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A 54-year-old female asked:

Dr. Kenneth Smith answered
32 years experience Internal Medicine
Doubt sciatica: More likely lumbar disc disease will require further evaluation, see your physician.
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Dr. William Byars answered
44 years experience Family Medicine
Get started: Your symptoms are most likely coming from a disc herniation (or arthritic spur) that's compressing at least one spinal nerve root. There are other pro ... Read More

Dr. Qamar Khan answered
17 years experience Pain Management
Sciatica: Pain in the distribution as you suggested describes the pattern of the nerve that travels in the leg called the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is n ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ronald Oberman answered
31 years experience Podiatry
Sounds like sciatica: Or some other nerve impingement. See physician.

Dr. Jeffrey Kass answered
28 years experience Podiatry
Sounds : Like sciatica.

Dr. Alan Ettinger answered
49 years experience Podiatry
Symptoms: You are describing may be do to low back, sciatica, or a disc compressing a nerve. You need to be evaluated by your dr.
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A 23-year-old male asked:

Dr. Ronald Krauser answered
52 years experience Rheumatology
Probably not: If the painis limitedto the neck and back it is unlikely to be fibro. See a rheumatologist. Spondylitis is a much more likely diagnosis in a young mal ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:

Dr. John Goldman answered
55 years experience Rheumatology
A few things : This depends on the examination. This depends on what activities you're doing when it occurs. In the back you have muscles, bones, joints, discs, bu ... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:

Dr. Shin Beh answered
9 years experience Neurology
Possible Sciatica: Sounds like you make have pinched a nerve near your spine while lifting the cat. Go see a neurologist for an evaluation. He/she may order an MRI to lo ... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:

Dr. Frank Kuitems answered
39 years experience Internal Medicine
Abnormal : These type things or abnormal. They can be signs of STD urinary tract infection or kidney stone.For specific diagnosis and treatment consult primary ... Read More
A 29-year-old female asked:

Dr. Mark Moran answered
19 years experience Pain Management
Muscle spasm: In a 29 year old, with this information, think muscle spasm. It could also be other things but less likely. I would try rest, hear, stretching. Als ... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:

Dr. Harold Fields answered
61 years experience Family Medicine
Pain : It could possibly be due sacro iliitis let your surgeon have a look to make sure it is not a post op complication of your surgery
A 42-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bruce Jacobs answered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Exercise may help,: especially in that area
A male asked:

Dr. Lori Lange answered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Nerve irritation: Shooting pain is due to nerve impingement, entrapment, inflammation in the spinal nerves exiting the bony spinal column. It can be difficult to stop o ... Read More
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