Li Xu set down the film and gestured for her to lie on the examination bed. "The numbness indicates that the nerve has been compressed for quite some time. Come on, let me take a look."
Wang Xiaojuan carefully lay flat on her back. Li Xu helped her adjust her position and performed a few simple tests on her knees and ankles.
When his fingers pressed on a specific spot on her lumbar spine, Wang Xiaojuan gasped sharply, and fine beads of sweat broke out on her forehead.
"It's especially painful right here, isn't it?" Li Xu asked softly.
Wang Xiaojuan bit her lip and nodded, the pain almost bringing her to tears.
Li Xu returned to his seat, took out a pen and paper, and began to write. "From a Western medicine perspective, a herniated lumbar disc is when the fibrous ring of the disc ruptures, and the nucleus pulposus protrudes, compressing a nerve root."
