that inflame the nerves even if there is no pressure directly on the nerve. Neurogenic symptoms concern doctors ...
The term sciatica describes the symptoms that occur when the sciatic nerve is pinched or irritated (it is a type of radiculopathy). These symptoms may include pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness that radiate along the sciatic nerve, affecting the buttocks, the back of the leg, and the foo...