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Neck, lower back and left leg pain

Neck, lower back and left leg pain

I'm a 28 year old female. Over a year ago I started to feel pain in my hands and left leg. It was a dull deep ache in my wrist and hand. The pain in my leg was more like a pressure. When I squeezed my foot or layed on my leg it would feel better temporarily. At the time I couldn't find relief for my hands. I went to the doctor, told them I work on the computer, and they quickly diagnosed me with carpal tunnel. They pretty much ignored my left leg pain. They prescribed physical therapy. Hundreds of dollars later nothing had changed. So I went back to the doctor. This time I saw a neurologist. He suspected the second most popular diagnosis....MS. They did an MRI and there was no evidence of MS. But they did find 3 bulging discs in my neck on c4 c5 and c6. C6 said there was "slight right ventral flattening of the cord." I'm not totally sure what that means, but it sounds like something is interfering with my spinal cord? They sent me home and said i had nothing to worry about. I lived with the pain a few months longer until i couldn't stand it anymore. I decided to see a chiropractor. The chiropractor worked wonders on my hands. The pain in my hands is gone!  Although i still get occasional stiff necks. I have one right now.
But....the pain my leg seems to have become chronic. When they took x rays the chiropractor said that my hips were misaligned and they found a tropism in my lower back.  Does anyOne have any suggestions as to why my leg pain is now worse? Could the chiropractor be doing damage? Before I started going to the chiropractor my leg and lower back hurt occasionally, but now it hurts almost all the time. I'm tired of being in pain! I stretch, I sit properly, i bought an expensive chair, I take breaks, i ice, i see a chiropractor. I don't know what else to do. I'm 28 years old, I don't understand how i can have so may problems already! 4 years earlier i was playing organized sports, and now something is always bothering me. Does anyone have any suggestions at all?
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