What is lumbosciatica

lumbosciatica

This pathologyía is one that causes pain that spreads from leg to foot, that means it is very comúlest people confuse it with the lumbago, But it is not the same; it is not necessary that in all occasions the pain reaches the foot, it can remain many times in part of the extremity nothing moreás.

Another thing that this annoying pain can include is that there is a lack of sensitivity in the limb or a lack of strength as well.én, can be given at any time of both díat night and you can recognize it much moreás specíphysically if when you put yourself in positionón fetal you feel that it is totally or partially relieved.

The main difference between this pain and the pain of lumbago or ciática, is that the previous ones areán strictly limited to the lower back or glúwork también, while this pain runs from the glúteo to the foot, along the way it passes through the back of the thigh and calf.

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Whaté produce at lumbociática

onceómain n by which the pain of directions is generated and gains great greaterísometimes it is that there is a hernia of núCleo Culposa somewhere in the lumbar canal taking up space, specíphysically close to raíci nerve cesático and they compress it, onceón why the pain is so sharp and expands so much.

We've talked before about the spinal discs in our spine simply aging by nature., but something that maybeáWhat we haven't mentioned is that not everyone ages at the same rate.; when one of the discs ages this automaticallyáethically makes me lose líliquid and while más is going to decide trying, m are being producedás cracks that cause the disc to beá más smallñor and all this is what makes someoneún moment a hernia of n occursúcleo culpable.

Cómo if diagnostics the lumbociática

to give a diagnosisóstic clíunique to the patient and know if he suffers from directions and his reflexes have to be evaluated, his sensitivity and his strength, usually this by means of the joints or an examination fígeneral physic; depending on the levels of reflex strength and sensitivity of the patient, whether tall or short, the médico may know specíficamente in qué level of your spine you can give the hernia.

Si a raíz of this exam the médico has suspicions of lumbociático, then ask the patient for an x-rayía simple lumbar spine and if it gives a picture that this is the problem endá the diagnosisóstico with a nuclear magnetic resonanceética, the one to helpá to show exactly cómo isáon the discs, the hernia and cuáhe of all raíwhat is thisá committed.

Treatment of the lumbociática

The 80% of people with this problem can reduce it with analgesicésick, medications that areán directed at neurop painátic and with anti-inflammatories, spaghettiéno local heat can be used, physiotherapy on rehabilitationón; When this doesn't fix it, there probably has to be intervention.ón wantúrgica.