5 Signs of a Pinched Nerve in the Lower Back 

I had a pinch nerve middle back. Did physical therapy for a few months and gave up. Straight to acupuncture and cured in 6 sessions in a month

This is EXACTLY what i have been experiencing over the last few days. First time in my life I've had this. Welcome to my 40's.... great.

Sometimes a pinched nerve in your cervical spine (neck) can also lead to tingling/numbness in your legs. Having an MRI will reveal where the problem is. A note: MRIs are way cheaper in third world countries (like $50) versus thousands of dollars and long wait times in the US.

What hurt the most is when the nerve fail to do a proper blood flow, its the hurt that will make you uncomfortable in any position. You can’t even sleep

2nd time in 6 months Ive taken an ambulance to the ER for what has to be a pinched lumbar nerve. The pain is unimaginable. Saw a surgeon a couple months ago and they want to send me out of town for a Basil vertibral ablation (BVN Ablation). IDK what to do but I know I cant go through this again, the everyday chronic pain in my back is bad enough but this is insanely painful.

I go for an MRI scan next week. I have been experiencing tingly legs and occasional numbness and weakness. I am a very active 63 year old.

I have 4 pinched nerves. Had lots of X-rays to confirm it. Yet can’t do anything about it because I’m a hemophiliac! My blood doesn’t clot right. Sometimes it doesn’t clot at all and I almost died twice. Had 2 blood transfusions to save my life. Glad I’m alive but my back is getting worse and I have Osteoarthritis as well. I’m a mess lol

im 24 😕 and since last few days ... I've been experiencing mild lower back pain over the left buttock and sometimes it radiates towards leg and even toe ... also burning sensation

Got my pinch nerve a few years back while gyming, entirely my fault as i did not listen tp my body. Does not effect my daily life, no pain. Only acts up if i do exercises which place tension on my lower back eg. Deadlifts, barbell rows. Stopped doing these 2 exercises years ago. Decided to do deadliftes again and boom started again. Extreme sharp pain in lower back. Would have went down to my left leg but stopped exercise immediately. Will be sore for the next 2 - 3 days but then back to normal. Last time this happened my left leg gave in and i was literally crawling in pain. Got into an ice bath and helped ease the extreme pain.

It hurts so much when I walk. I often think bad things because I can't go on living like this.

Ever see a pinched nerve in back mimic heart pain? Particularly around where the shoulder and spine meet i think around the 5 back vertebrae

I don’t remember any numbness tingling..it just feels like a horse kicked me, and docs here want to do a hip replacement….ugh. I’m protesting. I think it’s a pinch nerve. Seeing a spine doc soon. But my pain starts on my right butt area, hurts in the joint and goes down the front of my thigh. I swear I can feel my femur bone.

This video explain everything i need to know.

I had t12 L1 L2 spinal fusion in June 2019. I'm now 33. The last two month I've had those second symptoms. I walk like hunchback. Back pain included, leg tingly on left side. As I wait to see my doctor, I am doing studying of my own. Thank you for this video.

I got lower back pain for 8 months now it was a little less pain for 2 days but it started again until now..annoying cause I can do anything heavy and now even light task seems impossible to tacke.. Its worse cause health care is expensive

Hello, I’m glad to find this. I recently hurt myself after being on my knees and then suddenly was pushed back into a position that that was beyond my capabilities. It started with lower back pain and numbness in my left leg. Over time I began getting hip abductor pain between my pelvis and thigh which started to cause cramping in my knee. I now have numbness all the way from my inner thigh, around my knee, and down my inner calf and a portion of my ankle. I’ve been to the doctor 4 times with severe pain, pain in left hip, as well as severe cramping in my knee. I’ve taken a round of prednisone. Things that make it worse are standing, lifting my leg, not moving as well as any lifting is the worst. I got an x ray of my lower back/hips and they said it’s not broken but I knew that. I could really use some help with what to ask my doctor, how to explain it so they actually listen etc. the only thing that relieves the pain is when I lightly tie a bandana around my inner thigh. I know you can’t give medical advice but there are 2 things you have brought up that I know I have. When I walk on my tiptoes my heal drops, I can’t keep my leg held up without severe pain, it’s even hard to lift my leg up over the tub. Also my blood pressure has been extremely high for me last one I took was 201/89. In fact all my blood pressure’s have been this high since this started. I can’t seem to get my doctors to listen to me and now the numbness in mt inner leg is growing. Any suggestions because I can’t seem to explain this in a way that gets them to listen. I’ve had to stop working, can’t stand for very long it’s just a nightmare. Finally I had 1 issue where I lost my ability to hold my bladder just as I was walking to use the restroom. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I do have an ortho referral

