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Constant Lower Back Pain, Pelvic Numbness And Weakness In Both Legs. Permanent Cure ?

Hi, I have had lower back pain for 9 years. it feels like a piece of glass pushing against the nerves in my back. Now 9 years later the pain is worse with pelvic numbness and weakness in the both legs. I just had a 2nd mri, done while sitting and extension, which showed some disk bulges and a bone spur but no impingement. Physical therapy made me worse, chiropractic care gave me complete pelvic numbness for up to 2 days after. Steriods do nothing. I feel like there a disk bulge pushing on nerves (1st mri showed an annular tear at l5-s1), or there is a bone growth on the vertebrae pushing on spinal nerves. My dad had a bone growth in his neck that needed to be removed, my hips were normal mris, but I had "massive" cartilage damage when the surgeon went into each hip because of CAM bone growth on the head of femur (hip arthroscopys). What should I do now.
Tue, 17 Sep 2013
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Hi
thank you for your question

If you have pain for 9 years which getting worse and not responding to conservative treatment, then surgery on your spine might be an option.

sometimes the bone spur you talking about could impinge or press on one of the nerves in your spine and that will give you significant symptoms.

have you seen spinal surgeon?, did he recommend surgery?

kind regards
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Constant Lower Back Pain, Pelvic Numbness And Weakness In Both Legs. Permanent Cure ?

Hi thank you for your question If you have pain for 9 years which getting worse and not responding to conservative treatment, then surgery on your spine might be an option. sometimes the bone spur you talking about could impinge or press on one of the nerves in your spine and that will give you significant symptoms. have you seen spinal surgeon?, did he recommend surgery? kind regards