Acute lumbar spine syndrome
Acute complaints in the lumbar spine syndrome: A large proportion of these complaints result from a herniated disc in the lumbar spine (prolapse). In general, most herniated discs are found in the lumbar spine (lumbar spine). While herniated discs of the cervical spine (cervical spine) still occur quite frequently, they are very rare in the thoracic spine (thoracic spine).
Many patients with sudden (acute) back pain are primarily concerned that a herniated disc in the lumbar spine could be the cause of their complaints. The clinical picture is widely “known” and is classified as serious and dangerous – not entirely wrongly so.Little is known about other diseases that can lead to an acute lumbar spine syndrome or a so-called “lumbago“. At best, the term “blocking of the lumbar spine” in the broader sense is still known for the presence of a lumbar spine syndrome.
Patients usually understand this to mean acute back pain, which leads to limited physical mobility and resilience. Characteristic signs for the presence of a herniated disc of the lumbar spine are In any case, a physician (orthopedist) should be consulted if uncertainties exist regarding the cause of the disease.
- A sharp back pain (lumboischialgia) that draws into the leg and often radiates into the foot. In most cases, however, lumboischialgia has a more harmless cause.
- Pain intensified by sneezing, coughing or pressing.
- The pain in the leg outweighs the back pain.
- There are paraesthesias (e.g. tingling, formication) or reduced sensations (hypaesthesia; e.g. “as if the foot was wrapped in absorbent cotton”) in the area of the legs.
- There is paralysis or loss of strength in certain muscle groups (difficult toe or heel position).
- Loss of control for urination or bowel movements (incontinence).
Chronic lumbar spine syndrome
Chronic complaints in the lumbar spine syndrome This complex of topics includes clinical pictures such as: Most of these clinical pictures can be summarized under the term degenerative spinal disease. The above-mentioned clinical pictures can occur in combination with each other or as individual diseases. Especially in severe, wear-related spinal column changes, the differentiation of the cause of pain is very difficult.
For detailed information on individual clinical pictures please follow the link. The application of physiotherapy and physical therapy measures is very successful in the treatment of the lumbar spine syndrome and is routinely used, at least in hospitals.
- Osteochondrosis = Joint disease of intervertebral disc and vertebral body in the context of wear-related (degenerative) changes.
- Spondylarthrosis = arthrosis of the vertebral joints (facet syndrome)
- Small slipped disc (slipped disc of the lumbar spine)
- Lumbar disc protrusion
- Spinal canal stenosis = Wear-related whirl canal narrowing
- SpondylolisthesisSpondylolysis = spondylolisthesis
- Scoliosis = lateral curvature of the spine
- Muscular insuffiencies = weakness of the back muscles
- Chronic muscle hard tension = Painful muscle hardness/spasms
- Osteoporosis = bone loss
- Vertebral body fracture = Mostly osteoporotic vertebral fracture
- Etc.
