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Feeling Cold, Have Swollen Hip And Painful Back. How To Get Relief?
4 days ago I hurt my back bending over. Went all day in extreme pain. I went to the hospital and they told me me I pulled a muscle. Now my lower backis still hurting, my left butt cheek and hip is swollen and dumb and I can t seem to releave the pain. I also have an occasional tingling and a cool hot feeling across my left side
Fri, 18 Jan 2013
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The pulled muscle is not likely to cause all the symptoms that you are having. There may be a nerve root compression involved due to an injury to the intervertebral spaces. An MRI scan will help in proper diagnosis.
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Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal
drtayal72@gmail.com
Thanks for writing to us.
The pulled muscle is not likely to cause all the symptoms that you are having. There may be a nerve root compression involved due to an injury to the intervertebral spaces. An MRI scan will help in proper diagnosis.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. You can consult me again directly through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal
drtayal72@gmail.com
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