I have had lower back pain for 3 wks.The pain is radiating into groin/right testicle.MD says muscle. Opinions?

Question

The pain in groin/testicle is recent ( last few days)

He said muscular. He tested for k-stones and it was negative. Thats it.

I am athletic and play quite a bit of sports and workout. I had a complete physical Oct 31 and the pain began prior to Thanksgiving. I gave a urine sample for the k-stone test. The back pain is acute and specific to the right lower back just above the waist line. I feel fine isn certain positions, sleep great and pain during stadning can occur ( I teach).

Answer 1

Check in with your MD and if your pancreas, liver or kidneys are okay, maybe go visit a practitioner of Chinese medicine, they sometimes have some great answers for you.
Radiating pain that actually circles the lower back down into the groin area is usually first noticed as back pain, normally in the lower back.
Usually its associated with a kind of infection in the urinary tract or other area in the lower abdomen.
My first guess would have been kidney stones, in your case it might be a bladder infection.
Either way I would expect some urogenital disorder that may include a local infection of some sort.
Maybe have that checked out.

Answer 2

What 'tests' were performed to rule-out kidney stones? "Scout film" x-ray? Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP)? Cat-scan? Retrograde Pyelogram? Blood in the urine? Your pain pattern is common with this condition (kidney stones). I have suffered with chronic stones for decades and have had ALL of these tests show negative results within days of passing a stone! You can have a test be negative and still have the condition it is testing for (this is called a 'false-negative' result).

Some other possibilities include:

1) inguinal hernia
2) intra-abdominal tumor (e.g. bladder)
3) spinal subluxations with nerve entrapment
4) disc degeneration/herniation with nerve entrapment
5) myofascial pain syndrome with referred pain

You may want to seek additional opinions by seeing other docs (including a Nephrologist, Neurologist and Chiropractor).

Best wishes and good luck.

Answer 3

have you ever had a back x-ray? I just recently had my 1st after experiencing very bad pains, and found out I have scoliosis in my lower back and a sixth (extra) vertebrae that is causing my back to be even more unstable.

Answer 4

may be growing pain... thats the most likely thing.
if you've stopped growing though, just leave it a couple of days, if it doesnt stop, go see a doctor. but im sure its nothing 2 worry about x

Answer 5

I'm sure your "MD" said more than "muscle"


And that your "MD" is MUCH more qualified to tell you anything than ANYBODY here on Y! Answers. We are not doctors

Answer 6

sciatic nerve maybe?