Doctor: James is more likely to have a problem in the sciatic nerve terminal area rather than a lumbar disc herniation

Today, the Lakers officially announced that forward James will undergo re-examination in about 3 to 4 weeks due to right sciatica.

ESPN LA radio station immediately invited sports medicine expert Dr. Alan Beyer to analyze James' injury.

"The sciatic nerve is the main nerve that acts on all muscles and controls all sensory functions in the legs. It is made up of nerve roots at many different levels that spread out from the spine. Therefore, sciatica caused by one lumbar disc herniation is unusual because a lumbar disc herniation is usually only at one level. Therefore, either he has multiple lumbar disc herniations. There was bulging and degeneration of the discs - consistent with the length of his basketball career - or there was compression, irritation or damage to the sciatic notch in the area near his pelvis, which would eventually affect his legs. "It wasn't made clear what that was, and you didn't see them giving him an epidural right away, like Matt. Stafford was treated like that a few weeks ago, so I'm more inclined to think that this is not a spinal level problem, but something that occurs at the nerve endings and below, probably where the nerves cross the sciatic notch of the pelvis and further down the leg muscles. A recovery time of 3-4 weeks may be optimistic for someone of LeBron's age and mileage, but it's well known that people in their 40s don't recover as quickly as those in their 20s. So we'll just have to wait and see how he responds to rest, physical therapy and other treatments. We'll have a better idea of ​​this in the next two or three weeks. ” said the expert.

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