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Discomfort And Pain In Lower Back, Spine, Bruised. Done X Rays. Why Is It Getting Worse?
Lately I've been waking up with discomfort and pain to bend over around my mid/lower back. I've always had back pain/discomfort every since I got hit by a car around 10-12 years ago(currently 21) but it wasn't as frequent as it's starting to get, it would bother me to bend over n pick something up and also did noticed I used to get really bad leg pain(that has calm down). The car accident wasn't THAT bad(i assume because I was walking that same day) but I did get a big bruise on the right side of my hip were the car hit me and a couple of scraps on my left side.
Around two months later after the accident I had a physical check up and when the doctor told me to bend over to check my spine I remembered it was kinda painful then she said my spine didn't look straight in the same area where it hurts when I bend over, so that's when my mom told her about the car accident, then the doctor sent me to get x-rays but some stuff happened right after the x-rays and never found it if there was anything wrong.
but just like I stated earlier, my back has really been acting up you could say,i started waking up with back pain, bothers me to sit down without back support, the pain to bend over got abit worse sometimes I need to hold on to something to stand up straight again, can't lift heavy objects anymore,discomfort to stand for long periods of time which maybe me miss a couple of days and didn't let me preform my duties to my full abilities.
So what I wanna know is, does it sound like a new different problem with my back or could it be due to the car accident and never finding out if there was something wrong and has gotten worse over time.?
Also should I visit a doctor or wait and see if it gets better.?
Around two months later after the accident I had a physical check up and when the doctor told me to bend over to check my spine I remembered it was kinda painful then she said my spine didn't look straight in the same area where it hurts when I bend over, so that's when my mom told her about the car accident, then the doctor sent me to get x-rays but some stuff happened right after the x-rays and never found it if there was anything wrong.
but just like I stated earlier, my back has really been acting up you could say,i started waking up with back pain, bothers me to sit down without back support, the pain to bend over got abit worse sometimes I need to hold on to something to stand up straight again, can't lift heavy objects anymore,discomfort to stand for long periods of time which maybe me miss a couple of days and didn't let me preform my duties to my full abilities.
So what I wanna know is, does it sound like a new different problem with my back or could it be due to the car accident and never finding out if there was something wrong and has gotten worse over time.?
Also should I visit a doctor or wait and see if it gets better.?
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As you stated here that the x- ray report is normal I guess that you might have taken all the analgesic or pain killer, If I would be a your doctor then I would definitely suggest you MRI to rule out any other possibility, mean while I would try some physiotherapy so I say you why do not you follow this advise see if you can get some relief, hope this will be nice for you have nice day.
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As you stated here that the x- ray report is normal I guess that you might have taken all the analgesic or pain killer, If I would be a your doctor then I would definitely suggest you MRI to rule out any other possibility, mean while I would try some physiotherapy so I say you why do not you follow this advise see if you can get some relief, hope this will be nice for you have nice day.
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