Victims of Buffalo personal injury accidents who suffer spinal injury may develop symptoms referred to as radiculopathy. Radiculopathy is not considered a medical condition, but rather a description of symptoms associated with spinal injury.
Radiculopathy is a type of neuropathy, which means that nerves affected by the spinal injury do not work as they normally would. Radiculopathy appears in the arms and legs. Symptoms associated with it include pain, muscle control difficulties, weakness, and tingling and numbness. A common form of radiculopathy is sciatica.
In personal injury cases, radiculopathy is usually results either from bulging or herniated discs applying pressure to the nerves or from other injury leading to pinching or inflammation of the nerves where they exit the spine. The pain or other symptoms felt in the limb are not actually the result of anything wrong with the limb itself. Rather, it is the result of damage to a nerve conducting sensation to that limb at the point where that nerve connects to the spinal column.
Radiculopathy also has several non-traumatic causes such as bone spurs from a degenerated disc or even from a disease of the nerves.
If you have been suffered a personal injury and have any questions, please feel free to call us at 716-542-5444.
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