Back injury due to fall, numbness, pain after exercising. Prescribed anti inflammatory, muscle relaxer. Cure?
Patient: Hello doctor, My name is XXXXX, 22 year old female, recently injured my back falling down stairs. I worked out a couple days later and immediately got numbness and excruciating pain radiating through my hips and down my legs. Went to urgent care and the physician said in my x rays everything looked normal except maybe a slight tilt in coccyx which the radiologist ruled as normal. It s very painful to walk sit or stand up but the physician just prescribed a muscle relaxer and anti inflammatory. Should I still go see an orthopedic or wait to see if the pills fix the issue? Thank you! Doctor: Thanks for the query. Do you still have numbness and pain along the leg? Back muscle sprain is usually cause back pain but not the leg pain or numbness in the leg. Do you have specific tenderness along the spine? It may be simple muscle sprain but if you still having leg complaints then I would investigate further. Get examined by a orthopedic doctor. I would like to rule out the disc prolapse.Thanks.