Radiating pain down the limb and tingling and numbess is the manifestation of the same pathology in the lumbar spine i.E. Spondylolisthesis.


Homoeopathy has good remedies to relieve the pressure on the nerve thereby relieving both the symptoms.

And I understand completely where you are coming from!

The only thing I am acutely aware of at this point is if you experience any numbness (not just tingling!) and any loss of bowel/bladder function, you need to get to the er pronto!

This is where the nerve roots get totally damaged and there is a small window to get this reversed. Sometimes it can't even be reversed

this is why I am kind of freaking out now until I can get to my third neurosurgeon consult.

So far though, I am good!.....Trying to stay positive and know I am addressing this quickly will hopefully keep any damage to a minimum.

Good luck!
Maggie

I have had numbness for 2 weeks in my back and in my left leg .Unbearable . I told the er they did nothing - I told my orthopedist and he ignored me. Does one have to have tingling with loss of baldder/bowel control to = emergency or is it if you have one or the other ( any ) that it is an emergency? Please help

With my back pain and mostly intense leg pain, my one foot goes like pins and needles and real cold feeling deep inside. Weird. I have had it with this pain, I still don't know what it is, waiting to see the specialist from out of town. No disrespect to all doctors but ours here are idiots.
One says pinched nerve, scatica, the other says no can't be because when he checked my reflex (knee) I have a reflex. One says this one says that meanwhile I am in such excruciatin pain, I swear if I had a chain saw, I would saw my bloody leg off. I dont know how much more of this pain I can take everyday.

I am sorry but when I read your post I had to laugh because I have the sam eissues ( really as everyone above has) I went to er with tingling and also my leg stopped working in the street but was "fine " by the time I got to the er. They duid nothing. I jave had tingling in my foot back of my knee and butt on the left. I am in excruciating pain and 2 vicodin es do not even touch it. They did mri of my lower back and said there was a smooshed disk - but it was nothing and I should not have this pain. They say I have arthritis in my hip - my hip is the worste pain of all . I cannot stand it and I too want to chop it off and throw it in the street. They did not mri that part and that is where this whole thing started - I know people with arthritis and they do not have pain like this except maybe in later stages of it . I am only 34 . Oh and I have also had tingling in my middle back all the way across -today it felt like my foot was broken . And I t seems a bag of groceries feels like I am carrying a ton of lead. I am scard too and too young to have these problems and most of the drs are ignoring me too. What does one do except know you are not alone. I got fired from my job this friday for these problems . I am not feeling too happy

Reading all these makes me feel I am the lucky one. One month ago, I developed a prolapsed disc. L5/s1. It was so painful I too wanted to chop off my leg. Same symtoms as described. Rest in hospital for 4 days. Now I am 90% healed. Now no pain except still cannot walk for long .

In my case, I think it healed by itself although I did have 3 sessions with my china trained chiropractor. Did my recommended excercise 3 times a day

being a chinese, we avoid all yin food when we have spinal problems. A westerner should avoid acidic foods and drinks such as meat, coffee, coke and any cold drinks.

For 3 months prior to the prolapse, I felt some discomfort in my buttock but I did not heed the warnings. I probably developed my problem due to unhealthy lifestyle over the last 1 year. Too much computer, did not sleep well, lack of exercise and generally did not take care of myself. I am 48.

Rest and dont do anything to aggravate it. See your psysio therapist. He will give you the right exercises. I also responded very well to moxibustion, acupunture and myofascial release ( a form of massage.) great help to me after discharge from hospital.

