Friday, June 29, 2007
Patients with lower back pain due to L5 and S1 nerve root irritation often complain of calf cramps, especially at night. The strong calf muscles are responsible for you to be able to walk on your toes. These muscles are especially important in the push-off phase of walking on level surfaces as [...]
Friday, June 22, 2007
Patients with back pain due to lumbosacral nerve root irritation can have foot and ankle pain with weakness in dorsiflexion of the ankle. Usually, the strength of the dorsiflexor muscles are tested by pressing down on the front of the ankle and toes in order to press the foot in a downward [...]
Friday, June 15, 2007
Patients with lower back pain due to lumbosacral nerve root irritation often complain of knee pain. The knee pain may occur with straightening the knee or with bending the knee.
We talked last week about the muscles that straighten the knee and today's topic will be on muscles that bend the knee (knee [...]
June 8, 2007
Patients with lower back pain will often complain of knee pain. The most common roots to be irritated are the L5 and S1 nerve roots which supply many muscles that cross the knee or insert near the knee. Therefore when muscles such as the hamstrings, gluteus maximus, adductor magnus and tensor fascia latae [...]
June 1, 2007
Lower back pain caused by S1 nerve root irritation will affect the hip extensor muscles which S1 nerve root so richly supplies.
The hip extensor muscles are best tested by having the patient lie facedown. The patient bends the knee and lifts the knee off the surface of the bed. The examiner can test [...]
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