Lower back pain and im locked up. It hurts to go from lying down to getting up, getting up to sitting down. And if i try to do it normally my spine will seize and i will fall. I fell twice this morning and hurt my leg and arm. My left leg also feels the effects of the nerve pinched.

doc please let me know if a pinched nerve can cause muscle twitching

I am 28 i have burning sensation in both legs from thighs to feet and in hand also i checked my diabetes is normal and sometimes i got tingling sensation in my feets from 3 years i am suffering to this please some one help me out and i checked MRI scan with the results as loss of lumbar lordosis and can someone please help me i cant wear pant and shoes😢

I have had lower back pain for years which is decreased with medication but recently I started feeling an acute pain on the side of my spine which prevents me to be on my feet for a prolonged period of time, like taking a walk or preparing meals. I get tingling on my right and left hand and also feel like my left thigh goes numb at times, but what bothers me the most is the very strong pain that I feel on the left side of my spine, before the pain was on the center of my lower back. Probably this is other than a pinch nerve.

Pretty sure I’ve pinched my lower back nerve 4 times so far from working out, particularly on leg days. Today I pinched it and am not feeling as bad as when I first pinched it. I believe it may be because of stretching but then again may be the adrenaline still numbing the pain will update tmrw. (Also Im 22)

I have low back pain I did demolition at work and I can’t stand or I can’t even crawl

Thanks for this. I have weakness that comes and goes in both legs. I'm fine most of the time but then my buttocks go numb and my legs start to give out on me. This only lasts for a few minutes and then may not recur for weeks

Very helpful!

If interested in commenting, I have very cold and numb like feeling in feet and legs from auto accident in March. Struggling to find cause and have EMG test today. Dr thinks I may have slightly crushed L4 or L5. We'll see.

Can a chiropractor help. I'm dealing with an extreme case of this. Excruciating pain and numbness in my left leg and back. Can't sleep on my left side and back. Has to sleep on my left side and even that's not helping. PLEASE HELP ME

This is what i have since Nov. I cant walk that long..numb toes, pain butt ,calf, thight behind knee to the T

Thankyou for your advice I have pinched nerve in lower back but I get tingling on my right arm and hand is very sensitive especially when I touch metal objects but at same time I have arthritis in joints I am 63 yrs

That was scary. How ling should one wait for it to come down naturally before seeign a dco?

thanks man - appreciate the explanation

I don't have a pinch nerve in my lower back. My lower back hurt down to my butt to the point where I can walk very far.

100% correct spot on.!!!!👍🏾👍🏾

I get an intermittent dull throbbing down along Tibialis anterior. No numbness, tingling or weakness anywhere. My orthopedic thinks it’s sciatica and says the pain sensation can jump (ie: I have no pain in low back or upper leg. Is this possible and is there a self test? Could it be referred from a trigger point? I’ve had sciatica in the other leg in the past and this feels nothing like it. I do train and lift at the gym, so I’m sure it’s related to that activity. It began acutely about 9 weeks ago. Also, at that time felt like I strained a lot of muscles my whole leg. Never experienced this before.

Doctor i am 19 year old female , i have visited my doctor he says i will be fine but i am unable to even walk idk what to do😔❤ i am scared for my life🫠

Very informative

Do you have any clips on how to stretch muscles and open up the cervical neck area to get rid of pain and headaches? thanks so much. My muscles in the neck area are all sore and very tight.

