What are the symptoms of lumbar bone spurs?

Bone spurs in the lumbar spine can cause lower back pain, stiffness, and significantly restricted movement. If the bone spurs compress the nerve roots, the areas of the lower limbs innervated by the affected nerves may experience numbness, soreness, swelling, radiating pain, and other discomforts. Physical therapies such as traction and massage can help alleviate damage around the joints, reduce ischemia and edema of the nerve roots, and relieve pain.