Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal, MD.
Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query
Ideally the best thing would have been to get examined by
neurologist for injuries and nerve test. By testing your power, bulk, reflexes etc we can localize the site of the problem some what.
There are three possible sites where
injury may have occured. Here is a simplified way how we can test them-
It may be more appropriate to do an
MRI of the spine. What happens very often is that the
x ray misses the findings, especially initially. It is very common. I will suggest an MRI. This is a more detailed study and we have better chances of picking up the changes than an x ray.
Also I will suggest an nerve conduction velocity (NCV). The idea is that the MRI may not pick up all the possible changes. Very often, the Injury may have taken at a place lower than the spine, say like the
nerve root (radicle) or the nerve itself. This can be picked up by an NCV easily.
A third spot may be the muscles injury. It is quite a real possibility. And may be picked up by the MRI too.
I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further.
I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.
Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.
Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
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Best of luck.
Dr Mittal.
MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), CC (
Diabetes Mellitus), DNB (Neurology)
Consultant Physician and Diabetologist
JS Hospital
Ex Apollo Hospital, Delhi
Ex Kailash Hospital, Noida