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How come my back injury causes me to have pain in my legs?

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Nerve irritation: Your back injury must have resulted in an injury or irritation of a nerve root(s). This may have resulted from a disc herniation, bony injury or spasm of the piriformis muscle. See your pcp, first for an evaluation.

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Answered 12/9/2013

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