Severe Low Back Pain Or Sciatica? You May Have A Pinched Nerve
Posted Jun 02 2009 4:33pm
San Francisco Chiropractor and Chronic Back Pain Doctor Comments:
Low Back Pain is not much fun...neither is sciatica. Sciatica by definition is pain that travels down the leg...usually because of pinched nerves in the low back. Pinched nerves have many sources...sometimes confusing and confounding doctors.
Here are the most common causes of pinched nerves:
There are others, but 95% of all pinched nerves in the low back are from one of the causes listed above. It's the irritation of the lumbar nerve roots from the pinched nerve that causes the pain that travels down the leg (sciatica).
There are many forms of treatment for pinched nerves...it just depends on the cause of the problem. It also depends on the severity of the condition, the age of the patient, and any other complications, such as scoliosis, compression fractions, tumors, or neurological disorders.
San Francisco Chiropractor and Chronic Back Pain Doctor Comments:
Here are the most common causes of pinched nerves:
There are others, but 95% of all pinched nerves in the low back are from one of the causes listed above. It's the irritation of the lumbar nerve roots from the pinched nerve that causes the pain that travels down the leg (sciatica).
There are many forms of treatment for pinched nerves...it just depends on the cause of the problem. It also depends on the severity of the condition, the age of the patient, and any other complications, such as scoliosis, compression fractions, tumors, or neurological disorders.