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What Causes Pain Down Left Leg Radiating To Knee And Foot?

Hi, I have been diagnosed with frozen shoulders of which I have had since April this year and now for the past week I have been suffering similar pain down my left leg which is an aching, stabbing pain. This pain can shoot up my leg to the knee or down to the foot. There is no obvious swelling or redness. Look forward to your reply. Many thanks, Diane Scott
Tue, 10 Feb 2015
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Hi Diane,
The reason for the pain could be a pinched nerve, the one supplying your legs. Once a nerve is pinched at its origin from the spinal cord, the symptoms may be felt along its course too. This 'pinching' can be caused due to many reasons and to find the reason you would have to get a MRI scan of your lower back or the lumbo-sacral spine. The frozen shoulder and this pain radiating to knee and foot are not related. Provided the MRI scan shows the reason for the pain, it can be managed with medications and physiotherapy and in case it doesn't help, you would require a surgery at a later stage.
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What Causes Pain Down Left Leg Radiating To Knee And Foot?

Hi Diane, The reason for the pain could be a pinched nerve, the one supplying your legs. Once a nerve is pinched at its origin from the spinal cord, the symptoms may be felt along its course too. This pinching can be caused due to many reasons and to find the reason you would have to get a MRI scan of your lower back or the lumbo-sacral spine. The frozen shoulder and this pain radiating to knee and foot are not related. Provided the MRI scan shows the reason for the pain, it can be managed with medications and physiotherapy and in case it doesn t help, you would require a surgery at a later stage.