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Sciatica is pain going down the leg from the lower back. [1] This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg. [3] Onset is often sudden following activities such as heavy lifting, though gradual onset may also occur. [5] The pain is often described as shooting. [1] Typically, symptoms are only on one side of the body. [3]
The technique for detecting the psoas sign is carried out on the patient's right leg. The patient lies on his/her left side with the knees extended. The examiner holds the patient's right thigh and passively extends the hip. Alternatively, the patient lies on their back, and the examiner asks the patient to actively flex the right hip against ...
Magnetic resonance image of the lower leg in the coronal plane showing high signal (bright) areas around the tibia as signs of shin splints. Shin splints are generally diagnosed from a history and physical examination. [3] The important factors on history are the location of pain, what triggers the pain, and the absence of cramping or numbness. [3]
Neurogenic claudication commonly describes pain, weakness, fatigue, tingling, heaviness and paresthesias that extend into the lower extremities. [9] These symptoms may involve only one leg, but they usually involve both. Leg pain is usually more significant than back pain in individuals who have both. [12]
Piriformis syndrome is often left undiagnosed and mistaken with other pains due to similar symptoms with back pain, quadriceps pain, lower leg pain, and buttock pain. These symptoms include tenderness, tingling and numbness initiating in low back and buttock area and then radiating down to the thigh and to the leg. [ 72 ]
The most common symptom is pain, paresthesias, or dysthesias on the anterolateral surface of the thigh that extends just above the knee. [3] [8] [5] [2] [6] [4] (The term "meralgia paraesthetica" combines four Greek roots to mean "thigh pain with abnormal sensations".) Examples of paresthesias (abnormal sensations but not unpleasant) and ...
The pain can be described as throbbing and can worsen with weight-bearing, prompting one to bear more weight with the unaffected leg. [ 21 ] [ 24 ] Additional signs and symptoms include tenderness, pitting edema ( see image ), dilation of surface veins, warmth, discoloration, a "pulling sensation", and even cyanosis (a blue or purplish ...
Painful burning, tingling, or numb sensations in the lower legs. Pain worsens and spreads after standing for long periods; pain is worse with activity and is relieved by rest. Electric shock sensations; Pain radiating up into the leg, [1] behind the shin, and down into the arch, heel, and toes; Hot and cold sensations in the feet