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Why Am I Experiencing Weakness In Right Leg After Stepping On Elevator?
I am a 87 year old man and today I turned to get on the elevator and started falling from weakness in my right leg. there was no pain but I feel like it was in the hip area. It all started when I went up a step 2 days ago with my right foot firs and bearing all the weight. What could have caused this?
Thu, 9 Jan 2014
Hi there .
After reading about your symptoms I would suggest you to get an immediate Xray of the hip done along with the pelvis as sometimes a sudden jerk of the leg can also result in a hairline fracture in this age as the bones are osteoporotic .
Secondly it could be due to neurological weakness .
For this kindly get a Nerve conduction velocity ( NCV) done to assess any kind of weakness of the nerves of the lower limb .
Start on a nerve enhancing medicine like pregablin - methycobalamine combination .
Get the results of the investigation evaluated by sn orthopedician and proceed likewise .
I hope my advice has helped
Good luck
After reading about your symptoms I would suggest you to get an immediate Xray of the hip done along with the pelvis as sometimes a sudden jerk of the leg can also result in a hairline fracture in this age as the bones are osteoporotic .
Secondly it could be due to neurological weakness .
For this kindly get a Nerve conduction velocity ( NCV) done to assess any kind of weakness of the nerves of the lower limb .
Start on a nerve enhancing medicine like pregablin - methycobalamine combination .
Get the results of the investigation evaluated by sn orthopedician and proceed likewise .
I hope my advice has helped
Good luck
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