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What is the cause of my heavy legs, severe pain in my legs and weakness. my x-ray result, it says i have lumbar s1 vertebrae. thank you?
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Irrelevant: Heavy legs occur independently of whether you have 4, 5, or 6 lumbar vertebrae. What counts is what is the state of the spinal cord and the nerves going from the cord to the legs. Aside from a competent neurological exam, an MRI scan is much better diagnostically than an x-ray.
Answered 4/1/2019
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