Referred Leg Pain in Primary Care: A Quick Guide e-Book

A practical guide for GPs, FCPs and Primary Care clinicians

Not every case of referred leg pain is “sciatica.” This concise and practical e-book is designed to help GPs, First Contact Practitioners (FCPs), and other primary care clinicians confidently recognise and manage the most important differentials for referred leg pain.

Covering 10 key conditions that can mimic or overlap with classic sciatica, this guide gives you the clinical essentials you need in busy consultations:

• Lumbar radicular pain

• Lumbar radiculopathy

• Cauda equina syndrome

• Lumbar somatic referred pain

• Hip somatic referred pain

• Lumbar spinal stenosis

• Vascular claudication

• Common peroneal neuropathy

• Peripheral neuropathy

• Meralgia paraesthetica

Each section is structured under four practical headings:
✔️ What is it?
✔️ How does it present?
✔️ Physical examination findings
✔️ Management

This format makes it easy to digest and recall during a 10-minute consultation, helping you distinguish benign cases from urgent red flags, avoid unnecessary imaging, and know when to escalate.

Why you’ll love this resource:

• Evidence-informed and built from clinical experience

• Clinically focused. No waffle, just the essentials you need.

• Perfect for GPs, FCPs, ACPs, and allied health professionals.

📖 Format: Digital PDF download
🔒 Licence: Single-user, for personal educational use only