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It's causeing severe pain all the way down my left leg.

2007-11-28 03:29:13 · 4 answers · asked by TIM S 2 in Health General Health Care Pain & Pain Management

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To answer your question.. it would depend on which direction you pursued to have it corrected. One school of thought would be to immobilize it. Another would be the retraining of the muscles.

But, one must consider why this problem has come about. If there is no injury involved to initiate the problem, it then becomes a matter of determining what has caused the distortion of the spine.

Accumulated findings over the past 40 years has pretty well established that more that half of the population has an anatomical short leg. Indicating a need for the body to adapt to that situation. Thus, the developing of a curvature of the spine. When this occurs,there will eventually be pressure applied to the nerves of the lower back and eventually sufficiently to cause an inflammatory process and swelling of the surrounding tissues. Then involving the course of the sciatic nerve. The curve of the lower back portion of the spine will generally compress the disc of the concave side of the curve, forcing it out on the other side.Thus, actual pressure on the nerve roots. If left unattended, will often cause a herniation of one of those discs.

Would highly suggest you have a consultation with a chiropractor to determine what your status is presently. Preferably one who seems to talk in the same direction as we have pointed out here. Understanding that most of the work will have to be done by you, at home. But a good chiropractor will give you directions of just what is necessary for you to accomplish. Accompanied by regular treatments, should afford you relief and a return to normal posture.

2007-11-28 05:30:17 · answer #1 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0 0

Tilted Sacrum

2016-11-09 23:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by mcdevitt 4 · 0 0

You're dealing with a chicken or egg problem here.

You can have these structural or functional asymmetries and they can predispose you to wearing out a disc on one side. Or, a worn, bulging disc causing back and leg pain can cause enough muscle recruitment to pull things out of whack.

It's a fallacy, BTW, that the disc has to hit a nerve to cause pain-all it has to do is bulge out and be inflamed.

It doesn't really matter. The proper protocol is to determine if you have a disc issue, treat that, get rid of the pain and then tackle any asymmetries that remain using manipulation-the treatment of choice for these things.

See a chiropractic doctor or physical therapist who uses McKenzie protocols. Or pick up McKenzie's book "Treat Your Own Back" and apply it yourself.

2007-11-28 03:49:07 · answer #3 · answered by BlackGrape 2 · 0 0

Sounds like maybe some sciatica which is an inflammation of the sciatic nerve. Treatment if often anti-inflammatories, heat, rest. This is often caused by a disc pressing on the nerve somewhere in your lower back. You need a diagnosis and appropriate treatment so this body position doesn't become permanent (and it can).

2007-11-28 03:34:24 · answer #4 · answered by J B 7 · 0 0

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