Back pain giving in the foot: causes, treatment

Back pain, giving in the leg, is noted in a large number of people. In medicine, even there is a special name for this syndrome - doctors denote it by the term "lumbo-schiaalgia". Unpleasant sensations in this case are localized in the region of the waist and from there "flow" into the lower limbs. In many patients , back pain giving up in the leg is exacerbated after hypothermia or excessive physical exertion. For example, a person waited a long time for a bus in the cold, potently digging potatoes at the dacha or simply perezanimalsya in the gym. And here's the result - in the morning it's hard to get out of bed, your back is aching, your spine is aching.

Symptomatics

In most cases, signs of lyubmishalgia are a pressing, burning pain. In some people, it concentrates in the lower back, others suffer mainly from the ankles and calves.

Varieties

Pain in the back and legs can be of a different nature. In accordance with this criterion, it is customary to distinguish several forms of the disease:

1. Muscular-tonic. As the name implies, in this case the patient complains mainly on the strongest spasms of the lumbar muscles and the difficulty of movement. Such a diagnosis is often made against the backdrop of problems with the spine - scoliosis, kyphosis, etc.
   
2. Vegeto-vascular. Back pain, giving in the leg, are so strong that they "get" to the foot. This part of the body becomes pale and icy to the touch. The thing is in the increased vascular tone - it provokes a constant feeling of chilliness.
3. Neurodystrophic. Unpleasant sensations occur late in the evening, and at night they become unbearable. The skin becomes noticeably thinner.

In especially neglected cases, a person has all these forms at the same time. If you do not take any measures, the disease can last for years, then becoming aggravated, then calming down.

Causes

Pain in the back, giving in the leg, most often caused by lumbosacral radiculitis. As the main reason in this case, it is justified to call mechanical pressure: the spinal disc is displaced from its rightful place and begins to press on the nerve end. This leads to a violation of blood circulation, as a consequence - the inflammatory process and edema.

Consequences

Pain in the back area, as already noted above, can be blunt and cutting, aching and sharp, shooting and pressing. The beginning of an attack is often preceded by an inadvertent movement (inclination, a jerk, a sharp turn of the trunk), lifting weights or bruising. As a rule, the pain syndrome captures the back first; About a week later, the buttocks first become involved in the process, and then the entire leg is involved. Often, everything goes so far that the patient is unable to straighten the limb and even walks "half-bent." The sensitivity can be reduced or increased. Patients often complain of tingling, itching and a sensation of creeps in the foot. To remove discomfort, the so-called embryo pose helps : for this you need to lie on your side and pull your knees to your chest.

First aid

Try not to allow relapses. For this, avoid hypothermia, do not overwork. If the attack still started, take painkillers. To solve the problem once and for all, you need to take chondroprotectors.