can back problems cause these symptoms?

[shineoflight]

Hello all. Im a 35 year old Female with symptoms for years. It started with a twitch in my toe and moved up my right leg as tingling shooting pain and then into my left. I had this for years and recently experienced muscle fatigue weakness in my legs which proceeded a feeling of numbness down the back of my legs. I also have had neck and shoulder spasms with jaw pain and trouble chewing. I recently had an mri done which shows in all regions of the back I have slipped discs in my neck, middle and lower back. and Arthritis showing up in lower back with degeneration. I went to spine specialist who said my back is a mess. I guess my question is could this be the problem with all my symptoms? I was worried something nueroligical was going on but from what I was reading, this could affect nerves in all those areas?

[squirtatious]

It pays to get an emg study done to see if any nerves in ur cervical, thoracic, or lumbar regions are compressed. It could very well correlate with the issues your having in your back. Id reccommend either going to a neurosurgeon, or an ortho spine dr. Best of luck

[help661]

hey i get this all the time at work it will most prob be due to the slipped discs..although if u are really worried i suggest you see your gp and get it properly checked..my dad suffers from slipped discs and it can cause all types of problems everywhere as the spine is hooked up to everything!its the thing that carries messages all around ur body and when it gets damaged those messages can get mixed up causing twitches and all sorts...im suffering with something minor compared to this at the mo with a trapped nerve in the shoulder and im getting twitches everywhere!..i hope this kinda helps hun