The causes of lumbar and leg pain include overwork, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar back musculoskeletal inflammation, osteoporosis, and spinal tumors.
Excessive, high-intensity bending and weight-bearing and strenuous activities will cause spasm of the muscles of the waist and legs, lactic acid and other metabolic products accumulate, causing numbness, weakness, soreness or even pain in the muscles of the lower back and legs, pay attention to bed rest, avoid high-intensity activities, and recuperate for a few days will improve.
When suffering from lumbar disc herniation, the protruding nucleus pulposus compresses the nerves, which will cause lumbago, sciatic nerve radicular pain and even cauda equina syndrome, specifically, there will be numbness, weakness, soreness and pain in the lower back and legs.
When suffering from lumbar dorsal myofasciitis, due to the action of inflammatory factors and the increase of oxygen consumption of local tissues, soreness in the lower back and legs will also occur.
Osteoporosis and spinal tumors can cause a decrease in bone mass, and in severe cases, they can cause fractures of the vertebrae, leading to pressure on the nerve roots innervating the lower limbs, resulting in back and leg pain.
There are many other causes of back pain, such as trauma, pyriformis syndrome, etc. If rest does not relieve, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital, complete the relevant imaging tests, to clarify the cause of the disease and then follow the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment, so as not to delay the condition.