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Back pain, although common, can be due to a variety of reasons associated with spinal issues, disc problems, muscular pain, skin inflammation, etc. It is important to address it quickly as it can be a debilitating condition.

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I have soreness in hip while standing after sitting position. Kindly help.

Query: Hi doctor, I am a 49-year-old female weighing 75 kg, 170 cms height. For a few months, I have experienced soreness in my left hip. It really only occurs when I get out of a car and go to stand. It is quite a dull pain. Not sure if there is any connection but I injured my lower back and a few times,...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have a history that is classic of tendinitis depending upon the site of pain it may be due to piriformis, gluteus medius, iliopsoas, or ischial tuberosity related. You need to mention which is the exact site of your hip pain. Is it the side of the hip, groin, fro...  Read Full »

I have lower back pain. Please review my MRI.

Query: Hello doctor, I have had lower back pain for the last couple of years. It all started after I lifted a stone at a cricket ground. A little amount of physiotherapy helped after the doctor's advice. I have consulted three doctors in two years, and a doctor advised an MRI this week. My doctor is out un...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through the attachments (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Your MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is showing herniation of an intervertebral disk that is displaced from its position and impinging on the nerve. However, this is only an MRI im...  Read Full »

I have lower back pain. What is the cause?

Query: Hi doctor, I am having pain in my right side lower back only if I bend or try to wear my trouser. Also, it is there if I am standing and trying to raise my leg. Even while walking I feel little pain. If I lie in bed or stand straight, then there is no pain. What is the reason and what medicine can I...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hello,Welcome to icliniq.com. There are three possibilities for your pain. It could be one out of these three conditions or a combination of them.Intervertebral disc prolapse. Lumbar canal stenosis. Para vertebral muscle spasm or lower back strain or lumbago (low back pain).If the pain in the lower ...  Read Full »

I have vague pains in my middle back. Why?

Query: Hello doctor,I am a 26-year-old. I am working in a bank for the last year. I am having back pain on the right side thoracic region while sleeping on my back or sitting for the last six months. I have antral gastritis. I have done an MRI of the thorax which came normal. Ultrasonography of the whole a...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your history. Vague pains in the thoracic region with normal radiological investigation can be due to posture or myofascial trigger points. Kindly answer the following questions for better evaluation of your condition. Pain is in diffuse area or...  Read Full »

I get back pain only when I gain weight. Why?

Query: Hi doctor,I am a 31-year-old male and single. I am getting pain in my back in recent days. I used to maintain my weight around 155 to 165 pounds. Recently, after my kidney stone surgery, my weight increased to 175 pounds. After an increase in weight, I started getting back pain when I walk for more ...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. With an increase in weight, there is increased strain on the lower back. This effect is further accentuated by the abdominal type of obesity. You should change your working posture and adopt a healthy posture. If your occupation involves lifting heavy weights, then a ch...  Read Full »

How to improve my grandmother's bed sores and lower back pain?

Query: Hi doctor, My grandmother aged 91, fell in the bathroom about a month back. She was able to walk and did not have any major symptoms. For two weeks, she has had difficulty walking and lower back pain. She had an X-ray two days ago. As she is in complete bed rest, developed bed sores. I need a revie...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. For me to help you with your query, I need to see the X-ray of the lower lumbar area. Kindly attach the X-ray and follow-up with the same.   Read Full »

Why am I having constant left lower back pain after an injury?

Query: Hello doctor,I have had a lower back injury for three years, and that has not been improved with rehabilitation or anything. There is constant pain in the left side of my lower back, which becomes worse on twisting motions, exercise, and bending to the point where I can barely walk. My physiotherapi...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your iliolumbar ligament is completely visualized and is free from any pathology in the MRI (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Your vertebra, intervertebral disc, spinal column, and spinal cord are also grossly normal. However, there is early facet...  Read Full »

Please tell me medicine and any test needed for back pain?

Query: Hi doctor,I am having severe pain in the lower back, more on the right side. I am not able to bend front and my right leg is aching continuously. I am suffering from back pain for the last six to seven years and sometimes, it is severe. I had to take bed rest for a week, but I had never taken any me...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Since you have pain restricted to your lower back with no radiation to lower limb the pain is not sciatica. In sciatica, the pain radiates from lower back to legs. You could have mechanical backache or disc prolapse without any impingement on the neurological structu...  Read Full »

Which leg posture is best to avoid pain in legs?

Query: Hi doctor, I use the computer and sit 10 hours daily in the office chair for the last five years. I feel pain in my inner thighs sometimes. Since the last few days, I have felt severe pain in both inner thighs and have taken one Voveran and Paracetamol tablet. It feels good after taking medicine or...  Read Full »


Dr. Sumit Chawla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You seem to have pathology at the spinal level, causing postural or mechanical backache or a hip or sacrococcygeal joint pathology with referred pain in the thighs. Pain over the inner thigh can be due to either of the two causes mentioned above. To diagnose the ...  Read Full »

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