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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Thighs
I have a pain in my left side above my thigh.think I strained my self reaching.had this a few days now...will it go away with out meds.I take 2 tynol extra strength before bed n sleep good.the pain seems to come on at night but its ok during the day.any suggestions doc.
Mon, 16 May 2016
hi,
thank you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough clinical Musculoskeletal assessment is advised.
As you have pain in thigh region and you feel you have strained your self this could be muscular. As the pain comes in the night , this will be totally fatigue induced pain. As during the day time the metabolism is pretty active and brain is occupied with end number of thoughts so pain might not cause trouble. So initially the pain is in the night which will go off on its own in 5-7 days of time if it is related to DOMS.
Also, if the pain doesn't go in 5-7 days of time and troubles with the change of nature into Radiating, numbness and tingling sensation , a thorough clinical neuromuscular assessment is needed to understand further.
Ofcourse when you take medicine than pain will come down as it will work on the pain gate theory and needs some time to see if without medicine pain reduced.
Also, later stages performing some regular exercises will help improve the strength in the muscles and avoid recurrent pains.
in my clinical practice we recommend such patients to get treated with physical therapy as it will improve the strength in the muscles and avoid future pain and aches.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank you for providing the brief history of you.
A thorough clinical Musculoskeletal assessment is advised.
As you have pain in thigh region and you feel you have strained your self this could be muscular. As the pain comes in the night , this will be totally fatigue induced pain. As during the day time the metabolism is pretty active and brain is occupied with end number of thoughts so pain might not cause trouble. So initially the pain is in the night which will go off on its own in 5-7 days of time if it is related to DOMS.
Also, if the pain doesn't go in 5-7 days of time and troubles with the change of nature into Radiating, numbness and tingling sensation , a thorough clinical neuromuscular assessment is needed to understand further.
Ofcourse when you take medicine than pain will come down as it will work on the pain gate theory and needs some time to see if without medicine pain reduced.
Also, later stages performing some regular exercises will help improve the strength in the muscles and avoid recurrent pains.
in my clinical practice we recommend such patients to get treated with physical therapy as it will improve the strength in the muscles and avoid future pain and aches.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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