CALL TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT! Staten Island: 718-816-9000 Middletown: 732-671-5281
ID Your Pain: Lumbar Spine
All outcomes of this informational checker are based on a complete history and appropriate examinations to determine your specific problem and rule our tumors, infection, or malformations. This screening is but a possible list of conditions that could cause your symptoms.
"From a hands-on, thorough clinical examination involving a straight leg raise test, a physician can diagnose a disc herniation with 86% accuracy. Adding positive imaging (MRI or xray) that goes to 95%." [Bell: Diagnosis of lumbar disc disease. Sem in Spine Surg 1994;6(3)]
Have you had recent changes to your bowel or urinary habits (example: incontinence or inability to start urination)?
Does the pain keep you awake at night or wake you up from rest?
Do you have sciatica (pain or numbness that goes into the thigh, leg or even foot)?
Does the leg pain stop above the knee?
Did your back pain come on before the leg pain?
Do you lean to a side to get relief of your pain?
Is your leg pain a burning, numb, tingling, asleep, or deep-pain feeling?
"This information and website content is not intended to diagnose, guarantee results, or recommend specific treatment or activity. It is designed to educate and inform only. Please consult your physician for a thorough examination leading to a diagnosis and well-planned treatment strategy. See more details on the
DISCLAIMER page."