Where is the pain of a herniated lumbar disc

The main point of pain in lumbar disc herniation is lumbar pain that radiates along the buttocks and the back of the thigh to the outer calf, the heel and the back of the foot. Next to the lumbar vertebrae at the site of herniation, such as the herniated discs of lumbar 4 and 5, there is pain at 0.5 cm next to lumbar 4 and 5, usually at one finger site, and the patient’s coughing is aggravated when pressure is applied. The pain in the buttocks is mainly in the painful pressure point of the ring jump, which is the area of the ring jump in Chinese medicine, and there will be obvious pain when deep pressure is applied, and then there will be pain along the back of the thigh, the front and outside of the calf, especially in Chengshan, Yanglingquan, and Foot Sanli. Of course, there are a few patients who have pain in a certain area, such as only lumbar pain without sciatic nerve pain, and some patients only have leg pain without lumbar pain, and some patients only have pain at a certain point, such as pain between the toes, popliteal fossa pain or hip pain, which are all clinical manifestations of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.