a medical question....

CHANGEinWAVES
CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
is it serious if the base of your back has shooting pain when you move your feet? should i see my doctor?
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    is it serious if the base of your back has shooting pain when you move your feet? should i see my doctor?

    Yes. Sounds like it could be a herniated disc. Any numbing in your legs?

    I am not a doctor and I also do not play one on TV (but I do have Geico)
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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Um, I would say yes. It sounds like it could be your sciatica. :)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciatica
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  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    is it serious if the base of your back has shooting pain when you move your feet? should i see my doctor?

    Are you the same person who hasn't eaten anything for a week?
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    E.K wrote:
    Are you the same person who hasn't eaten anything for a week?
    well not a full week, but since monday night. tonight i had some broth and a roll.
    i guess i need to make a dr.'s appointment:(
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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    well not a full week, but since monday night. tonight i had some broth and a roll.
    i guess i need to make a dr.'s appointment:(
    Yes you do! Best wishes to you and I hope you feel better soon! :)
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    wolfbear wrote:
    Um, I would say yes. It sounds like it could be your sciatica. :)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciatica
    oh shit yeah that's what it is like.
    i better call the dr. tomorrow.
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  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    well not a full week, but since monday night. tonight i had some broth and a roll.
    i guess i need to make a dr.'s appointment:(

    Good idea. Sounds like you have a nasty virus of some sort.
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  • suns rival
    suns rival Posts: 15,926
    oh no....first, you can't eat. now, you have that that ailment i've never heard before.

    im worried about you brandi. :(
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    suns rival wrote:
    oh no....first, you can't eat. now, you have that that ailment i've never heard before.

    im worried about you brandi. :(
    don't worry suns...i'll be fine:)
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  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    This is a good site. There is a symptom checker section.

    http://www.webmd.com/
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  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    Yeah, sounds like a weird case of sciatica. I suffered through a few months of that last year after herniating my disc.

    A great sciatica reducing stretch that I do is what I call the "serpent stretch." That's where you get on your stomach and push your upper body up in the air by extending your arms with your hands flat on the ground.

    But, if that stretch causes any kind of pain at all, stop.

    Eventually if you get to the point where you can do that stretch free-handed, then you've rehabilitated quite a bit.
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  • muiren77
    muiren77 Posts: 3,511
    see a doctor before it worsens
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  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    I wouldn't worry about a doctor's appointment. I would go straight to a walk-in clinic so they can do what are called "foot-drop" tests to see if you already have any nerve damage.
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    sponger wrote:
    I wouldn't worry about a doctor's appointment. I would go straight to a walk-in clinic so they can do what are called "foot-drop" tests to see if you already have any nerve damage.
    For a while now I haven't had feeling in 3 toes off and on...and my feet fall asleep faster then they ever used to, could this be from nerve damage?
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    I have the same thing but it is recurring. It is my L4 and L5 discs that are herniated. When i put my leg in certain positions it feels like a dagger in my lower back. Numbness and tingling in the toes.

    I had to get an MRI a few years ago, and am on the verge of getting another.

    That "serpent strech" someone mentioned seemed to help a bit for me too. But when i first feel it coming on again, I try to ice it and take some tylenol or advil.

    Good luck, it seems theres not much to help sometimes.
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    I have the same thing but it is recurring. It is my L4 and L5 discs that are herniated. When i put my leg in certain positions it feels like a dagger in my lower back. Numbness and tingling in the toes.

    I had to get an MRI a few years ago, and am on the verge of getting another.

    That "serpent strech" someone mentioned seemed to help a bit for me too. But when i first feel it coming on again, I try to ice it and take some tylenol or advil.

    Good luck, it seems theres not much to help sometimes.
    Is it worth going to the dr. For and getting an mri..since I'm getting a divorce I have to do what I can with dr.'S now before I lose my insurance:(
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