Comments on: Got a Trapped Nerve in Your Back?

By: doug

doug — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:25:00 +0000

I have lower back pain, sharp pain traveling down my right leg to my knee. Below the knee the left side is numb and when touched the skin is sore. I have tried all positions to relief the leg pain, without result.
Its five days of pain and discomfort, the ibuprofen worked on the pain at first but now it has no effect.
I was working in a confined space and down on my knees, have I trapped a nerve or pulled a leg/back muscle.

By: Gary Kirwan, DC

Gary Kirwan, DC — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:25:09 +0000

What did the physio say today? Was there pain when they moved your hip joint?

By: Jacqui maguire

Jacqui maguire — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:52:00 +0000

Iwas training for my first marathon aged 43, everything was going well until i experienced a pain down the front of my thigh. i ran on for 4 miles and when i got home my hip was very sore.I took the next few days off and then went out for my 20 mile run 5 weeks before the marathon and could only run 4 miles and had to limp home. I have not run since with pain in my hip at joint and pain down the front of my thigh. I have taken dixlomax on and off but nothing seems to be working. Done all my stretches for hip flexors, massage and used the foam roller. My marathon is in 3 weeks and i’m no further forward. i still want to run it even if i have to crawl round. Any suggestions what i should do? I’m seeing phsyio tomorrow.

By: Melanie Tranter

Melanie Tranter — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:10:00 +0000

Hi Dawn, this episode sounds very similar to mine, i really hope u have had some relief from it now! i ended up stuck just like u but on the opposite side, i tried to get out of bed to go to the loo but just collapsed in a heap on the floor an lay there until paramedics came. I to have given birth twice with just the use of entonox and with this episode i coud not get down my stairs with the use of entenox, in the end i had to be cannulated and given iv morphine before i could get out of my house! once i arrived at the hospital they managed to get the pain under control with lots of medication which i am still on 2 weeks later, but i still have not been referred to ortho’s. i think until somebody can tell u what is causing the pain it is very hard to fix the problem. i am not sure how long ago this was posted but i really do hope u have had some help.

By: Elizabeth Leahy2

Elizabeth Leahy2 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:57:00 +0000

I have had constant pain now for four years, an m.r.i scan showed a L5 and L 4 disc degeneration and bulge, i have had three operations so far,every tablet im sure possible for the pain/sciatica pins and needles and calf pain.! I am now awaiting a fourth operation which has not been explained properly, burning the nerve endings or something? any ideas please….i am on weekly bu trans patches which help and can recommend anyone to ask their g.p to prescribe…..