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Back Twisted After Fall, Severe Pain, Numbness Spreading Down Leg. How To Treat It?
I recently fell and twisted my back, and ended up in the hospital er. they said it was muscular pain and sent me home with some dilaudid , but shortly after I got home I noticed a numb sensation spreading down my left leg, and now it hurts, but only when I walk on it or move it, but my back is still in constant severe pain
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