Dr. Anuj Gupta
Spine Surgery
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Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
I have a sharp pain in my upper left hip. There is no specific posture where I feel no pain. Standing gives minimum pain (dull ache), and now and then, when I turn side position while sleeping, I get only a dull pain, but it becomes more painful again. This spot is reddish but not steep enough to call it a lump. Similar short term pain happened before a week when I sat on a toilet seat for a long (constipation problems). This pain has become long-term for the past three days, and pain switches between relative minimum and maximum. Freezing legs also occurred. I took anti-inflammatory medicines without checkups because I did not want to go out in this pandemic. Both heat and cold therapy work a little. But the anti-inflammatory drug helps cold legs (and fever).
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Are you able to sit cross leg comfortably?
Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
No postures reduce my pain.
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Well, it seems to be sacroiliac joint sprain and strain. What do you do, and how much physical activity you have in your daily routine?
Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
These days I have had been at home for social distancing and sit on a couch all day using a laptop to study or play games. But I do felt the most strain when I sit on a toilet seat for a long time.
Hello,
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Well, so that is the reason. Muscles support our sacroiliac joints. If muscles are weak, then there are chances of sprain and strain. Moreover, wrong posture added to your problem.
Three things you have to inculcate in your lifestyle.
1. Proper posture. Use a chair and table to work on the laptop. The screen of your laptop should be at eye level. Do not slouch. Avoid using mobile and watching TV for a long in the wrong posture. Take a break after every 40 minutes.
2. General conditioning exercises. So what comes under this is walking, running, jogging, swimming, dancing, etc. The minimum I recommend to my patients is 45 minutes of walking daily at a stretch.
3. Back strengthening exercises. You can learn a few exercises from the internet and do them for 10-15 minutes in a day.
These three things will keep you away from all these problems. But they will take time to show their results. Meanwhile, you can use pain killers to alleviate your pain.
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