Strange leg issue
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Bit of a weird one.
Last Thursday went to bed feeling fine. Woke up next morning and my left thigh was aching, had a very sharp pain when I tried to move the leg. I assumed I must have just slept awkwardly and this would sort itself.
Got out of bed and couldn't even get to the bathroom without gripping furniture for support. Putting any weight on my left leg caused significant pain.
Mrs was nagging me to phone my GP so did so this AM put through to the nurse explained and she said you must have somehow pulled a muscle while you were asleep. Just rest it and you'll be fine, not worth a GP's attention. I could buy that but for the fact it's been nearly a week and this isn't getting worse but it isn't getting any better either.
Here and now I still can't move around the house without gripping furniture for support. Just tried walking to the shop which should be 10 minutes, every step was very painful and I had to sit down 3 times to make it.
There are no bruises/marks etc but doesn't seem to me it's going to cure itself. I'm lying on the sofa with leg stretched, the ache is constant but about a 2/10 so managable but annoying. I still can't even move around the house without support. Mrs has been a diamond, lucky to have her but that doesn't solve the issue.
Any suggestions as to the best way forward - 2nd opinion or similar?
Last Thursday went to bed feeling fine. Woke up next morning and my left thigh was aching, had a very sharp pain when I tried to move the leg. I assumed I must have just slept awkwardly and this would sort itself.
Got out of bed and couldn't even get to the bathroom without gripping furniture for support. Putting any weight on my left leg caused significant pain.
Mrs was nagging me to phone my GP so did so this AM put through to the nurse explained and she said you must have somehow pulled a muscle while you were asleep. Just rest it and you'll be fine, not worth a GP's attention. I could buy that but for the fact it's been nearly a week and this isn't getting worse but it isn't getting any better either.
Here and now I still can't move around the house without gripping furniture for support. Just tried walking to the shop which should be 10 minutes, every step was very painful and I had to sit down 3 times to make it.
There are no bruises/marks etc but doesn't seem to me it's going to cure itself. I'm lying on the sofa with leg stretched, the ache is constant but about a 2/10 so managable but annoying. I still can't even move around the house without support. Mrs has been a diamond, lucky to have her but that doesn't solve the issue.
Any suggestions as to the best way forward - 2nd opinion or similar?
Similar thing happened to me when I was about 11, parents and doctor said cramp etc... wasn't until a day later they said not right and was suspected Perthes which is a cut off of the blood supply to the hip area which in Kids can then lead to significant growth issues, it wasn't this thankfully and normal function eventually resumed after a week of being prodded and poked by every doctor in the hospital, no actual cause found though, hopefully yours will pass too.
I’d be seeing someone (physio probably) asap.
I woke to terrible pain down my buttocks and calf a couple of months back. After a week of not getting better I booked a local physio who pretty much immediately diagnosed SI joint issue.
3 sessions of physio and lots of exercises that she gave me between sessions and all is fine.
Get yourself booked in.
I woke to terrible pain down my buttocks and calf a couple of months back. After a week of not getting better I booked a local physio who pretty much immediately diagnosed SI joint issue.
3 sessions of physio and lots of exercises that she gave me between sessions and all is fine.
Get yourself booked in.
Mr Pointy said:
Maybe try a private physio appointment? it might be a spine/nerve issue they could look at.
Agree, definitely sounds neural rather than muscular.Can be common when you lie in unsuitable positions that can affect nerves in the hip (such as foetal position or lying on your front). Could be muscular-skeletal of course, but not getting better after a week suggests it needs some intervention asap.
See my post in the cancer thread:
"On Sunday June 7th I went to the ED department because I wouldn’t put weight on my left leg without very severe pain; a strained or sprained thigh muscle I thought (The 111 service call back within six hours never materialised).
Within 48 hours of arrival I’d been diagnosed with incurable metastatic cancer that had spread from my right lung to the left, to my spine, liver, left leg and beyond. Because there is a side issue I could keel over any second.
My left femur was in danger of snapping so last Monday a ‘scaffolding pole’ was inserted. On Tuesday a lung biopsy was taken and sent to a lab for examination. The multi-disciplinary team to review the biopsy report meets every Monday so a report might be discussed tomorrow if it’s arrived from the lab in Sheffield, 12 miles away…
In the meantime I’ve been on an orthopaedic ward surrounded by elderly men who have had falls and broken hips. They’ve wondered why I was there, I wondered WTF am I doing here; it was only a minor muscular thing, wasn’t it?
Right now I’m back at home, on crutches, pumped full of steroids, head buzzing trying to do all the usual domestic stuff for my disabled O/H (I’ve been her 24/7 carer for several years), both our brains running wild with the ‘what ifs’, ‘when ifs’ and trying to avoid the nastiest conversations.
