Sciatica
You may suffer sciatica if the pain radiates down your leg from your lower back. Lumbar radiculopathy, sciatica, sciatic neuritis, and sciatic neuropathy are all names for pinched nerve syndrome. It can be caused by disc herniation or a slipped disc in the lumbar region of the spine. This signifies that a portion of the disc’s soft center has been pushed outward, exerting pressure on a nerve. Moreover, when the spinal canal and nerve roots become more compressed, a condition known as spinal stenosis develops and causes sciatica.
Its symptoms include stabbing pain in the legs that may come on suddenly or develop over time. Patients can feel numbness and muscle weakness in one leg or hip while experiencing excruciating pain in another. It radiates in a line beginning in the buttocks traveling down the back of the thigh to the lower leg. In severe cases, moving the foot or bending the knee may be difficult. On the other hand, acute sciatica is diagnosed when the pain and other symptoms subside within 4 to 8 weeks, at which point medical attention is usually unnecessary.
Physical therapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, and muscle relaxants are applied to provide relief. In some cases, spinal corticosteroid injections and surgery treatments can be an option.