Thank you doc

I had a lot of these symptoms especially tingly ish foot for six months I am a weightlifter and was loading my spine heavy it felt like I had fallen asleep on my foot but all the time I had developed a really bad case of plantar fictitious idk if that’s how u spell it a lot of the pain has remained in my heel and arch and ankle pain when running for more than 5ish minutes any help??? Or ideas I have been trying to treat conservatively

I can’t get anyone to do something. Pinched nerve with pain but spasm pain is unbareable in AM. INow back injured too and cannot stand. I fear permanent danage due to lack of medical help. 7 days IN

This happened over night on my right hip & tail bone, there's a swelling, soreness & a pull I can barely walk& it's burning down both legs today,I actually walked to the store Friday & cooked a bit Thursday, please comment

There's a small knot like it's fractured or sprained in my back

I have a herniated disk that’s causing a pinched nerve. Shirt walks I’m ok but longer ones my leg starts to feel weak. Can the nerve become damaged? I have to walk a lot. Not sure what to do. Thanks for the video.

Could cold feets on sitting position be a synthom? I am struggling since a year (this is affecting my life already ) to know what’s the root cause several doctors had me checked and nothing 🥴 I’m getting myself to the conclusion is a pinched nerve in the back.. thanks for the good video

What to do when pain goes down leg and numbness while walking and sleeping

Thank you 😊

I've few stretch marks on lower back. Is that concerning?

It's aching on both sides & I can barely walk,a pinch is on my right side & that's really never happened before I can barely lift my right leg & my bad side is the left, someone please comment what to do on this video

Wonderful presentation. Too bad about the volume.

I've had this issue where, I am in no pain at all, but I can't lift my legs without picking them up with my hands, so can't put on shoes when seated, can't wash under either of my feet without picking them up, etc, etc. I was told by docs looking at at MRI that I do have a herniated disk, but they don't see ANY reason as to why I have this issue. Does this make sense to you? If I do have some compress nerves caused by the herniated disk, BUT I am in no pain what so ever, do you think it's something else or the Herniated disk compressing the nerves? If so, is it something that can be fixed?

I have the numbness and I had an mri and they said I had bilateral neuropathy from a pinched nerve

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It sting in back of my knees

Could a pinched nerve cause a burning sensation in the sole of both feet at once?

Hello, I am 24 years old. I do not know where the injury in my back came from. I have a moving tingling sensation between my right and left legs. I have been like this since 2020. I cannot recover from this injury only with a pain reliever (Voltaren). I am now lying in bed on my left side because my leg My right thigh hurts and I cannot walk. I am tired of this matter. I want a solution, please. I have committed to physical therapy, exercises and medications, but it does not work. I can bend my feet forward and backward and move my toes. I have no problem with them. The issue is the tingling and pain that afflicts me during movement. It is truly unbearable.😢💔💔💔

Ncv shows s1 bilateral radiculopathy. Is it a lumbosacral radiculopathy? Which part of my body affected?

Is it normal that I feel the pain in both legs? I feel it more in my left leg but I also feel it in mine right leg

Can this pinched nerve be cured with massaging therapy sessions?

I don’t have any back pain or anything, but when I get into a back bend in a certain way or bend my back backwards it starts to tingle and go down my legs and I’m too scared to be in that position too long because I think my legs would go paralyzed but I don’t know what would happen. Its in my very low back and I tried popping my back and doing stretches but nothing works. I thought everyone’s back did this but no they don’t. I may ask my doctor but that’s in a few months and I really need and answer cause I don’t know what’s wrong with my back if there’s any. I’m only 13 so I don’t know what could be going on..

Yes talk to your primary care provider so they can ignore your concerns and blame everything on menopause. Like….everything. Go in with your head on fire? Menopause. Is your arm broken: menopause. Suicidal? Menopause. 🙄

I have all those symptoms

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Do you know why there might be very acute debilitating pain in the back behind the belly button when hinging forward

Howdy. I do not have a history of neck injury. I am 51, healthy and fit. I was cleaning my wood boiler 4 days ago and it requires stooping down on the ground and putting one hand upward as I pull downwards with the other hand, all while kneeling on my knees and turning my head to look upwards and downwards continously. The next morning I felt a medium range discomfort in my left shoulder and neck. Here it is 4 days later with nearly the same discomfort. It is good at night until I've been laying down for more than 7 hours, then after I rise it worsens over a couple of hours of standing to do light household work. It gets so stiff where I can't look downwards more than 50% of usual motion, and 100% upward too, left, and right. When I do neck traction for 15 to 20 minutes with a towel, hanging upside down, or laying on my back level, it gets much better. Also dead hanging makes it better too. Then it returns. I have to repeat this throughout the day. It hurts in the middle of my neck, at the shoulder level, and sometimes across my left shoulder and upper arm, to look all the way down or up, and to look left, to stand for more than 45 minutes, etc. This must be a pinched nerve, correct? Since it retreats when I do the traction. Thank you!

