The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back. Muscles, disks, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels also help support your lumbar spine and facilitate movement and stability in ...

2000).The majority of herniated discs occur in a posterolateral direction, compressing the ipsilateral nerve root as it exits from the dural sac. Thus, a left L5-S1 disc herniation compresses the ...

Medically reviewed by David Kesselman, DC Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal which houses the nerves and ...

Now, what is the sciatic then? The sciatic nerve is a bundle of nerves, which is the culmination of the lumbar nerve roots as they course down the back of the leg. The sciatic nerve is both motor ...