LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY (SCIATICA)
Radicular pain is often secondary to compression or inflammation of a spinal nerve. When the pain radiates down the back of the leg to the calf or foot, it would in lay terms be described as sciatica. This type of pain is often deep and steady, and can usually be reproduced with certain activities and positions, such as sitting or walking
daignosis of Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Herniated disc with nerve compression
- by far the most common cause of radiculopathy
- Foraminal stenosis
- (narrowing of the hole through which the spinal nerve exits due to bone spurs or arthritis) – more common in elderly adults
- Diabetes
- Nerve root injuries
- Scar tissue from previous spinal surgery that is affecting the nerve root