Have this going on at 22

I started having lower left back pain. Then it migrated into my hip. It feels extremely SORE and sharp pains between hip bone and back left bony prominence. ***Today the pain started going UP MY FLANK??? what is happening? I’d rather give birth to my kids again. This is awful.

Is it permanent

Pinch nerve can be detected on CT scan and MRI I done CT scan show bulge disc on 3/4 4/5 and new one on L5s1 bending bring the pain up straightway down right leg Lot lower back pain Send letter to hospitals wait for an appointment I may go for an injection for the time been I need to take opioid anti inflammatory walk ok get weakness on my both legs the right more

would the knee buckling count if say I'm stood and cough and it causes my legs to just give way partially

i have it rn 😣 it hurts so bad

I had a discectomy at L4L5 in 2017, re-ruptured in 2020 had fusion L4L5, had a revision in April 2023 which seems better but I have had a stabbing type pain in my lower back on the right side actually lower than the scar of the L4L5 original and fusion and feel like its a nerve or disc pushing on the nerve that has never been addressed. Would an MRI be able to tell a surgeon what is going on if I can pinpoint that exact area, feels like something it caught almost? I wanted the surgeon to fuse L5S1 when he did the revision but he would not. My original MRI in 2017 showed some disc bulging in that area. Stretching makes it worse, twisting and bending as well. I also get pain in my right foot that swells on the bottom between my middle toes. 20 days post revision I was getting bad right hip and leg pain all the way to those toes. Luckily a medrol pack stopped the leg pain but I feel no where near 100% when doing anything slightly physical. Any ideas.

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Hey guys need some help can’t figure out what it is I have a pain in my upper left back almost by spine and It’s painful when I turn my head to right only or when I look down aswell

About 6 months ago I started getting this weird feeling in my lower back almost like pulling a rubber band tight and after standing for like 5 minutes I experience fatigue and have to lean on something or sit down but the long I stand straight up the worse it gets and starts feeling like a burning sensation. Anyone have any thoughts on what this could be? It makes my job extremely difficult at work and I have to sit down a lot!

Painful

I’m 22 and I feel like my lower back has a sharp pain when I bend forward sometimes I wake up soar the next day 😢 but feels good to stretch it

Whats the best way to treat the numbness and tingling?

I had severe sciatica after weeding the garden last November 2023. Shortly after had partial footdrop - left foot and numbness in front of my left leg. The pain went after three weeks but the disfunction remained but very slowly improved. I had an MRI 5th January 2024. I saw the results last week. There was a 18mm protrusion on my L4 disc. I would say that was large, but my functional walking is much better now and I only have a small numbness. In just the last week the improvement is great. I am not sure if that is the end of it, certainly hope so. Need to be extremely careful now and get a gardener maybe. I relate very well to the point about pain in the leg and not in the back - that was very true for me. The worst and most scary thing was the disfunctionality as I love hiking. It takes so much longer to improve than the pain.

I’m 23 and this is the second time it’s happened in the last 2 years

God, this is the second time it happened, now im experiencing my legs giving out anytime(weak) and headaches most of the days.. Injury happened when im doing high intensity exercise..Should have listened to my body, definitely not for me to participate in any strenuous exercise Doc? Edit: Specialist diagnosed me retrolisthesis before my legs are weak..Great..

