I cant stand up on my left leg

[Snoogans]

I went to the driving range today. I was mostly taking my normal swing but Im sure there were a few times I swung harder than I should have.

Anyway on one swing, I felt a pop in my back. Not really my back, it was more like under my left ass cheek, but inside, not out on the muscle. the instant it happened I couldn't put any weight on my left leg. I can stand up on my right leg and anytime I try to switch any weight or anything to my left leg, it literally just gives out and I fall down. I got myself to my car and home from the range but I think the sitting down made it worse cause now I can't really make it out of my room. I can hop a little but the force of landing really hurts my left side.

It happened before, not to this extent, and it went away after an hour or 2. Im debating going to the emergency room but I wanna give it a chance to go away, I guess. I dont know why I posted this or what anyone can really do, but it kinda fuckin sucks

[Hottub]

Enter your questions for Dr. Steve here. (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=71454)

Seriously.

[Snoogans]

Enter your questions for Dr. Steve here. (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=71454)

Seriously.

I dont really have a question. It was more me just lettin it out I guess. I dont know

[lleeder]

That sucks bro. I'd probably avoid the emergency room myself but you should go. Maybe even just to like a doctors immediate care type of place. They have some around me. You can get like and xray and everything without sitting in a hospital or having an appointment.

[Hottub]

Did you pinch a nerve or something?
It sounds serious enough to ask the Doc WTF happened.

[Snoogans]

That sucks bro. I'd probably avoid the emergency room myself but you should go. Maybe even just to like a doctors immediate care type of place. They have some around me. You can get like and xray and everything without sitting in a hospital or having an appointment.

If I had insurance Id already be at the hospital.

[Snoogans]

Did you pinch a nerve or something?
It sounds serious enough to ask the Doc WTF happened.

Its possible that its that. I think thats what it was last time when it wasn't so bad. The discs in my lower back are all fucked up, and my pelvis has a 12 degree rotation to the right, so sometimes shit can get pinched or twisted wrong. Never been this bad before

[lleeder]

If I had insurance Id already be at the hospital.

The type of place I mentioned kinda works on a sliding scale. I went there a few years ago when I didn't have insurance. It really wasn't that expensive and I got an xray an mri and painkillers.

[Hottub]

I'll bet the 12 degree rotation is what's fucking up your drives.

[Snoogans]

The type of place I mentioned kinda works on a sliding scale. I went there a few years ago when I didn't have insurance. It really wasn't that expensive and I got an xray an mri and painkillers.

the one by me wont take you without insurance. Id have to go to Valley Hospital


and for tub:
pelvic rotation,
one of the five major kinematic determinants of gait, involving the alternate rotation of the pelvis to the right and the left of the body's central axis. The usual pelvic rotation occurring at each hip joint in most healthy individuals is approximately 4 degrees to each side of the central axis. Pelvic rotation occurs during the stance phase of gait and involves a medial to lateral circular motion. During normal locomotion or walking, considered a progressive sinusoidal movement, pelvic rotation serves to minimize the vertical displacement of the body's center of gravity

When you are walkin it turns 4 degrees. When im standing still with my legs together like a solidier, where you should be at 0 degrees, im 12 degrees forward on the right and about 9 degrees back on the left. My pelvis was also closed a couple degrees inward so that I have about an inch less width in that part of my body.

Picture a crooked, slightly closed birthday card

[MudValve]

That's a real buzz kill.
Get a recommendation/referral and go see a Chiropractor. They can't prescribe drugs, but I bet they can straighten you out a bit.

Good luck!

[Sinestro]

That's a real buzz kill.
Get a recommendation/referral and go see a Chiropractor. They can't prescribe drugs, but I bet they can straighten you out a bit.

Good luck!



He has no insurance or he would have done that already.

[MudValve]

He has no insurance or he would have done that already.
Chiropractors are a lot less expensive than traditional medicine and I'll bet that a good one will do more good than a pill pusher.

If the car doesn't run you pay to fix it. Why should the body be any different?

[Snoogans]

Chiropractors are a lot less expensive than traditional medicine and I'll bet that a good one will do more good than a pill pusher.

If the car doesn't run you pay to fix it. Why should the body be any different?

because if I went in to have everything fixed on me thats not right and I didnt have insurance, Im lookin at a bill of around $400,000.....conservative estimate

[TripleSkeet]

Rub some dirt on it.

[Gvac]

Sounds like the sciatic nerve to me.

It runs from the back of your hip (top of your ass cheek) all the way down through the back of your knee.

I had sciatica a few months ago. It's painful as fuck.

Take Aleve. It's got a pain killer plus an anti-inflammatory.

That's pretty much all you can do for it until it goes away.

[instrument]

Didn't you have an issue like this a few months ago?

Seems like its something serious, you should seriously consider getting a job with benefits and having that surgery and if you have to file bankruptcy.

If its this bad at your age imagine what its gonna be like at fifty?

[beachbum]

Being on the inside of your thigh i hope you didn't snap a groin.Golfing is dangerous for you.Maybe you should learn to fish.

[Snoogans]

Didn't you have an issue like this a few months ago?

Seems like its something serious, you should seriously consider getting a job with benefits and having that surgery and if you have to file bankruptcy.

If its this bad at your age imagine what its gonna be like at fifty?

im workin on that. Its pretty tough right now around here. Especially in the field that I have the experience to get a real job in.


Anyway, its gettin better I guess. I can walk around, it just hurts like a motherfucker now. And yea I had this happen and I woke up once and couldnt feel my legs for a few minutes.

[drjoek]

STOP BEING A PUSSY!!
http://www.northrup.org/Photos/flamingo/low/flamingo.jpg

[beachbum]

I hope you don't get forced into an ass kicking contest.

[CHUCKWAGONCOOK]

Did this happen on a camping trip in Asia?

[SatCam]

Did this happen on a camping trip in Asia?

sounds like he's in a real bind

[disneyspy]

man i hope nuthin happens to his right leg,cuz then he wont have a leg to stand on,thank you ladies and germans,ill be here all night

[cougarjake13]

i have a similar pain usually in my left leg


pain just hits me andi cant stand on the leg or i'll fall on my ass


so i have to just hobble around until it goes away and i can stand on it again


usually only lasts a few minutes

[drusilla]

Sounds like the sciatic nerve to me.

It runs from the back of your hip (top of your ass cheek) all the way down through the back of your knee.

I had sciatica a few months ago. It's painful as fuck.

Take Aleve. It's got a pain killer plus an anti-inflammatory.

That's pretty much all you can do for it until it goes away.


gvac's right about taking aleve. sciatica hurts like a bitch but can go away after time. discs do have the tendency to correct themselves. if it isn't improving it's probably because the disc is really dislodged & compressing on a nerve so badly that it would take surgery for correction.