Doctor: James is more likely to have a problem in the sciatic nerve terminal area rather than a lumbar disc herniation.

October 10th Today, the Lakers officially announced that forward James will undergo re-examination in about 3 to 4 weeks due to right sciatica.

ESPNLA radio station immediately invited sports medicine expert Dr. Alan Beyer to analyze James' injury.

"The sciatic nerve is the main nerve that acts on the major muscles and controls all sensory functions in the legs. It is made up of nerve roots that spread out from the spine at many different levels. Therefore, sciatica caused by one lumbar disc herniation is very unusual, because a lumbar disc herniation is usually only at one level. So, either he has multiple lumbar discs that have bulged and degenerated - which is consistent with the length of his basketball career, or he suffered from the sciatic notch in the area near his pelvis Pressure, irritation or damage will eventually travel down the leg.

"It's not made clear which case this is, and you don't see them immediately giving him an epidural, like Matt Stafford received a few weeks ago, so I'm more inclined to think it's not a spinal level issue, but something at the nerve endings and below, probably where the nerves cross the pelvic sciatic notch and further down the leg muscles. A recovery time of 3-4 weeks may be optimistic for someone of LeBron's age and mileage, but it's well known that people in their 40s don't recover as quickly as those in their 20s. So we'll just have to wait and see how he responds to rest, physical therapy and other treatments. We'll have a better idea of ​​this in the next two or three weeks. ” said the expert.