I was in the shower this morning when I fell down because my knees buckled due to a sharp, unbearable pain in my lower back. This has happened twice in the past two years, and it doesn’t subside for at least 10 minutes. I’m good with pain, I’ve torn my ACL and broken both shins but they were NOTHING compared to this =(. Later it was really sore (I could extend but I couldn’t flex my back). There was also tingling down my right leg. I know this has to do with the nerves and discs and stuff (I’m a physical therapy student), but does anyone have an actual diagnosis they know of??
#1 by onlymatc on February 23, 2010 - 7:01 am
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You need to look at your kidneys for the primary source of your knee problems. You may find that you are not hydrating properly. Lower back pain can be solved if due to an injury best by seeing a Sports Medicine Doctor that can evaluate you for Prolotherapy that is an easy very inexpensive and great way to address those lower back problems. It’s what athletes do because they have found that surgery is NOT the best way to deal with back problems due to the way that kind of solution doesn’t work most of the time.
The average person needs water at the following rate:
Take your total body weight and divide by 2. That number is the amount of water in ounces that you need to drink each and everyday. Along with that, you should consume 1/4 teaspoon of “air dried sea salt” in conjunction with each quart of water you drink. This puts the electrolytes in your body that will give you proper hydration. The typical white table salt you buy in stores like the Morton Salt, for instance, is terrible for you and has loads of chemicals added. Avoid that junk. If you drink ANY diuretic drinks like, sodas, coffee, tea, alcohol, commercially prepared fruit drinks, energy drinks, etc., these all dehydrate you and you will need to add more water to the total to compensate for the water loss due to these diuretic drinks. Take the total ounces of the diuretic drinks and multiply by 1.5 and add that total to the original total to come up with the proper amount of water you need to drink each day.
good luck to you
#2 by Rich Z on February 23, 2010 - 11:28 am
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Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about. It sounds like a pinched nerve. I’m certainly no doctor, but I think you have some alignment issues.
Mine is sort of a recurring injury. I have a lower back disc that will displace when I try to lift something too heavy the wrong way. I won’t feel anything and then I’ll bend over to pet the cat and my back will just give out. The tingling in the limbs will last for a couple days after that.
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#3 by mary d on February 23, 2010 - 2:30 pm
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I ruptured my L5 disc..the pain is indescribable. Radiating pain down the leg is one of the symptoms. An CT scan or MRI is the only way to know for sure. Sometimes the disc is just bulging and pressing on the sciatic nerve to give the same symptoms. See your doctor. The pain you are suffering is horrible, I well know
#4 by Sayed P on February 23, 2010 - 8:18 pm
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your problem sounds like a herniated disc on your back bone. Try not to lift anything while standing even a light thing for now. Until you visit a doctor take motrin extra strength pills as per direction. and must not expose your back to cold.Keep it warm and less standing up. Hot shower. Warm clothes all time
., Must see an appropriate physian immediately .
#5 by Penny!! on February 24, 2010 - 1:14 am
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It sounds like you could have sciatica/herniated disk. but I’m no doctor. Try icing it? When that happens to me I take motrin. But if it keeps happening you should see a doctor because that sounds painful.
#6 by Anonymous on February 24, 2010 - 7:56 am
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Might be a pinched nerve, you should go see a chiropractic about that
#7 by mistify on February 24, 2010 - 8:40 am
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One thing that may be disappointing for you to hear is that pathoanatomic diagnosis in musculoskeletal medicine is rarely validated. We can probably take an MRI of your back and show you’ve got a bulging or herniated disc, but then again, about 30% of people your age will also have one…and not all of them have symptoms.
Diagnostic classification is helping to make the diagnostic process more functional…in otherwords, it helps direct treatment. One of the most reliable and researched classification schemes is Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy which tries to differentiate mechanical (pain primarily from mechanoreceptor/nocioceptive problems) from non-mechanical pain (medical/chemical or chronic pain state) and then further classify mechanical syndromes into one of several sub classifications: derangement, dysfunction, postural, or “other” (stenosis, hip, SIJ, etc).
At this point in time, you probably need to be conscientious of the fact that you are in an inflammatory state…however, you probably have some type of underlying derangement syndrome which should be addressed if not better in the next several days. At this time, take care to limit inflammation and focus on mid-range relatively pain free motions at this time.
You may be interested in the following website: http://www.mckenziemdt.org
Good luck