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What Causes Intermittent Pain In Left Leg Of An Elderly Person?
Doctor, I am 68 years old in good condition-do aerobics 3-4 times per week. In the last month my left leg has on occasion buckled unexpectedly with severe pain from my knee down my leg. Within about 10 minutes I regain my strength in my right leg-still have some minor pain but within the next few days it is gone. Until today it would happen maybe once every 2-3 weeks. Today it happened twice within about 6 hours. What do you think I should do? My email address is YYYY@YYYY
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Thu, 7 Apr 2016
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You need an MRI of your lumbar spine to check for a ruptured disk and nerve root compression which could be causing the problem you describe
You need an MRI of your lumbar spine to check for a ruptured disk and nerve root compression which could be causing the problem you describe
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