Your diseases

Acute back and neck pain – ting­ling in arms and legs – restric­tions of move­ment – weak­ness in arms and legs

Spinal diseases show a wide spectrum of symptoms and signs.

Acute low back or neck pain with radiation to arms and legs is a common sign of a disc prolapse, so are tingling in arms and legs as well as sudden appearances of muscular weakness.

Contrarily, pain while walking indicates a narrowing of the spinal canal (spinal stenosis) and acute restrictions of movement are a sign of vertebral instability (spondylolisthesis).