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Suggest Treatment For Lower Back Pain
Hello, I sprained my lower back yesterday afternoon. During the early morning hours today, I got up to go to the bathroom. It was very painful as my lower back pain made it difficult to walk. When I finished and needed to clean myself, my back did a slight switch and the pain flared 200%. I immediately started feeling nausea and thought I was going to pass out. My head started sweating profusely. I was able to get up, pour some water on my face and make it back to bed before anything more could happen. The sweating and nausea lasted about 15 minutes. I must have fallen asleep soon after.
Mon, 6 Jun 2016
hi,
thank-you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough clinical examination is advised.
As This kind of sudden pain is due to disc protrusion which happens one in hundred of people in the early morning. due to the disc protrusion the pain will be excruciating and leads to symptoms like nausea, sweating and serve pain.
The good thing you did was lying down in the bed and stabilizing the spine. Also, now I will advice you to use icing for reducing the pain and inflammation. Later when mobility improve I will advice you to get examined by a physician and an MRI of the lumbar spine. Which will help us plan the medical treatment better.
Later stages you should undergo physical therapy to improve the strength in the muscles as this injury is due to muscle weakness.
In my clinical practice most patients with similar complaints respond well to drug therapy and physical therapy combination.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank-you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough clinical examination is advised.
As This kind of sudden pain is due to disc protrusion which happens one in hundred of people in the early morning. due to the disc protrusion the pain will be excruciating and leads to symptoms like nausea, sweating and serve pain.
The good thing you did was lying down in the bed and stabilizing the spine. Also, now I will advice you to use icing for reducing the pain and inflammation. Later when mobility improve I will advice you to get examined by a physician and an MRI of the lumbar spine. Which will help us plan the medical treatment better.
Later stages you should undergo physical therapy to improve the strength in the muscles as this injury is due to muscle weakness.
In my clinical practice most patients with similar complaints respond well to drug therapy and physical therapy combination.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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