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Bilateral Leg Quadricep Weakness, No Pain
Spine Health | Last Active: Mar 1 8:09pm | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
@divedoc94
In addition to what @gently recommended, you may want to have a cervical spine MRI to see if you have any compression there. Cervical compression can impact your leg strength and it is not picked up in an EMG/nerve conduction study. My orthopedic spine specialist told me spine issues are not measured by EMG and you could have a “normal” EMG but compressed spinal cord which happened to me. I just had a “normal” EMG but have a herniated C6-C7 disc pressing on my spinal cord and causing weakness in hips/legs, especially when standing up from seated position, going up stairs, and lifting leg up to put on pants.
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I have same lower extremity issues bilateral and symmetrical. Doctors thought my L3/4 and L4/L5 stenosis was causing that. Had both operated on in 2016 and 2021 but never resolved issues. Recently got another opinion from a new Neurosurgeon that ordered a cervical MRI. I only had very mild neck issues up until recently the burning at neck has started to increase.
MRI showed C5 C6 C7 major cord compression and could be cause of the funicular Pain syndrome I may be showing.
Will be meeting with him shortly to discuss ACDF procedure,
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The neurologist I’m seeing now is sending me for a cervical and thoracic MRI so we’ll see what that shows. I do feel like my weakness is starting to get worse with exercise as well as starting to get some pain when I try and train legs.