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Suggest Treatment For Back Pain Caused By Arthritis
I have a lot of hip pain and know that I have arthritis in my lower back which causes me to sometime be unable to use my legs properly. I suspect the hip is part of that at my age which is 75. I just wander if I can ignore it or if I should have surgery? How will it effect me if I choose to ignore it. I now try to rest between task.
Fri, 20 Nov 2015
At your age your age and the symptoms mentioned you could possibly be having secondary osteoarthritis of one or both hip joints or a prolapsed inter vertebral disc if your pain radiates below the knee.Should reach a diagnosis before thinking about treatment options . First thing to do would be to get a radio graph of your pelvis with both hip joints and lumbosacral spine AP and Lateral views.In the mean time you could take some OTC medications for your pain.
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