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Quad muscle soreness due to spinal stenosis. How to fix it?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Feb 15 5:50pm | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
After my Thoracic surgery in June last year, he walked in my room, probably 30-40 min before my surgery, he told my wife who was sitting in there "his spine is a mess, from his neck to his tailbone" Two surgeries down, one more to go. I couldn't be happier with my surgeon. One thing I heard from other doctors, as I was debating about my ACDF, I just wasn't convinced I really "needed" it, these doctors told me to get the surgery done while I still feel good, in other words don't wait till it becomes debilitating , Nerve damage is the likely outcome when it gets bad, irreversable in some cases. I don't want to take a chance.....
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@johntow
I agree. I injured my back and had a ruptured disk between L4-L5. The nerve pain in my quads was debilitating. I had several shots but the relief was very temporary and ended up having a discectomy replacing my herniated disc with a cadaver bone. I felt great. Then, less than a year later got rear ended at a red light by a drunk driver doing over 40mph (blew a 0.26, over 3 times the limit).
Got taken by ambulance where x-rays confirmed that the L4-L5 was completely wrecked again, which I already knew from the pain radiating down my quads. After a spinal fusion I was pain free, the only downside is that my neurosurgeon told me that I couldn't do any high impact sports or activities that require twisting my back or I would be back having more surgery to repair the area above or below the fusion. This meant no more tennis or golf!