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What Causes Difficulty In Standing Up Straight After Walking For Long Distances?
Question: I have been diagnosed for Fibromyalgia, sciatica, degenerative disc disease. I'm on lots of medication. Recently, I have been going on short walks with our dog, the more I walk, the less I can stand up straight and I start to lean forward and my feet are going faster and I lean over more and I fall. Any ideas???
Brief Answer:
Spine involvement
Detailed Answer:
good evening
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Well the sort of complaints you are having is due to claudication pain. It can either be due to artey blocks or due to nerve involvement in the spine..Since the history is typical if gets better on bending forward it looks due to spine..So the compression gets better on bending forward
my diagnosis is spinal canal stenosis in your case
I would suggest to plan an MRi of the spine for exact diagnosis...
hope the information is useful . do let me know for more queries
regards
dr naval
Spine involvement
Detailed Answer:
good evening
thank you for writing on health care magic
Well the sort of complaints you are having is due to claudication pain. It can either be due to artey blocks or due to nerve involvement in the spine..Since the history is typical if gets better on bending forward it looks due to spine..So the compression gets better on bending forward
my diagnosis is spinal canal stenosis in your case
I would suggest to plan an MRi of the spine for exact diagnosis...
hope the information is useful . do let me know for more queries
regards
dr naval
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