What does the Straight Leg Raise test tell us? A lot, actually! If this test isn’t at LEAST 90 degrees, there’s a good chance you could have a problem lurking somewhere. That problem could be a disc problem, it could be a sciatic nerve entrapment, or hamstring issue. One thing that can cause all three would be adhesion! It is incredibly common and can be fixed WITHOUT surgery! If you have had trouble getting results with doctors and therapists with a problem you’ve had more than 6 months, we are

STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST (SLR) OR LASÈGUE TEST FOR RADICULAR PAIN The SLR is the most common test used in the diagnosis of radicular pain in case of a symptomatic disc herniation with nerve root compression. According to a Cochrane review by van der Windt et al. (2010) it has a pooled sensitivity of 92% and a specificity of 28%. This means that this test has no added value to diagnose a HNP with nerve root compression and is moderately useful to rule out the condition. The test stresses the nerve