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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,424
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If you have hip and front of thigh pain, it sounds like sciatica to me. That is cause USUALLY by a problem disc. There are other reasons also for sciatica but that is the most common.
You shouldn't be sitting or standing for any length of time. Either walk or lay down to keep from making the pain worse.
Try icing the area too ~ use ice for 20 minutes every 2 hours. This will reduce the swelling and reduce the pain. DO NOT USE HEAT as that will make it worse. I know heat feels better, but it WILL worsen it. A Neurosurgeon taught me this, so I'm not just talking out of my hat.
I've had sciatica for 25 years, and this is pretty much how mine started, so be careful. Best of luck and God bless. Hugs, Lee
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recovering alcoholic, sober since 7-29-93;severe depression; 2 open spinal surgeries; severe sciatica since 1986; epidurals; trigger points; myelograms; Rhizotomy; Racz procedure; spinal cord stimulator implant (and later removal); morphine pump trial (didn't work);now inoperable; lumpectomy; radiation; breast cancer survivor; heart attack; fibromyalgia; on disability.
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