What Causes Severe Pain In Lower Back, Numbness In Left Leg And Foot?
Most likely sciatica caused by lumbo sacral disc problems.
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I have gone through your query. From your distribution of pain and numbness it is most likely due to sciatica caused by lumbo sacral disc problems. This is caused by nerve compression or irritation by bulging or damaged intervertebral disc. A physical examination by orthopedician followed by X ray and MRI will be helpful to rule out this.
In such case if you were my patient then i would suggest taking NSAIDs like aceclofenac, muscle relaxants like tizanidine and neurotropic drugs like gabapentin & methylcobalamin. I also send you to physiotherapist for procedures like TENS, ultrasound and massage. Inititial 1 week bed rest is advised. You should also wear lumbar supporting corsets all day. After that your physiotherapists will teach you how to do muscle strengthening exercises. Hot fomentation with help of some one, heating pad or infrared is good. You can also apply Gels containing NSAIDs like ketoprofen or diclofenac for local application.
Most of the cases will find improvement in 4 weeks with proper conservative therapy aphysiotherapyhy
A consultation with orthopedician and physiotherapist is well appreciated.
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Thanks Again, XXXXXXX Biggs Bullock
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