from: nerve root compression

neurogenic claudication

Lumbar spinal stenosis (with nerve root compression)

Radicular back/buttock pain

Radiating down legs

Worse with Walking & standing; Hyperextension/lying prone

Better with Bending forward, sitting

Numbness/paresthesias

± Focal weakness, ↓ reflexes

↓ Lumbar extension

Preserved pulses

MRI lumbar spine

CT myelogram (if no MRI)

EMG/NCS

PT (flexion exercise), NSAIDs,

epidural steroid injections (ESI)

Surgery (if other Rx fails)