Question:
I need some help from someone has
experience/training in the neurological
system.
Within the last week or two, I've
had horrible pain in my lower back.
It started in the small of my back.
Then it spread to my hips, worse
in my left hip. By then, the left
hip was hurting enough it was hard
to walk.
Last night,
I was trying to scoot up in bed
and the entire lower back and the
entire buttock area started hurting
like hell. It led to terrible electrical
pains shooting down the back of
both legs. It was a LOT worse that
the worst pain that comes during
an EMG.
I just got up from one of my sleeps
and every time I roused up, I would
have all the pain, but less painful
in my legs. Every time I stretch,
sneeze, cough, etc. that pain happens
all over again.
I don't get scared at much (just
annoyed) but this is scaring the
begeebies out of me. I sure don't
need to get unable to walk and take
moderate care of myself.
Somebody, this time will just anybody
convince me that it's AIMH. I'd
rather be a hypochondriac than unable
to walk. I'm scared. help, please??
Answer:
If I'm not mistaken, this is a pretty
good indication that the sciatic
nerve(s) are being interfered with,
i.e., shooting electrical pain down
the back of the leg(s). You might
have twisted funny somehow and something
in the spine is now misplaced and
putting pressure on the nerve(s).
I'd check with a chiropractor, if
you're inclined toward that sort
of thing.
To me, the fact that it came on
suddenly, suggests that it's not
a "lesion" in the sense of a tumor
or something like that, but more
likely something you might have
done while sleeping or simply picking
up something, etc. A chiro would
probably be a lot cheaper than an
MRI and such and conventional docs
seem to like to hurry and suggest
surgery, etc., when moist heat,
stretching and a chiro adjustment
might do the trick.
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