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Chronic thigh bilateral leg pain

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Feb 6 7:50am | Replies (10)

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YES @pbeck95!!! What you described is a problem a first had on my journey with my complicated spine issues. I went through all that testing, and it was negative. It turns out it was nerves being impinged in my facet joints, and the nerve roots exiting my spine at L3 L4, L5. I went for diagnostic radio frequency of glacier also called RFA it’s non-invasive and non-medicine and it corresponded to the pain in my thighs. There was pain in my upper mid and lower thighs above my knees, and it corresponds to particular nerve roots, exiting particular facet joints. It’s non-invasive and a good pain management Doctor Who does RFA will diagnose which facet joints are the culprits and then a late three of them at a time or maybe six on one side. The pulse method did not work for me only the heat method. And sometimes I had to go twice for them to knock out the nerve root. The first ones I had lasted for about 13 years eventually I needed orthopedic surgery on my spine after 20 years. I remember it was so horrible at a certain point not being able to sleep at night and not being able to get into a comfortable position. Good luck and I hope you find a good doctor that is equipped to do radio frequency, ablation or radio frequency injection RFI (they’re the same things). In my case, I had stenosis in the facet joints, which means that there’s pressure on your nerves and bloodstream as it flows through the facet joints and it’s usually exacerbated when you try to exercise. Honestly, I don’t know why these things aren’t made more commonly available to people and their doctors don’t know and recommend. Good luck.! I hope it is your answer.!

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Hi, he has an appointment soon with his pain management doctor through the VA. I hope his doctor is open to RFA as he’s willing to try almost anything at this point. Did you have to convince your pain management doctor to try RFA with you? His doctors at the VA tend to be very hesitant with treatments due to not having a diagnosis.