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Back Pain, Shock Like Feeling In The Legs. Due To Pinched Nerve From Herniated Disc?
I do have back pain for which I have has facet in my spine over the last 8 months. I get electrical shocks in my legs and Doc sys that its because of the lack of oxygen becaue of pinched nerves from a 3 herniated disc. I have had the nerves burned, but apparently one did not take and now we fight with my insurance. Could this also come up in to my left arm, hand
Sat, 25 May 2013
Leg complaints are due to pinched nerves in the spine due to stenosis. Low back pain has nothing to do with arm however similar situation may be present in cervical spine with subsequent stenosis leading to arm pain.
Treatment depends upon MRI findings and your disability in day to day life. Sometimes epidural block helps to relieve the leg pain and definitive treatment would be surgical decompression of the nerves. Thanks.
Treatment depends upon MRI findings and your disability in day to day life. Sometimes epidural block helps to relieve the leg pain and definitive treatment would be surgical decompression of the nerves. Thanks.
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