Re: Shots anyone? Next step beyond PT?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

About he numbness in the legs. Wouldn't that

be a nerve problem?

You mentioned you had a back injury at work,

maybe something got injured or a little pressure

somewhere around the spinal column.

I'm definetly no expert, but I'm not

exactly sure a orthopedic doc may not

be the right person to see about a numbness in

your leg issue. In my mind, orthopedics docs like

to work with broken bones, torn ligaments.

You could always ask him, what type of doc specializes

in nerve problems.

Maybe talk to your primary care doc

about seeing another specialist, I really wouldn't

know which type of doc that would be. Plus,

there is always faithful google searches, to help

give you info too.

Connie

is causing the numbness in your legs?

[Guest guest]

Maybe, maybe not. Many times numbness or pain in the patella region can be

caused by pinched nerves in the back or hip, something most likely solved by

an OS and surgery. In my case I have nerve damage causing trembling in my

legs. The massive inflammation of chondromalacia was pressing on the nerves

in the knee. My OS doing a LR reduced the inflammation and relieved the

pressure on the nerves eliminated the trembling. The first OS I saw did

extensive X-rays of my back and hip to rule out pinched nerves in those

areas.

Mike

MT

Re: Shots anyone? Next step beyond PT?

> Yeah, she should be seeing a neurologist for the

> numbness in the legs instead of an orthopedist.

[Guest guest]

My OS told me Monday that there's a major nerve that goes across the knee

proximal to the kneecap. He nicked it during my surgery and I've had some loss

of feeling in my skin lateral to the kneecap. He said that it frequently gets

disturbed during a TKR. Unfortunately, I don't know whether it leads to the

lower leg or not, or the name of it. Oh, the failing brain!!

Ann

Re: Shots anyone? Next step beyond PT?

> Yeah, she should be seeing a neurologist for the

> numbness in the legs instead of an orthopedist.

[Guest guest]

Sophie, I have a similar problem with my legs as well. You need to see a

neurologist. I have two bulging discs that cause numbness as well as the sudden

fall on occasion. The discs that are bulged out are pinching the nerves in my

back causing my problems. The nerves in my legs are good, I had oodles of

tests done an EEG I believe is the one that showed NO nerve response in my back.

Ask you doc he should be able to refer you to a good neurologist.