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What Causes Pain In Lower Back, Hip And Legs?
I have very low back pain and right hip and leg pain. I cant do housework or stand to do dishes without my lower back hurts. My right hip and right leg hurts most of the night that keeps me up. My history is ovarian cancer in 2012 and just had a right knee replacement on Jan 27. any answers what to do or what this could be?
Mon, 16 May 2016
hi,
thank-you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised.
As you have a lower back pain which radiates to the hip, thigh and leg it is a symptom of the pinched nerve in the lumbar spine.
Also, undergoing physical therapy should help stabilize the core and strengthen the spine & lower limb muscles.
As, you had a TKR post which there will be changed in the posture and which may have aggreavted the degenerative changes in the spine leading to the degenerative disc pain.
in my clinical practice most patients are having similar complains post TKR as there is a change in the posture from abnormal to normal alignment And leading to sudden change in the anatomy. Most patients respond well to physical therapy.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank-you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough neuromuscular assessment is advised.
As you have a lower back pain which radiates to the hip, thigh and leg it is a symptom of the pinched nerve in the lumbar spine.
Also, undergoing physical therapy should help stabilize the core and strengthen the spine & lower limb muscles.
As, you had a TKR post which there will be changed in the posture and which may have aggreavted the degenerative changes in the spine leading to the degenerative disc pain.
in my clinical practice most patients are having similar complains post TKR as there is a change in the posture from abnormal to normal alignment And leading to sudden change in the anatomy. Most patients respond well to physical therapy.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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