Patient: Female: 59 years old, low back and leg pain for about 5 years; main symptoms: low back pain involving leg pain, walking more than 10 minutes to intermittent. I also have other medical conditions: hypertension, obesity (about 150 pounds) oral Chinese and Western medicine, the symptoms did not improve after stopping the medicine played closed, after a period of time ineffective. Can you give me some treatment advice? 2. Can I treat this pain with Chinese medicine? Qin Jian, Department of Bone and Joint, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital: This is a typical symptom of lumbar spinal stenosis, called intermittent claudication, the onset has been 5 years, conservative treatment is ineffective, and currently there are manifestations of sciatica, it is estimated that continued conservative treatment is unlikely to have hope, or you are advised to do a lumbar MRI examination to properly assess, if it is clear that the nerve root is seriously compressed, do not continue to delay, otherwise If it is clear that the nerve root is severely compressed, do not delay any further, otherwise it will be difficult to recover after the nerve root is compressed for too long.