Suggest Remedies For Severe Pain While Walking

Posted on Sat, 18 Jun 2016

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Question : Pain comes on when standing or walking, can not walk a single block without pain becoming severe enough to stop for a minute, but can ride bicycle for 30 minutes without any pain at all. Rest allows pain to go away over time, but comes back whenget on feet again. Taking 2 aleve 2X a day to try to manage pain, but only slightly reduces pain when walking. Just started in the last 2 months. Prior to that would walk for an hour at least 3 times a week without any pain at all.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (39 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It can be nerve compression in spine

Detailed Answer:
Hello, I have studied your case. Pain during walking is called neurogenic claudication. This is due to nerve compression in spine. I want to know little detail of the illness before I advised you any thing about this.
1.Do you have leg pain or back pain?
2.Do you have Diabetes or smoker?
3.Since when you are having these symptoms?
Please send me answers of these questions. I will try my best to help you.
Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (8 hours later)

Answers to your ques.: 1. I have leg pain only in the front of the thigh. 2. I am diabetic NON-smoker. 3. Pans started about 2 months ago. MY QUES.: 1. Why would nerve compression not be affected when I ride the bicycle but be affected when walking? 2. I have noticed that at times when I cough there is a feeling of an electrical jolt down the back of my right leg, is this connected to the nerve compression? 3. How is this cured or fixed???

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (26 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You are having nerve compression in spine

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for replying. I am sure that you are having nerve compression in spine. This is due to discuss herniation. MRI can confirm the diagnosis. You have pain during sneezing or coughing because it increases pressure in spine and that lead to more pressure on nerve. When you are riding your bicycle you are bending forward so it causes less nerve compression. As far as management is concerned you need to get MRI then according to severity you might need physiotherapy or surgery. You can share reports with me. I can offer you treatment according to that. Till then you can take tablet pregabalin m at nighttime.
Thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar