Back Pain And Weakness In Arms And Legs

When nerves are compressed you may have numbness.

Back pain and weakness in arms and legs. Very often describing exactly where your symptoms are occurring in addition to back pain such as leg numbness or weakness or tingling in your arms can tell a doctor exactly which nerve roots are damaged or have problems. When a cervical disc herniates inflammatory proteins can leak out of the disc and inflame nearby muscles joints andor nerve rootsIf a cervical nerve root becomes inflamed radicular pain tingling numbness andor weakness. In many cases people who have arachnoiditis experience pain in the lower back and legs as it affects the nerves in those areas.

If prolonged there may be associated muscle wasting and overt loss of sensation to vibration pinprick sensation and pain and thermal sensation. If you feel upper back pain along with numbness or weakness in your arms or legs it may be a sign of a neurologic injury from a slipped disc says Dr. Weakness and sensory changes in the extremities is a giveaway that spinal cord compression may be happening in your neck cervical spine.

Weakness or heaviness in muscles throughout the body. Ad Non-Invasive Back Ache Solutions. Tingling numbness or a burning sensation in.

Sharp pain rather than a dull ache. This could indicate a torn muscle or ligament or a problem with an internal organ in the back or side. If you commonly experience a sensation of numbness tingling or weakness in your arms or legs there is a chance that issue may trace back to your neck.

Ad Experienced Singapore Spine Specialist Dr Prem Pillay. Shaw House Orchard Road. 5 sensations that might indicate a medical emergency.

Shaw House Orchard Road. When you said your arms were numb but NOT pins needles that is not uncommon with Neurogenic TOS. Ad Experienced Singapore Spine Specialist Dr Prem Pillay.