CCEP Terms

Question 1

What’s the difference between “radiating” pain and “radicular” pain?

Answer 1

Radiating pain is diffuse pain

Radicular pain follows a specific nerve root pattern

Question 2

What is “RADICULAR” pain perceived as?

Answer 2

Burning, numbness, tingling, shooting, or electric-like pain that travels down [the neck and down the elbow]