Symptoms
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Back pain which is different from general back pain (it follows a path from your low back to your buttock and the back of your thigh). Pain even gets worse by sneezing, coughing or laughing (impulse pain), standing or sitting for a long period of time bending backwards.
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Numbness (partial or total lack of sensation) and tingling (exciting by touching lightly) of your feet and legs.
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Muscle weakness
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Loss of reflexes
Causes
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Slipped or herniated disc (breakdown of discs, which act as cushions between the vertebrae).
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Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal with pressure on the nerves).
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Spondylolisthesis (a condition in which one vertebra slips forward over another one).
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Piriformis syndrome (a small muscle that lies deep in the buttocks, becomes tight or spasms, which can put pressure on and irritate the sciatic nerve).
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Other minor causes include injury, infection or a tumour in the spine.
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