Some of the major causes of acute and chronic low back pain (LBP) are associated with radiculopathy. However, radiculopathy is not a cause of back pain; rather, nerve root impingement, disc herniation facet arthropathy, and other conditions are causes of back pain. Lumbar radiculopathy, like other forms of radiculopathy, results from nerve root impingement and/or inflammation that has progressed enough to cause neurologic symptoms in the areas that are supplied by the affected nerve roots. The o

Distinguishing Between Symptoms and Root Causes in Neuropathy