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Can Pain In Leg & Ankle Suggest A Sciatica?
I have a pain (twinge) in the leg, seeming to originate in my hip/buttocks region (left), somewhat nagging like a toothache, affecting a point below my left knee, front rather than back, though calf also affected (referred?), and also ankle region, and includes the foot. Might it be sciatica? Not too intense, but uncomfortable, and comes and goes in a throbbing way. First aware of it in bed when I awoke.
Fri, 6 May 2016
hi
thank you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised.
based on your symptoms it looks like the pinched nerve in the lumbar spine and needs a clinical assessment. Also an MRI will be good to understand the level of nerve impingement.
Treatment chocie is simple is with physical therapy . With the help of exercises and proper care majority of cases recover in my clinical practice.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised.
based on your symptoms it looks like the pinched nerve in the lumbar spine and needs a clinical assessment. Also an MRI will be good to understand the level of nerve impingement.
Treatment chocie is simple is with physical therapy . With the help of exercises and proper care majority of cases recover in my clinical practice.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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