Hurt muscle or Pinched nerve Posted: 01-09-08 01:17am
4 nights ago i went to turn around to see
what my cats were doing behind me and omg
PAIN! i had horrible shock of pain go from
my lower back to my left leg.
now 4 days later the back and above my
butt it is gone ..but my left upper leg is
still sore. it keeps me up all night
because it hurts. can't get comfy. I put
lots of rub on which helps on the spot
pain for a bit but not totally. When i
take 2 tylenol rapid release after
breakfast the pain stops for a while.
My q is ..
while the rest of me is mending ..i have
to be carefull of how i move .. how can i
make it heal faster ?
and what happened? sore muscles? they were
uncontrolably shaking right after it
happened for a minuite.
( doctors offfice is closed for 2 months ,
no other is around)
I relax alot and when the pain is going i
walk around the house and it helps alot
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mominashoe
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Posted: 01-09-08 02:24am
It sounds like you could have pinched your
sciatic nerve. It's really easy to do
when you turn from the waist, and right
from the low back and down the left leg is
where the sciatic nerve runs (and for some
reason, it must have to do with most
people being right handed, it's almost
always the leg leg.)
You can see a chiropractor to make some
adjustments to your back so that you don't
do yourself an injury again as easily.
Put cold packs on your lower back to
reduce swelling for 15 minutes at a time,
ever one or two hours. A cool soak of
your leg muscles wouldn't be a bad idea
either. Even if you can't see the
swelling, it may just be there and the
coolness will help reduce the swelling to
prepare it to be re-adjusted before you
visit the chiropractor.
The reason why your leg is sore is
because, even if you didn't notice it, you
were walking a little differently to keep
the pain at bay. It may be the nerve
still, but I bet more on the muscles
cramping up as a result of trying to
defend the nerve from pain. Take some
calcium/magnesium which will help your
muscles relax. Potassium can help quite a
bit too.
