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Why do I have pain in the area where my leg joins the hip?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 19-year-old male. I have been having pain near the right groin, where the leg joins the hip, for the last two months. It used to be very painful mostly during the end of the day. It was not always present, it used to pain only twice or thrice a week. But now, it has become worse... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. I went through your query. It is difficult to identify the cause on an X-ray. If the pain is now on the back as well, two things need to be ruled out which are as follows: The first is arthritis of the hip and the second is PIVD... Read Full »
I am suffering from disc herniation and sciatica. What to do?
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 65-year-old female. My height is five feet and eight inches and I weigh 150 lbs. My MRI result shows a small left central broad-based disc herniation and inferior extrusion. I have pain in the sciatic nerve (hip to the knee). If I sit too long it hurts. I have had this feeling for ... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know some details about your symptoms: 1. Since when you started to have this pain? 2. Do you also have lower back pain? 3. The pain which you mentioned from hip to knee is on the front side of the thigh or the back side of the thigh? 4. Apart from s... Read Full »
How long will it take for my back injury to heal completely, and for me to get back into exercising?
Query: Hello doctor, Two weeks ago, I hurt my back by deadlifting. The pain was severe, and I believe it was a herniated disc in my sciatic nerve. I started PT immediately with press-ups religiously, and a week in, I bought an inversion table and started using that. Two weeks later, I am sleeping through ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to the icliniq.com. I am sorry to hear about your accident and I am glad that you are recovering well. As you have mentioned that the pain started after lifting weights, so it must be because of disc prolapse or muscular strain of back. I think, as per my experience, you will take ... Read Full »
How to manage back pain with a tingling sensation in the right leg and stiffness?
Query: Hi doctor,I am 28 years old and anxious about the possibility of ALS. About two months back, I had vitamin D (9 ng/mL) and B 12 deficiency (182 pg/mL). Symptoms were low back pain, tingling sensation in the right leg with stiffness, occasional shooting pain from back to legs used to get better with ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As you mentioned symptom of lower back pain, with tingling in the right leg and occasional shooting pain from back to legs, it may be a radicular pain due to nerve root pressure or irritation in the lower spine. Fasciculations can happen in many illnesses (apart fro... Read Full »