DURING A PHYSICAL EXAM, YOUR DOCTOR MAY ASK YOU TO PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASKS:
Some of the Most Common Factors that Can Lead to the Development of the Condition include:

• Walking on the soles of your feet
• Walking on your heels
• Walking on your toes

These tests help assess the strength of the leg muscles and identify any nerve damage caused by degenerative spinal abnormalities.

For the reflex test, the doctor will gently tap your knee and the back of your heel with a rubber hammer. If your reflexes are normal, the impact of the hammer should elicit a clear twitch in the tested leg.

Reflexes serve as a general assessment of neural function and can be either heightened or diminished. The size of the reflex response helps determine the source of dysfunction. For example, an exaggerated response may suggest spasticity resulting from a central nervous system injury. Conversely, difficulty walking on heels or toes, or a weak or absent reflex, could indicate nerve damage or compression due to conditions like a bulging or prolapsed disc, or peripheral nerve damage.
Each spinal nerve root consists of two types of fibers: motor fibers, responsible for muscle movement, and sensory fibers, which provide sensation to specific areas of the body known as dermatomes. When weakness is found in a particular muscle group supplied by a nerve root (myotome), it suggests damage to the corresponding nerve, often caused by compressed nerve roots due to disc injuries.
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