Spinal Decompression

Detroit Institute for Spinal Care

If you are suffering from leg pain, tingling, numbness or weakness and it moves from the lower back to the buttocks, then you are suffering from Sciatica. Sciatica results from a compression that occurs at the base of the spine that may have resulted from an injury which causes pressure and a compression on the spinal roots of your sciatic nerve. Your sciatic nerve is located in the two areas of your back: the lumbar and the sacral region.

Spinal Stenosis occurs when the spinal nerves in your lower back are being compressed. This compression can cause the following symptoms:

- Tingling
- Disabling pain
- Weakness that is felt in the legs and buttocks
- Numbness that is felt in the legs and buttocks

If Spinal Stenosis is in the neck, then it is more dangerous than Back Stenosis, since it can cause such problems as paralysis.

Sciatica and Spinal Stenosis can both result in life style changes, as the pain can be so severe with normal life activities. When you have reached the point of being tired of your life being controlled by pain, then you need to contact Dr. Mintz of Metro Detroit, Michigan and let him assist you with getting your life back.