A pinched nerve may be the cause of your arm and leg pain, stiff neck, or painful back. Pain, numbness, and tingling might result from surrounding tissue compressing nerves in your spine and other body areas. While most pinched nerves can be relieved with time, relaxation, and home remedies, additional physical therapies may be helpful in certain cases.
The mildest type of peripheral nerve injury, known as neurapraxia, is frequently caused by focal demyelination or ischemia. Neurapraxia makes nerve impulse conduction harder in the damaged location. There is either whole or partial loss of motor and sensory conduction. When you have neurapraxia, you experience burning, stinging, and pain due to damage to your peripheral…
Nerve injury is nerve impairment caused by different processes, including compression, stretching, laceration, or burning. It can be classed based on whether the nerve fibers are severed or intact, which affects the prognosis and the requirement for medical treatment. What is Nerve? Types of Nerve You have two major types of nerves: Two primary types of…
Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome is the most prevalent cause of stomach-related pain in both adults and children. When the muscle pinches or traps the anterior cutaneous abdominal nerves inside the abdominal wall, a condition develops. The ‘entrapment’ of lower thoracic intercostal nerves (7–12) in abdominal muscles is the cause of the intense localized nerve pain…
Radiculopathy is caused by the compression or irritation of a nerve root located in the spinal column. In the case of “Thoracic Radiculopathy,” the symptoms are caused by a disease process that occurs within the thoracic spine. What is a Thoracic Radiculopathy? Thoracic radiculopathy refers to a condition where the nerve roots in the thoracic (mid-back) region…
Lumbar radiculopathy refers to a condition where the spinal nerve roots in the lower back, specifically the lumbar region, are compressed or irritated. This compression can result from various factors, such as herniated discs, bone spurs, degenerative disc disease, or spinal stenosis. Definition The condition known as lumbar radiculopathy is an inflammation of a nerve root in…
Introduction The abducens nerve, also known as the abducent nerve, controls the movement of the lateral rectus muscle, allowing your eye to rotate away from the centre of your body and look left or right. The 6th cranial nerve (CN VI) functions as the abducens. This nerve only has a motor function and not a…
What is a Peripheral Nerve Injury? Peripheral nerve injury causes damage or disruption to the nerves that extend from the spinal cord and brain to the rest of the body, which affects sensation, movement, and motor coordination. The peripheral nervous system is a group of motor and sensory nerves that connect the central nervous system…
Peroneal nerve injury affects the peroneal nerve, which runs through the front of your legs and into your foot and toes. This nerve and its branches sense the tips of your feet and the sides and fronts of your legs. You can also point your toes upward and gain control over the muscles in your front…
“Wrist drop” is a medical condition characterized by weakness or paralysis of the muscles that control wrist extension, resulting in the inability to lift the hand or extend the wrist properly. This condition can occur due to various underlying causes, including nerve damage, trauma, compression of nerves, or certain medical conditions such as radial nerve…
The sacral plexus is a collection of nerves in the lower back that are near the sacrum. It controls the sensation and movement of the legs, feet, and buttocks. A sacral plexus injury is the result of damage to these nerves. Sacral nerve pain can be caused by physical trauma, especially if the sacral nerve…
