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Symptoms depending on the location of the nerve compressed by a lumbar disc
Author
- Lumen
Category
- Lumbar spine
L1: Lower back pain, groin pain, upper buttock pain
L2-L4: Lower back pain, flank pain, pain around the kneecap and knee, upper buttock pain
L5: Lower back pain, pain in the lateral leg and big toe, weakness in dorsiflexion muscles, plantar pain, hip pain
Sacrum 1: Lower back pain, plantar pain, weakness of the muscles abducting the ankle laterally, calf pain, pain on the lateral side of the little toe
Sacrum 2: Inner calf pain
Sacrum 3-5: Sacrum and coccyx pain