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Has anyone else had problems with a trapped nerve?

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suzanne64053
suzanne64053

Hi, I have previously had a trapped nerve which was dealt with by a nerve block injection.  Since the op it has flared up a little but the last 2 days I have been unable to walk because of the pain going from my back and down the leg. Has anyone else had this problem?   I am 22 weeks post op and my knee is doing well. However this is setting me back as I can't  really exercise at present.  Really fed up as was pleased to be on the mend and now this :-(

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  • Oldfatguy1
    Oldfatguy1 suzanne64053

    Posted

    I'm not sure of the name or diagnosis but I had pretty much the same thing one time last summer. I woke up with tremendous pain in the knee and upper leg  to the extent I couldn't bend my leg. I had to have help getting dressed and used my walker. It was on a Sunday so I couldn't see my ortho till Tuesday. He did some massage to loosen it up a bit then made a couple of injections. It took awhile for it to loosen up so I could walk and then was sore as heck for two or three days. That has been the one and only time and I hope it was the last.
    • suzanne64053
      suzanne64053 Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      Hopefully mine  will wear off.  Before I had the injections it just used to ache all the time but walking helped to ease it.  The pain I am getting now I can't even walk. Hoping it might be some sort of  muscle spasm which I had in my back once and they give you a muscle relaxant which worked before. If it's a trapped nerve again it means a referral to the pain clinic  for the nerve block which can take a while. Friday 13Th  :-)
    • Oldfatguy1
      Oldfatguy1 suzanne64053

      Posted

      If we are talking the same thing, it is truly debilitating. I lived on pain pills for 2 days.
    • suzanne64053
      suzanne64053 Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      Unfortunately, I. Think we are.  Yes also back on multiple pain killers  although I can't take naproxyn, even  though I am on Omeprazole , so Am taking ibubrofen  and co codamol plus amyltriptilin. Wish I could say it was helping but doesn't seem to be. I am so mad as I was getting along nicely with my new knee :-(
  • martinarvelo
    martinarvelo suzanne64053

    Posted

    I think my problem may be this. . but not sure because the stran ge thing is that the pain is only intense at night. During the day it's sore, but not agony.  At night, the whole thigh area is so painful I can't stand to touch it.  It does definitely make exercise difficult!  The pain is also  across the hip and lower back . . 
    • suzanne64053
      suzanne64053 martinarvelo

      Posted

      Hi Martin Does it just ache during the day around the back/buttock area? I was diagnosed several years ago with a nerve caught in the sacrial joint  and that was the ache I had. Sitting was uncomfortable but walking was fine. This time sitting is fine, walking excruciating  :-)

       

    • martinarvelo
      martinarvelo suzanne64053

      Posted

      Walking is fine . .standing still is agony!  During the day it's just sore to touch . .during the night it is sheer hell!  I can't understand it.  Not sure if it has to do with a crushed vertebra which I 'woke up' again with a fall in the bathroom . . .. 

       

    • martinarvelo
      martinarvelo suzanne64053

      Posted

      yes, five weeks ago . .pain started in the thigh soon after.  But the fall in the bathroom also happened on my first day home!  so not sure. . . . 
    • suzanne64053
      suzanne64053 martinarvelo

      Posted

      I think I read before my op that you can get all sorts of aches and pains afterwards. I suppose your body posture changes after the op.
  • archemedes
    archemedes suzanne64053

    Posted

    Hello Suzanne, sorry to hear about your problem.

    Tell me, do you believe that the pain is coming from your knee, or do you think that it might be coming from your spine and down your legs?

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