I am a 51 year old male, who has undergone 13 surgeries since 1997, 5 spinal surgeries, all surgeries has failed and 7 abdominal surgeries, due to my last spinal surgeries, I had been diagnosed with an incisional surgery because a jp drainage system was not put in after the first surgery, causing 3 staph infections and 7 surgeries to finally close the gaping hole in my stomach. All surgeries done in fort myers florida, (please stay away from the doctors in that area). I take 8 to 32 mg. Of dilaudid a day to combat the pain, along with 10 mg of valiun and soma, a muscle relaxer, seems like alot of medication but 5 years ago I was on atleast 12 different types of medication, I weaned myself off, afraid of the damage I was doing to my liver and was not helping. My problem now, every month my lower extremities become very numb,from my waiste to my feet, not painful but very discomfortable, making it hard to walk.When this happens I have to take 24 mg dilaudid and within an hour the numbness seems to go away somewhat, still able to function this problem is getting worse. I just recently had a mri last wek, (1.14.2006), findings, l-4, l-5 spinal surgery has not fused, at the l-5, s-1 severe facet joint arthropathy, & mild stenosis, alot off scar tissue around the l-4, l-5 area, also at the same level demonstrates moderate enhancing tissue in the left parasagittal region, at the l-3, l-4 level severe stenosis secondary to ligamentum flavum and facet hypertrophy and severe right sided foraminal with compression of the l-e nerve root, at the l2-3 level there is a disc herniation with acute annular tear causing compression on the l2 nerve root, facet hypertrophy leading to moderate spinal stenosis,now I now I am considerd a high risk patient and with everyone trying to sue doctors, no docroe will come near me, they give me excuses but I know the reason, the funny thing is with all the failed surgeries I have never not once talen any cilal action against any doctor, all I want in life now is to be pain free, or atleast better off then I am today, I mover from the ft. Myers area on the advise on my doctors to central florida, orlando, staing this would be the only are that doctors would or be able to handle high risk patients, i',m really tired, even from the doctors here in orlando, I was turned down for surgery last week because my last surgeon put in his report this was a salvage operation and most possibly more surgery would be needed, please don't get me wrong, I am not looking nor want another surgery, but am a very realistic person and realize with the report from the last mri and with the lower extremities numbness, this is finally getting the best of me, some type of surgery would relieve the pain I live through all day, I would think i'm new to the post or forum, I don't know if doctors ever read this message board, but I need a doctor with balls, not afraid to take on a hard case, basically all I want is help, so anyone reading this message with any suggestions please feel free to contact me, I wish all of you with posts on this forum only the best and hopefully a speedy recovery and if I can help with any answers with all i've been through please don't be afraid to ask, sincerely paul w : :?:- :( :?:

I don't know if this is a post a reply page if so this is for ib, try asking your doctor to test if you have a disease called rsd, reflex sypmothy dystrophy, I don't know where you reside but the leading specialist is located in the tampa area, works out of tampa general, best in the country, I can't think of his name at the moment but if you called the hospital they would give you his name, this disease is caused by trauma to a nerve or nerves best of luck to you if I can be of any more help please write, I know how you feel because I ws diagnosed with this rsd years ago and if not treated, usually with shots can get worse, best of luck paul

Dear ib
the doctors name in tampa florida whom I replied to your post, name is kirkpatrick, i'm sure you could reach him at tampa general and he can refer a doctor in your area that specializes in rsd best of luck to you paul w

Goldilox,

your symptoms are pretty normal for your condition. You may have over exerted yourself and caused swelling which would explain your symptoms. Or the l5-s1 disc could have finally ruptured, you need to get to a neurosurgeon to be adequately diagnosed. Fwiw my first spinal fusion was a great success, pain was alleviated and the symptoms in my legs were reduced. When you get to feeling better do what the doctor tells you to do and don't do what he tells you not to do. I'm in the shape i'm in now because I got to feeling better and basically abused my back and reinjured it. Take care of yourself and get some imaging studies done, mri, cat scan, xrays whatever and make sure your condition hasn't worsened.

I too have the pain in the lower back. It started three years ago to the right of my tailbone then spread to my hips, first right then both. About 2 months ago, the arches in my feet started to hurt with the right foot affected in such a way that I would get a pain that felt similar to someone poking a bad bruise for about 30 seconds. Just a few days ago, I noticed my right foot getting tingly in the heel and toes but not inside like when your foot falls asleep, more like I was stepping on something with an electrical current.

I have scoliosis and was diagnosed with it 23 years ago, when I was 15. It isn't so severe that it required surgery and I've never been told the degree of the curves but I know that there are two, one appearing if you're looking at me from the back and the other if you're looking at me from the side.

The difference with me is that I can manipulate the lower back pain myself by flexing my glutes but it is only momentarily relieved. I've found nothing to help with my foot pain. Even wearing Dansks doesn't help.

I go to the chiropractor tomorrow and, hopefully, something good will come out of it.