Numbness in one finger, tingling along the outside of the foot, or pain traveling down a leg can seem disconnected from the spine. But those symptoms may follow the path of a specific spinal nerve. Dermatomes help explain why. A dermatome is an area of skin associated with a particular spinal nerve root. Because spinal […]
Sciatica is usually associated with pain that starts in the lower back or buttock and travels down the leg. But some people notice something different: part of the foot feels numb, tingly, heavy, or simply different from the other side. Yes, sciatica can cause foot numbness. The nerves that travel into the foot originate in […]
If an epidural steroid injection gives you meaningful relief, one of the first questions you may have is how soon you can get another one if the pain comes back. Other patients may already have received several injections and want to know whether there is a limit on how many they can have within a […]
