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What can cause someone to have chronic leg stiffness and pain?

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Dr. Qamar Khan answered

Specializes in Pain Management

See Pain Specialist: You may need this worked up to see why you have such significant pain by your PCP initially and then possibly a pain specialist. Could be sciatica, DVT, compartment syndrome, etc... Hard to say without evaluations.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/28/2018

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