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What Causes Lower Back Pain Along With Numbness In The Legs?
I have had lower back trauma in the past. Within the last year or so when sitting down over 5 minutes when I get up my legs are numb and I have to concentrate to be able to maintain myself. Basically my legs feel like there spaghetti. Now within the past month or so I have had really bad pain build up it seems like on my sides adjacent to my lower back, the pain decreases to being more tolerable with ibuprofen but it s only temporary. Do you have any clue what this might be. To me it seems that this is something very serious.
Fri, 1 Feb 2019
Hello,
Though symptomatic relief from pain can be obtained with analgesics like Ibuprofen, the underlying cause needs to be treated.
Considering the fact that you had a lower back trauma in the past and it gets aggravated on getting up from sitting position, it can be attributed to para-spinal spasm and entrapment of nerve fibres at the lower spinal region.
Kindly consult a Neurologist & get a complete Neurological examination done. Certain investigations like X-ray & MRI of the lumbosacral spine can also be carried out to detect any nerve entrapment.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Polash Sannigrahi, General & Family Physician
Though symptomatic relief from pain can be obtained with analgesics like Ibuprofen, the underlying cause needs to be treated.
Considering the fact that you had a lower back trauma in the past and it gets aggravated on getting up from sitting position, it can be attributed to para-spinal spasm and entrapment of nerve fibres at the lower spinal region.
Kindly consult a Neurologist & get a complete Neurological examination done. Certain investigations like X-ray & MRI of the lumbosacral spine can also be carried out to detect any nerve entrapment.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Polash Sannigrahi, General & Family Physician
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