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Undiagnosed Hip and Knee pain

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Aug 14 8:16am | Replies (11)

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@mmarena88
Did you get a MRI of your hips/pelvis and knees before having surgery or getting injections? Is that what showed your ligament/labral tears warranting the surgery or inflammation in your knees warranting injections? Have you ever had a MRI of your lumbar/sacral spine? You could have degenerated discs/stenosis and spinal cord/nerve root/nerve compression that is radiating to your hips/legs/knees.

I have cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease and had surgery on both to decompress my spinal cord/nerve roots/nerves. I am a 55 year old female. My lumbar decompression/fusion surgery was just on 8/2/2024 (L3-L5). I had pain radiating from my lower back to hips/buttocks/legs/feet plus weakness/numbness. In addition to lumbar stenosis, I was diagnosed with neurogenic claudication which explained my symptoms. My hope is the surgery will decompress my spinal cord/nerve roots and relieve some of my symptoms. I had gotten spine injections but they were no longer helping relieve pain. I had a hip/pelvis MRI which showed bilateral gluteal tendinopathy and bilateral hamstring tears and I had no idea how this happened. Now, I think my neurogenic clarification contributed to this due to weakness/numbness in my hips/buttocks/legs.

My suggestion is for you to see a spine specialist and a neurologist for a lumbar/sacral MRI and EMG of lower limbs (to assess radiating pain to legs/knees). You need to get at the real source of your pain. The injections in your hips/knees are not helping which says they have not narrowed down the source and you are wasting your time/money with incorrect treatments.

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@mmarena88
*Correction…neurogenic claudication, not clarification. Just love autocorrect. 😉

Thank you for your response. Yes I did have lumbar/ sacral MRIs done, including of the lower back. I also went to a neurologist for a full EMG work up , and they found no nerve issues. It may be that I need to go ahead and see a spine doctor anyway.