Symptoms of lumbar sciatica

Update Date: 2024-02-26 Source: Network

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Due to the current office conditions, many times people are in the office for a long time of sedentary, lack of activity and exercise, will make the appearance of a series of symptoms. Sciatica is the most common symptom, due to a long time to keep sitting, so that the emergence of this kind of phenomenon. The symptom of lumbar sciatica? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of lumbar sciatica

Lumbar disc herniation, patients often have a long history of repeated low back pain, or heavy labor history, often in a lumbar injury or bent down after acute onset of labor. In addition to the typical symptoms and signs of radicular sciatica, there are also lumbar muscle spasm, limited lumbar motion and loss of anteflexion. There may be obvious tenderness and radiation pain in the intervertebral space of disc herniation.

Cauda equina tumor, the onset is slow, gradually aggravated. At the beginning of the disease, it was usually unilateral sciatica, and gradually developed into bilateral sciatica. The nocturnal pain was obviously aggravated, and the course of disease was progressively aggravated. Sphincter dysfunction and hypoesthesia of sellar region were found.

Lumbar spinal stenosis, more common in middle-aged men, early often "intermittent claudication", walking after lower limb pain, but after bending down to walk or rest symptoms reduced or disappeared. When the nerve root or cauda equina is seriously compressed, the symptoms and signs of sciatica on one or both sides can also appear, and the course of disease is gradually aggravated, and the treatment of bed rest or traction is ineffective.

matters needing attention

(1) Pay attention to working posture, avoid sedentary and long-term bending. When bending, the strength of intervertebral disc is 4 times of that when not bending, so long-term bending is easy to make intervertebral disc degeneration or even protrusion（ 2) Proper exercise, exercise back muscles. Back muscles developed, can protect the waist from sprain. You have to warm up and do some gentle stretching before exercise.