I have a pulling pain from the buttock down the leg.

This is a sciatic nerve pattern. We look at the nerve descending from the lower back.

My bladder and bowel control is abnormal.

Emergency care is needed immediately. This must not be delayed.

This is a spinal stenosis pattern. Easing with rest and becoming numb again on walking is the characteristic.

A clot must be ruled out. This differs from a nerve problem.

There are criteria. If you meet them, we say so.

We watch the order in which the area shrinks from the toes towards the knee.

We evaluate in two- to three-month units.

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Numbness or pain in the leg. We distinguish nerve problems descending from the lower back from problems in the leg itself.

Leg Radiculopathy

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