Most often, a pinched nerve, leg pain occurs in athletes, the elderly with heavy physical exertion. The cause of the condition may be an intervertebral hernia. With certain pathologies, osteochondrosis, for example, the destruction of individual segments of the spinal column occurs. So, part of the disk may shift and squeeze the nerve root.
Thus, a hernia is formed. The largest and thickest nerve, formed from the roots, reacts to pinching, and a person feels pain. Discomfort is often felt throughout the lower limb. This is due to the fact that the
sciatic nerve runs along the buttock, back of the leg. In addition, a tumor may form in the tissue. It can be benign or malignant. This tumor can provoke a pinched nerve in the leg. In many cases, medical attention may be required. However, before receiving treatment, it is necessary to undergo a radiography, as well as CT or MRI, if necessary. If a tumor is suspected, a radiological examination is prescribed to the patient.
How to eliminate a pinched nerve in the leg
The prescribed treatment involves bed rest. The main objective of therapeutic measures is pain relief. Prescribe novocaine blockade, pain medication. Outwardly, it is recommended to use ointments with propolis, mustard oil, turpentine. To eliminate the discomfort that caused a pinched nerve in the leg, alcohol tinctures can also be used. In addition, it is recommended to apply wax, paraffin, dry heat or compresses (warming) to the lesion. If the pain intensifies, then it is recommended to use cold: ice or a heating pad, which is filled with cold water. In this case, the blood vessels narrow sharply, swelling decreases. As a result, the intensity of pain decreases. In some cases, to eliminate pinched nerve in the leg, physiotherapy is prescribed. Therapeutic measures include electrophoresis with novocaine, acupuncture. Acupressure is highly effective. UHF is quite popular and no less effective.
Pinched ulnar nerve. Symptoms
Violation can occur not only in the lower, but also in the upper limbs. So, for people whose work is based on a machine tool, workbench, desk, neuritis of the ulnar nerve may occur. This violation is noted with fractures of the condyle of the shoulder. It should be said that compression may appear in the wrist area. In some cases, pinched nerves can trigger an acute infection. Damage is accompanied by numbness in the area of the fingers (fourth and fifth), a decrease in strength in the abducting and adducting muscles of the hand. The limb of the patient looks like this: the middle phalanges in a bent position, the main ones in an unbent position, the fifth finger in the allotted state. In the hand, small muscles give in to atrophy. Anesthesia is detected in certain areas of the fourth and the entire fifth finger from the side of the palm, as well as the fourth and half of the third finger from the back.