Walking pain in the buttocks may be caused by hip muscle injury, lumbar disc herniation or lumbar spinal stenosis.
1. Hip muscle injury: If there is trauma to the hip or excessive fatigue at work, resulting in chronic injury to the hip muscles, it will cause pain in the buttocks when walking or performing related activities.
2. Lumbar disc herniation: Lumbar disc herniation is generally caused by degeneration of the lumbar disc, which leads to the protrusion of the nucleus pulposus to irritate or press on the nerve root, and it can also cause buttock pain when the lumbar disc herniation presses on the gluteal nerve when walking.
3. Lumbar spinal stenosis: Lumbar spinal stenosis is caused by narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal or intervertebral foramen, thus compressing the nerve root or cauda equina, which is mainly manifested as pain in the lower limbs and buttocks, and the pain in the buttocks is especially obvious when walking.
Walking buttock pain due to more factors, when the relevant discomfort, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for examination and diagnosis, as soon as possible to clarify the cause of the disease for active targeted treatment, to avoid delaying the condition of the symptom aggravation of the situation.