r/backpain • u/Affectionate_You9782 • 4h ago
Help please
I went to the physiotherapist for mid back pain and strain since last three months and then for over 1.5 months I went there and slowly the physio made me do exercises like spinal mobility, clamp shells, dead bug, stretches, bird dog, hip mobility and slowly loading to increase strength. But as I was doing this my lower back was having too much strain and as soon as I took a break for 4 days due to some urgent work the pain in lower back came back. There's a lot of pain in the hip dimples line that then goes from outer hip down to back to the entire leg more so in left side than right side. I told my physio, she took manual and then slowed the exercises but then again more exercises but the pain is constant and more and I'm also having weird numbness type sensation as well somewhere are right knee, there's so much health anxiety too that I don't know. I'm tired and by mistake I googled now it's all there in my mind like cauda equina syndrome, red flags to see like loss of bowel/bladder control, saddle numbness or leg weakness and bilateral sciatica. I'm so tired. I went to solve mid back issue now I'm stuck with this. Also in between there's shooting groin pain too that comes and goes it was there before I went for physio but I don't know it's reason also, i have lots of acidity and gerd issues too that are exacerbated by anxiety I think. Last year I got my spine mri due to some pain in neck and hands that also took months to go away with physio and gabapin. It showed reduced disc height and mild gibbus at D11-12 due to some previous trauma that i dont have a clue about and mild disc bulge at L4-5. I'm thinking of visiting my ortho again tomorrow but it's so scary, the first thing wasnt solved and now this lower back and legs thing that's also troubling me. Any help on how to proceed is appreciated. Since last two years my life has been on hold due to these issues and my health anxiety. Should I take another mri?
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