Difference between herniated discs, nerve compression, radiculopathy, sciatica, spinal stenosis, spondylosis and osteoarthritis. i get various diagnosis?

complications of OA: When discs between the vertebral bodies bulge out usually backwards or sideways, it is called herniated. This causes compression on the nerve roots between the vertebral bodies leading to shooting pain in lower extremities referred as radiculopathy or sciatica. Most often this starts in elderly when oseoarthritis in facet joints with discs causes narrowing (stenosis) of spinal canal.

It may be that you : Have them all as everyone ages so by 49 as a male, there are degenerative or arthritis changes in the spine termed spondylosis. By age 60, 20% have some narrowing or stenosis of the spinal canal. Disc herniation can lead to it too all resulting in nerve compression which can cause arm/leg symptoms termed a radiculopathy or in leg also known as a sciatica.

A lot of Info: I would suggest going to spine-health.Com to get your answers officially. Many times one or more or even all of those things are happening at the same time. I would suggest seeing a spine specialist for further detail.