help please leg lower back pain

Thank you for your reply, all doctors and chiro I seen and a specialist physio all said it was a prolapsed disc when I went for results  mri back in july he told me that he couldnt get the  scans up on his computer so I saw nothing but said it was normal, all this started when I tried carry a heavy item at arms length when I got home that day I had the worst pain I ever felt in my ankle lasted about 15 mins shock took over and felt sick and sweating..now im stuck  with this pain since that day as dont know who to  try see next 

Ya know when you get an MRI there is a written report . You WANT this to look at . A gp may not really know what the severity of the problem is .But a surgon does and even the surgons read what the expert said about the mri . In my case the spine surgon showed me when the pressure on my spinal nerve was . A prolapsed dic is squeezing your nerve either from a prolapsed disc/ herniated disc or it could be a stenosis . But it sounds like you basicly blew out a disc and it is directly pressing on th nerve . And a disc is only supposed to move so many mm . My doctor took 3 xrays after the mri . . Bending foward, straight up and bending backward . He said mine was moving farther than what was ok . Threre are a lot of doctors that will blow you of or turn you away . You have to really let them know how bad it is . This is not the time to show them how well you can take pain .  A lot of doctors will not do anything unlewss you ask them too . I usually say , can you fix it ? I hate that when doctors say " oh , its not that bad " Ya, not for them !

Thank you have giving me hope, I will see if I can get a appointment doctors tomorrow, only thing is they have shoved me back with physiotherapy and they wont offer me nothing but excersises!  i had months of that it doesn't get better still the same, wondering if I have the right to say no more and  I would like other tests done now.

if you go to where they did the mri they can give you a copy and you can study the report . I know they try the therapy bs first but when you start getting numb thats a problem .

Oops ment I just got another appointment at doctors this morning ask her for maybe a different test, I did ring mri place to get pictures but they wanted 40 pounds :o they did say unless my gp get them for me for nothing..will ask to have them looked at again 

Well there should be a written report . You don't really need the actual mri . The written report has all the measurements on each of the vertebrates and how much each disc is bulging . Here in the us , they just give it to you to hand over to the surgeon . Thats when I take it home and make a copy  .I do that with the dvd that usually has the mri on it also . Since you usually have the doctors appt. on another date . It is amazing how your back is not a big deal to our doctors . But they don't have to go through life, try to sleep, work, have a relationship . A lot of doctors are just gears in the machine without a personality .I think when you see the doctor you have to really ask the hard question. Write them down like why does it hurt . can you do something about it . If you have numbness a nerve is being squeezed . But this is a specialty doctor you need . A regular orthopedic doesn't always do spine surgery thats why if you see the actual surgeon they can see right away or read in the mri report what is going on .In my case it was both the prolapsed disc or herninated disc and part of the bones in the spine squeezing the nerves . But write down what you want to ask before you see the doctor because time flys when your talking to them .I hope this helps . I was in terrible pain and I know a lot of other people are just like me . All of this can be repaired if you find the right person .

Very help full thank you, I see doctor all that was written for her on her computer was mri normal back in july  so she got on to the receptionist to put in at letter to consultant physio that she wants to look at the report and why am I still in same pain as I was 19  months ago..and is going to talk to him about why nothing has been done and try get me to see someone higher who knows what there doing and she will push for more testing to so thats giving me hope,  

Im in England it works differently over here doctors are not allowed to just send people for mri no more has to be physio or consults decision

I understand , here they call that a hmo . The the fact that you  are still in pain would tell me your mri is NOT normal . Because if you have pain, there is a reason .It is a real shame that you have to push our doctors to do their job .

Hi again well I went back to gp and said the same mri says normal and im in same pain so she putting a letter out to physio as my gp wanting me to see someone who know what there looking for and wants to look at mri report and she said she will push try get things sorted properly fingers crossed this will happen..I will go back in week or so see whats next for me hopefully

if gp means general practioner he probably does think it looks fine . Problem is a specialist is needed to look at it . It probably looks normal to 9 out of 10 people . A spinal surgeon looks at it and can see there is a problem . There is not pain for some explained reason, its just that doctor can't see it . This is something that really sucks . You have to be pushy when it hurts or nothing will be done . Its easy for a doctor to say move along. In the us they have a saying " the squeaky wheel gets the grease " and unfortunitly its true . I went to a harvard trained doctor about my shoulder . He looks at the mri and says, " do you want a shot or something " I said I want it fixed  . I ended up leaving his office and found another doctor . He looks at the mri and says, " there is the problen right there . I said can you fix it and he says sure. It is am =n easy fix but the first doctor didn't care I guess. The bad thing is there are a lot of bad doctors out there and it isn't always easy to find out who is who . But don't just go home and live with the pain . If you are preisitant they will get the picture