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Unable to walk due to right thigh muscle is stuck having terrible burning pain shooting from lower back having stabbing pain which shoots into buttock?

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Sciatica?: A pattern of pain in low back, thigh, and buttock is sciatica. Usually self-limiting, but if persist for more than a week or so, then a doctor needs to be consulted.

Answered 9/26/2018

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