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What Causes Constant Pain In The Lower Back?

I have constant lower back pain ( I was diagnosed a few years back I have a mild degenerative disc) and today that pain migrated to my right hip, buttock and thigh. It was painful for me to walk an shortly after, my thigh muscles feels like it s weaker (not sturdy) some 8 hours later. It began after I stood up from sitting in chair. I ve never had the pain from my lower back and hip area to go down this far. I had taken Aleve & it help with the pain. Could this be in relations to maybe my sciatica nerve?
Fri, 6 Oct 2017
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Yes, in all probability, you do have sciatic nerve compression due to the prolapsed and degenerated lumbar intervertibral disc. You were diagnosed as having mild degeneration of the disc few years back. Now the degeneration could have increased and the movement of the spine as you got up from the chair could have caused a prolapse and nerve compression. An MRI of the lumbar spine should be taken, and if the nerve compression is confirmed, then you would require minimal access surgery for removal of the involved disc. Please do consult a Neuro surgeon or an Orthopedic surgeon.
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What Causes Constant Pain In The Lower Back?

Yes, in all probability, you do have sciatic nerve compression due to the prolapsed and degenerated lumbar intervertibral disc. You were diagnosed as having mild degeneration of the disc few years back. Now the degeneration could have increased and the movement of the spine as you got up from the chair could have caused a prolapse and nerve compression. An MRI of the lumbar spine should be taken, and if the nerve compression is confirmed, then you would require minimal access surgery for removal of the involved disc. Please do consult a Neuro surgeon or an Orthopedic surgeon.