LB Pain/Pain

Question 1

Lumbago

Answer 1

mechanical LB pain

Question 2

Unilateral pain s/referral below the knee may be caused by possibly (3) structures:

Answer 2

• muscle (sprain)
• ligament (sprain) of the lumbar facet joint
• SI-Joint

Question 3

What type of issues can refer pain of a similar quality to the butt and back of leg

Answer 3

Disc Pain, muscle strain, ligament sprain, facet joint pathology

Question 4

___________ would present with pain distal to the KNEE as numbness, pins and needles and possibly muscle weakness/atrophy.

Answer 4

A nerve root lesion/entrapment

Question 5

Intrathecal pressure

Answer 5

pressure inside the covering of the spinal cord

Question 6

Increased intrathecal pressure causes -

Answer 6

• increased pressure in lumbar spine pushing on neurological structures.

Question 7

What can increase intrathecal pressure?

Answer 7

laughing, sneezing, coughing, deep breathing, moving bowels

Question 8

Disc pathology can be worse with

Answer 8

sitting, twisting, bending, lifting

Question 9

Postures that relieve pain give a clue about

Answer 9

what structures are not active or under stress

Question 10

Bladder and or/Bowel problems may indicate

Answer 10

nerve pathology/impingement and pressing on nerves that control these muscles