Lumbar radiculopathy is pain and other neurological symptoms caused by pressure on a nerve root in your lower back. Learn about its symptoms, causes, and treatment.

Lower back pain is a condition that can vary in intensity and duration, with causes ranging from acute muscle injuries to ...

A pinched nerve in your back is most often caused by either disk herniation or spinal stenosis.. Herniated Disk: A herniated or “slipped” disk is when a portion of the disk bulges out, usually ...

This can put pressure on your spinal cord and nerve roots. This condition occurs mostly in those over 50. However, younger ...

Neuroinflammation of the spinal cord and nerve roots in chronic radicular pain patients. PAIN , 2018; 159 (5): 968 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001171 Cite This Page : ...

Lumbar decompression surgery aims to increase the space in the spinal canal so the spinal cord and nerve roots are not compressed. It involves precisely removing or trimming parts of the spine ...

Spinal stenosis occurs when the spaces in the spine narrow and create pressure on the spinal cord and nerve roots. Symptoms include lower back pain, numbness, tingling, cramping, and weakness in ...

A dermatome is an area of skin supplied by a single spinal nerve. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, forming nerve roots that branch from your spinal cord, but only 30 dermatomes. Your spinal ...

This 352-person trial, dubbed Study 1133 and conducted in the U.S., found that condoliase (a single injection of 1 mL at varying concentrations) did improve average leg pain from baseline to week ...

Discs can also become abnormally thinned or collapsed, allowing the surrounding vertebrae to come too close together, which leads to compromise of the exiting spinal nerve roots. Unlike thoracic ...

Spinal decompression can treat back or neck pain, bulging or herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, ... Removing a piece of your vertebral bone helps take pressure off of your spinal cord or ...