Herniated Disc WeaknessHerniated disc weakness is one of the theorized symptoms associated with many bulging disc conditions. While true anatomical weakness can occur due to advanced cases of spinal stenosis and can also occur from extreme foraminal stenosis, the symptom is often mistakenly linked to a structural cause, when all along the underlying process responsible is muscular or ischemic. This is one of the main reasons why back pain is so often misdiagnosed and treated without any real success.
Herniated Disc Weakness SymptomsWeakness can be felt in the back, buttocks, legs, feet, neck, shoulder, arms, hands or fingers, depending on where the herniated disc exists. For patients diagnosed with foraminal stenosis enacting a pinched nerve, the herniation would have to affect a particular nerve root in order to source the symptoms. Meanwhile, the patient often demonstrates symptoms which are far too wide ranging to be explained via a single herniated disc. In spinal stenosis cases, the diagnosis can be even more difficult. This is because many herniated discs produce a mass effect on the thecal sac (completely asymptomatic), while others impinge on the actual spinal cord. Even most of the latter profiles do not cause pain or related neurological symptoms, but sometimes, direct cord compression can be problematic. When symptoms do occur, they may exist anywhere below the level of stenosis, including leg weakness, tingling, numbness or pain even when the stenosis is cervical…
Most patients report subjective weakness, which means that they feel as if their arms or legs do not have full strength. Upon diagnostic testing, the muscles are found to check out fine. Objective weakness may exist in verified cases when the muscles are deficient in their functional abilities and can be confirmed via diagnostic testing. Subjective weakness is almost never actually sourced by a herniated disc, while objective weakness may be. There can still be many other explanations for objective weakness, including muscular issues and regional
ischemia,
but at least the disc may be the culprit. In these cases, it is crucial to really study the exact
herniated disc symptoms
and analyze them for discrepancies with the expected symptoms of the
diagnosis.
Herniated Disc Weakness AdviceHerniated discs are often asymptomatic and not of any concern. In most symptomatic complaints, herniated discs are blamed for enacting pain and other issues, which are treated with a variety of disc pain therapies which virtually always fail. The reason for the poor performance of most herniated disc treatments is misdiagnosis in the vast majority of cases. Do not let anyone steer you in the wrong direction when it comes to your health. Learn the facts for yourself. If your pain has not resolved despite active treatment, consider the very real chance that the diagnostic conclusion is completely incorrect. This occurrence is epidemic in the healthcare system and particularly prevalent in the back pain sector…Herniated Disc Weakness to Herniated Disc 11/23/10 Revised 8/16/11 |
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