I won’t be updating here, it’s all far too raw, just focus on the inevitable and how I can best prepare Gael; we have no children, our families are hundreds of miles distance and due to decades of classic car tours our friends are scattered far and wide.
It’s not that I don’t empathise, I most certainly do. I’ve volunteered for the NHS for almost 20 years iin a number of patient representation backroom roles so have a good insight into patients’ and family’s’ minds, good bad and grief stricken.
This morning’s steroids have kicked in, time I left you in peace."
"On Sunday June 7th I went to the ED department because I wouldn’t put weight on my left leg without very severe pain; a strained or sprained thigh muscle I thought (The 111 service call back within six hours never materialised).
Within 48 hours of arrival I’d been diagnosed with incurable metastatic cancer that had spread from my right lung to the left, to my spine, liver, left leg and beyond. Because there is a side issue I could keel over any second.
My left femur was in danger of snapping so last Monday a ‘scaffolding pole’ was inserted. On Tuesday a lung biopsy was taken and sent to a lab for examination. The multi-disciplinary team to review the biopsy report meets every Monday so a report might be discussed tomorrow if it’s arrived from the lab in Sheffield, 12 miles away…
In the meantime I’ve been on an orthopaedic ward surrounded by elderly men who have had falls and broken hips. They’ve wondered why I was there, I wondered WTF am I doing here; it was only a minor muscular thing, wasn’t it?
Right now I’m back at home, on crutches, pumped full of steroids, head buzzing trying to do all the usual domestic stuff for my disabled O/H (I’ve been her 24/7 carer for several years), both our brains running wild with the ‘what ifs’, ‘when ifs’ and trying to avoid the nastiest conversations.
I won’t be updating here, it’s all far too raw, just focus on the inevitable and how I can best prepare Gael; we have no children, our families are hundreds of miles distance and due to decades of classic car tours our friends are scattered far and wide.
It’s not that I don’t empathise, I most certainly do. I’ve volunteered for the NHS for almost 20 years iin a number of patient representation backroom roles so have a good insight into patients’ and family’s’ minds, good bad and grief stricken.
This morning’s steroids have kicked in, time I left you in peace."
I don't want to unduly scare you, but about 18 months ago my brother in law had what he thought was excruciating sciatica - bad enough for him to get his wife to take him to A&E.
It wasn't sciatica but was a malignant tumour pressing on adjacent nerves which was causing the pain. He died last December. So yes, get it looked at.
It wasn't sciatica but was a malignant tumour pressing on adjacent nerves which was causing the pain. He died last December. So yes, get it looked at.
what type of pain? if you have any pins and needles or numbness and youve had it a few days please go a&e now.
My wife has been complaining of her back hurting, last Thursday suddenly pins and needles in one leg. jumping over some fairy negligent hurdles at a&e it ended up by Monday morning she was having an emergency discectomy. they removed 50mm of herniated disc.
It is extremely serious. She could have faced lifetime disability. The people at queens hospital were f
king superb.
Probably not that but as I say any pins and needles or numbness please seek immediate help.
My wife has been complaining of her back hurting, last Thursday suddenly pins and needles in one leg. jumping over some fairy negligent hurdles at a&e it ended up by Monday morning she was having an emergency discectomy. they removed 50mm of herniated disc.
It is extremely serious. She could have faced lifetime disability. The people at queens hospital were f
king superb. Probably not that but as I say any pins and needles or numbness please seek immediate help.
m3jappa said:
what type of pain? if you have any pins and needles or numbness and youve had it a few days please go a&e now.
My wife has been complaining of her back hurting, last Thursday suddenly pins and needles in one leg. jumping over some fairy negligent hurdles at a&e it ended up by Monday morning she was having an emergency discectomy. they removed 50mm of herniated disc.
It is extremely serious. She could have faced lifetime disability. The people at queens hospital were fking superb.
Probably not that but as I say any pins and needles or numbness please seek immediate help.
She must have had other symptoms though. Pins and needles and/or numbness aren't unusual at all and normally resolve on their own. Did she have symptoms of cauda equina syndrome or profound weakness as well?My wife has been complaining of her back hurting, last Thursday suddenly pins and needles in one leg. jumping over some fairy negligent hurdles at a&e it ended up by Monday morning she was having an emergency discectomy. they removed 50mm of herniated disc.
It is extremely serious. She could have faced lifetime disability. The people at queens hospital were f
king superb. Probably not that but as I say any pins and needles or numbness please seek immediate help.
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