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Mystified. Moving pain below waist and in both legs
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Jun 28 9:59am | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
It is the waist down pain and progressive loss of motion ability that got me when I read this. August 2022 I had spinal stenosis surgery with instrumentation . I progressed to walking a mile or more with no serious discomfort by the next April 2023. Then my hips started to hurt. My Dr prescribed prednisone for the PMR he thought I had. Nothing is apparent on my MRIs, The Neurologist says i am fine and my leg veins passed the test. Now, two years later, I am virtually crippled when I ambulate. I use a ByAcre rollator at all times. I take a variety of pain meds. 8 hour Tylenol three times a day. Also every 8 hours: 300 Neurontin; 5 mg oxycodone; Duloxatine. Lower body hurts. Leg pain wakes me up.
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@johannab Sometimes surgeons miss where the spine issue is. If there is spinal cord compression in the neck, it can cause problems with the lower body and walking. I had these symptoms. Doctors need to look at the entire spine for compression of the spinal cord. Aside from that, there may be possible compression at the nerve roots which are more specific connections and better understood. If it's the spinal cord getting compressed, it is hard to pinpoint exactly what nerve fiber in that big bundle is getting squeezed. You may have to speak up and ask about this if your entire spine has not been imaged.