If pain shoots down from your lower back, through your bottom, and into your leg, the culprit may be your sciatic nerve. A herniated disk,bone spur, or some other spine problem can put pressure on it. Doctors call this sciatica. It usually affects only one side of your body. Hot packs...
The site of disc pathology may be marked by local tenderness to palpation or percussion over thespinous processes. The patient may adopt a fixed posture, often tilted away from the affected side, and resist movement. Lumbosacral root orsciatic nerveinvolvement is suggested when passive hip flexion...
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Inflammatory condition of the sciatic nerve Nerve root compression from intervertebral disk protrusion, structural irregularities w/in the intervertebral foramina or tightness of the piriformis muscle S & S Arises abruptly or gradually; produces sharp shooting pain, tingling and numbness ...
the spinal cord, cauda equina, and/or sciatic nerve roots. This narrowing can be caused by bone spurs, spondylolisthesis, inflammation, or herniated disc which decreases available space for the spinal cord, thus pinching and irritating nerves from the spinal cord that travel to the sciatic nerves...
Pain is often caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve from a herniated disc, bone spurs or muscle strain. It typically improves with rest, physical therapy, and other self-care measures. Chronic pain may be helped with surgery. Neck pain Neck pain results when the spine is stressed by ...
spondylosis: a spinal condition resulting from degeneration of the intervertebral discs in the spine causing narrowing of the space occupied by the disc and the presence of bone spurs. spinal stenosis: the narrowing of the spinal canal and nerve-root canal along with the enlargement of the facet...