Chiro and PT is the way to go, unless you need surgery. It's strange how I'll have a pinched nerve show up out of the blue every couple years and it can be down the side of my leg into the calf, or it can be where your big toe is stiff and hard to walk. I've also had it mess with my knee and hip making it harder to walk. Then again, I've had hamstring tendonitis that makes you think it's sciatica coming from a disc issue. Basically, it can be a different area of the body depending on where the pressure is located in the lumbar area. Sucks. Only way I've gotten over it quickly is the combo of chiro and PT to strengthen the core.

ok.. this is awesome.. I've been seeing a chiro for about 9 months now with this so called pinched nerve.......it helps for a short time. I'm a hot mess with my back due to RA and spinal stenosis & just reg. DDD but what gives.. THIS IS NOT going away & I have things to do. I want to get back out there and walk. I"m 67 and I have grandkids and want to be active.. So your video gives us an idea as to identifying a pinched nerve.. NOW how the heck do I get rid of it.. What do you recommend! I can't stand this sedentary life. I have to give up life with my retired girlfriends........

Thank you my spine is always stiff and my right side alaays hurts in the lower right back area . Always feels tender and painful . Pins and needles goes down outside my leg

I love your content I really really appreciate you and everything you said about the pinched nerve that I have just got back from the hospital and they diagnosed me with a pinched nerve so I just want to say thank you thank you thank you and keep up the great content

I'm only okay if I bend,omg it's too cold to go to the E.R.

Not sure if you would get this but cold a pinch nerve in the upper back cause your back to feel cold between and around shoulder blades. I will note my shoulder blade bone around the muscle feels tender

i been gettin pinched nerve since i was like 15 or 16 , and now im 36 now and still get pinched nerve

Can fascia pinch nerves in the lower back or elsewhere down the nerve paths?

Super explanation..

I experienced lower back pain and was diagnosed with grade 1 spondylolisthesis. The doctor just told me to live with it and advised me to strengthen my core. However, a few days later, I started experiencing more knee pain and some tingling in my foot. I do sports and lift weights every day, and I also rock climb. I'm very fit and only 24, but I still don’t know how I got it. I'm also trying to find a way to alleviate the knee pain.

Thank you so so much for this video! More knowledgeable than any doc I saw for my pinched nerve. My MRi (of pretty much my entire body) didnt show anything. Based on your explanation, i would think that would only leave me with inflammation in the area. How would that be diagnosed? And what type of injection would be used?

I think I have this, the doctors were thinking it's acid reflex or something with the stomach because the pain is right above my abdomin and it feels like a burning sensation right on my belly. I pressed my back against the edge of the wall (complete opposite side of the actual pain) and it started to feel better

I’ve got muscle weakness in the legs, is this trapped nerve? I also have pain in lower back and in the middle back, it feels very bruised and sore. I don’t know if this is causing it but doctors just wants me to wait it out, I’m really worried though, can anyone advise me? All my blood tests are normal.

I have numbness/pain at the back of my toes and padded part of foot near the toes. It can be hard to walk. No leg pain. Lower back pain and abnormal emg test. I wonder if it is pinched nerves or Morton's neuroma?

can this cause pelvic floor issue's. currently suffering levator ani syndrome which is affecting my bladder function

What can I do to help me be okay

I’m hanging tingling/ numbness in my left foot and left hand. P sure it’s from this!

For about five years I've had random numbness down my buttocks and both legs. It used to happen seldomly but now its happening 4 or five times a day. In between this numbness I'm fine.

How might be the causes of chronic lower back soreness coupled with burning sensation on the back over two years?thanks

Back in July I had a problem with my right leg because I was feeling a burning and tingling sensation on my right leg, so I went to the hospital and I told them about it and they took me to a CAT scan and they did an ultrasound because they want to see if I had blood Clots, and they came back and told me that I didn’t have no blood clots. So the next morning, I’ll try to get up and walk my left knee started to buckling that morning, so I went to the hospital again the second time and they did the same thing and a CAT scan and a ultrasound, and they didn’t find anything no blood clots no nothing. So then I got a neurologist couple of days later, and I told her about my problem and she says “I wish they kept u there at the hospital.” so now weeks gone by. I started to walk a little bit better, which was good. So now I got my first MRI done, and my second MRI. Now I’m waiting for my third MRI this week so now they wanted to do my back and my hips so my neurologist she can see what’s really causing the problem with my lumbar back. But now I’m walking a little bit better, and I can move and left leg a lot better, but I can’t run yet lol 😂😂 but hopefully I won’t have to feel this pain no more. Right now I’m just filling a numbing pain around my left stomach side. I’ll get better ❤️‍🩹