severe back & leg pain

[gdbass]

I HAD A VERY BAD CAR ACCIDENT IN 89 IN 93 I STSRTED GETTING SEVERE PAIN IN MY LOWER LEFT LEG & WAS  SENT TO INFECTION DISEASE DR THEY HAD TO REMOVE A ROD THAT  WAS PUT IN ONE MY FIRST SURGERY AFTER THE ACCIDENT THEY SAID I HAD MRSA  STAPH E  INFECTION AND WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT IT DID NOT KILL NE I WAS ON VERY STRONG INJETION MEDICEINS FOR MONTHS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO  WAS SENT TO A SPORTS ORTHOPEDIC DR HAD SEVERE KNEE PAIN LEFT SIDE BONE ON BONE RIGHT SIDE TORN CARTLIDE HE COULD MEND A LITTLE BUT WOULDN'T MAKE THE PAIN GO AWAY O I SAID NO SURGERY, A FEW MONTHS AGO I STARTED GETTING SEVER E PAIN AS SOON AS I GOT UP IN THE MORNING AS SOON AS MY FEET HIT THE FLOOR AND CONTINUED TIL I WENT TI BED AT NIGHT GOT EXRAYS & WENT TO A CHIROPRATOR THE X-RAY SHOWED AGOUT 2 IN STRAIGHT THEN MY BACK WENT LEFT TO RIGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE END HE WAS AMAZED THAT NO DR HAD DONE NOTHING ABOUT THIS ON MY FIRST APT WHEN I STOOD UP NO PAIN NEXT MORNING NO PAIN WENT EVER OTHER DAY THEN AFTER THREE WEEKS STARTED GETTING BAD PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK HE REFERRED ME TO A PAIN MANAGEMENT DR HE IS GOOD FRIENDS WITH & VERY GOOD DR I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT EXCELLANT REMARKS FROM PEOLPE I KNOW THAT WENT TO SEE HIM & THE TWO WILL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP ALLEVIATE MY PAIN NOW I AM GETTING A TINGLE SENSATION  IN LEFT LEG JUST STARTED LITTLE NOW ALL THE WAY UP THE ENTIRE LEG ND NOW SEVERE PAIN MY APT WITH HIM IS DEC 6 ANY IDEA WHAT MIGHT BE CAUSING THIS  MY MIND IS GOING CRAZY BECAUSE  I AM NOW GETTING ONE PROBLEM AFTER THE OTHER CONSTANTLY NOW I WILL BE 50 NEXT YEAR & I AM ALREADY FALLING APART & VERY AFRAID WHAT I WILL FEEL LIKE NEXT YEAR    

[gdbass]

Thank your info I saw a Pain Management Dr thurs & I am having a injection for L4-L5 this Thurs. he said it may or may not correct it the first time but could last forever I was telling someone about it & they knew someone who had it  and the pain was gone the next day I am hoping that qill happen for me!!
Thanks again

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
I am sorry to hear what you are going through. You need to consult a neurologist for lower back and leg pain.
There is a chance that you have compression of the spinal nerves in the lumbo-sacral spine region. This can happen due to overuse of the lower back as in work requiring too much of bending, lifting weight, fall on the back, overweight, canal stenosis, bone disease, spondylosis, poor posture etc. Poor posture while sleeping, sitting on computers or jobs for a long time, uneven bed, exposure of back to cold air while sleeping can cause a discomfort for a few days.  Take a multivitamin, plenty of fluids, and an OTC analgesic. Apply a local analgesic and apply a heating pad and see if it helps. If this does not help, consult a neurologist. A MRI of the spine and nerve conduction studies may also be needed. The treatment is to remove the compression. You have to discuss the best treatment option with a neurologist, which can range from medication to physiotherapy to traction, lumbar belts, lumbar corsets or even surgery. Do discuss this with your doctor and get yourself examined. Take care!