I hurt my back Friday. Left leg is numb; can't stand up straight; lots of pain in lumbar region. Any ideas?

Question

For some reason, the pain is much more intense at night.

Answer 1

L4 or L5 region - could be a strain of the joint but could also be disc damage

clearly it is impinging on your nerves - ice the area and use ibuprofen

seek medical or chiropractor help

Answer 2

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Answer 3

No. They do not feel the sense like we humans do. This is because we have a central nervous system running through our vertebra (backbone) which sends messages to our brain. This means that if if our leg is hurt, we feel the pain at the top brain. On the other hand, the insects are non-vertebra and they do not have central nervous system. Thus if an ant's leg is crushed, only the leg will feel local pain. Moreover, their pain magnitude is short, since they produce large number of off springs and their life is short. They can also reproduce their lost organs. It has been observed that if you cut a cockroach's head, it will die after a month due to starving. Scientists have cut a lobster's leg and feed him, which he ate. It is also true that except for human beings no other animal is aware of its existence.

Answer 4

When a back is injured, most anything could happen. Contrary to popular belief a human's back is the foundation to the body. If a injury occurs to the back, your legs and hips and your spine itself can have problems like pinched nerves or sciatica or herniated disc in the back or sprained or torn muscles in the back and legs and all of these can cause major pain.

Do yourself a favor and go see your doctor or seek medical help by going to your local hospital's emergency room. You will be examined thoroughly and get x-rays and other tests to determine what went wrong and your doctor may refer you to have some physical therapy too or other doctors that specialize in back injuries. Good luck and may you get help soon.

Answer 5

You should see a chiropractor right away. Chiropractors specialize in correcting vertebral subluxations (bone misalignments) and herniated disks of the spine. When the vertebrae are subluxated, they can pinch the nerves running out between them causing pain, numbness/tingling, and a number of other general malfunctions in that nerve's corresponding body part. It sounds as though that has happened to you.

For now, put ice on your back for 20 minutes. Ice will numb the pain signals in your back, so I wouldn't recommend heat. Good luck to you!

Answer 6

Go to the emergency room or go to see your doctor after 24 hrs if you don't see any improvement. This could be more serious then you think especially when you have injured your back. Always remember to lift with your legs rising up slowly if that is the case. It sound like a pinched nerve to me or you may have cracked something there. Whatever the case, seek professional help asap. I hope that you will feel much better.

Answer 7

Sounds like a subluxation or herniated disc at one the levels of the lumbar vertebrae. Get yourself to a chiropractor or at least get a massage to loosen the muscles until you can find out what's wrong.

Answer 8

This could be a fractured spinal column, or a ruptured disk, even a pinched nerve. All of which could cause a degenerative disorder if not treated. I suggest going to the doctor as soon as possible, even if this means going to the emergency room.

Answer 9

Maybe you damaged some nerves? that would account for the leg numbness and it's definately painful!

Answer 10

UMmmmmm could have ruptured or bulged a disk and its putting pressure on a nerve. Get to the doctors soon!!