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Slipped Disc (Spine Back Problem) – Causes and Symptoms

The human spine is made up of several different components other than just the vertebrae (bones) and spinal cord. Small muscles, ligaments and spongy discs allow for the strength and flexibility of the spine. The spinal cord is indeed important but the other parts of the spine also play a very important role in movement of >> Read More ...

Signs Of A Compressed Nerve In The Back

Any nerve in the body can become compressed for a number of reasons. But it is often the nerves emanating from the spine that are the most prone. These spinal nerves have to pass out between the bones of the spine (vertebrae) to different parts of the body. It is at the root, as it passes out of the vertebral column, that >> Read More ...

Spinal Stenosis and Surgery for Narrow Spine Canal

What is Spinal Stenosis? Stenosis means narrowing of a hollow tube. Spinal stenosis is a condition where there is narrowing of the spinal canal causing compression of the spinal cord lying within it and/or narrowing of the spaces through which the spinal nerves leave the spinal column. Spinal stenosis usually occurs as >> Read More ...

Nerve Stretch, Leg Pain, Other Tests For a Pinched Nerve

KatherineH45 Asked : My problem started 6 months ago when both of my legs started paining but the left leg pain was worse. The right ankle became quite sore and started swelling bout a month later and I visited my doctor who told me that I was putting too much pressure on the leg. He suspected that I had a pinched nerve >> Read More ...

Pinched Nerve Lower Back – Lumbar Nerve Compression

Pressure on the nerve roots as they leave the spine produce symptoms of nerve compression, and the nerve roots in the lumbar region of the spine are most liable to be pinched or compressed as a result of maximum movement of the vertebrae in this region. Lumbar nerve compression is commonly known as sciatica, which is the >> Read More ...

Pinched Thoracic Nerve – Radiculopathy, Compression

Nerve compression at the level of the thoracic vertebrae, or thoracic radiculopathy, is less common than in the cervical radiculopathy or lumbar nerve compression because of the lower amount of pressure and movement that the thoracic vertebrae are subjected to. However a pinched nerve at the thoracic level may cause >> Read More ...

Pinched Neck Nerve – Cervical Radiculopathy, Compression

A cervical pinched nerve or nerve compression occurs as it leaves the spine in the neck and produces a condition known as cervical radiculopathy. The nerve may be compressed or irritated due to a herniated intervertebral disc, bone spurs, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease, and may produce symptoms such as pain, >> Read More ...

Pinched Nerve vs Bulging Disc Meaning

What is a pinched nerve? The term ‘pinched nerve‘ actually refers to any condition where compression of the nerve causes a range of sensory (‘feeling’) and motor (‘movement’) related symptoms in the affected area. While a pinched nerve if often believed to affect the spinal nerves only, >> Read More ...

Sciatic Nerve Pain – Causes and Symptoms

What Is Sciatica? Sciatic pain (sciatica) is a pain in the lower back, buttock, leg and/or foot, usually on one side at a time, caused by one of disorders affecting the sciatic nerve: Pinched nerve due to: Bulging or herniated disc Degeneration disc disease (DDD) Spinal stenosis (narrow spinal canal) Fracture of one or >> Read More ...