Treating Radiculopathies Arising Out Of Single Level Disc Prolapse of Lumbar Spine

Abstract

Low back pain is one of the major causes of disability in people in 4th and 5th decade of life. Lumbar spinal stenosis can induce radiating pain in the lower limbs through narrowed intervertebral foramen by a herniated intervertebral disc due to degenerative changes, thickening of the ligamentum flavum, zygapophyseal joint and thickening of surrounding soft tissues