Numbness in the hip joint and the leg...probably spondylosis Posted: 03-15-06 11:00am
RichardDD was the only post I read that
seemed medical and informed. Do you have
anymore information or links?
Here is my story:
recently my Brother had a ruptured spleen
and they don't know what caused it. I was
searching and found this. I was healthy as
dog before this running, walking, cycling
before. Now I'm am overweight and full of
cancer fear.
I have had this pain for 12 years and
suffered sleeping and during waking hours.
All my other/now pains seemed to start
after this. I had a pain in my left hip
joint that went down my leg and caused me
to have to often sit down and not stand or
walk very far. Also pain in my big left
toe started, I thought this was maybe due
to my running. But is got worse and spread
to the other 3 toes and arch of my left
foot and now has started in the same place
on my right foot. All the while this pain
in my left side persists. The pain in the
left side is dull most often, bloated
feeling, tingling, gurgling at times,
burning feeling often with sometime
pricking or semi sharp pain. The Dull
pain never subsides, althought sometimes I
don't seem to notice it. I believe the
stress factor, can have a part of it, but
it seems more than that.
can Spleen, parasite, limedisease, ulcer
or gastro problems be a foundation for
this? I did read Dr.Sarno's book on
Tension Myosisis syndrome when dealing
with my leg problem, he attributes about
10 chronic pains to this phenonemon.
It seems that the real reason for your
problem could be spondylosis of the
lumbar-sacral vertebral column.
Spondylosis is a chronic degenerative
disease of the vertebral spine that
affects the inter-vertebral joints,
inter-vertebral disks, ligaments of the
spine, and the vertebrae themselves.
Degenerative spondylotic changes create
pressure on spinal nerves that can cause
pain, tingling, muscle weakness, and even
numbness or muscle paralyses.
Particularly, pressure on the roots of the
sciatic nerve can cause symptoms like
yours. Spondylosis has an unknown etiology
but physical hyperactivity and weight are
considered to be stimulating factors. You
can visit your doctor for an X-ray image
of the vertebral spine and to seek advice
on how to decrease your weight.
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