Anyone get strained or painful legs/hips when walking more than a couple of blocks?
I've had this problem for many years and it's getting worse. When I walk continuously more than a couple of blocks, I have to either slow WAY down or stop and rest for a minute before continuing, because the muscles in my upper thigh/hip area get VERY strained such that I absolutely have to stop.
After a minute or so of rest I can continue for another block or two.
In the last 8 years I've talked to two neurologists, one rheumatologist, two internists, and a spine specialist (orthopedist) about it. No one could tell me what was wrong, though I heard theories ranging from bursitis to deconditioning to shrug of the shoulders.
FINALLY I think I have the answer. A new neurologist mentioned CLAUDICATION, which is when due to nerve or vascular problems your leg muscles don't get enough oxygen during exercise and you have to stop. Typically it's pain in your calf, but apparently it can be what I have too, in the upper legs/hips.
Wondering if anyone else with scoliosis has this problem or knows anything about it? Apparently with neurogenic claudication (like if the spinal canal is narrowed) the pain stops if you bend over, but mine seems to be vascular claudication because rest alleviates it.
I've also had all kinds of weird paresthesias and electric shocks over 10 years, including Lhermitte's, and had brain MRIs looking for MS. This new neurologist is sure I don't have MS, but he mentioned claudication when I described the walking trouble. Oddly, he then said he DIDN'T think my walking trouble was due to claudication.
But when I went home and looked up claudication, BINGO, it describes what happens to me when walking to a T!
Anyone else?
I have a 35-degree curve at age 52, have had scoliosis since adolesence but only 3 years ago found out the degree of curvature and the fact that it's only lumbar scoliosis (only my shoulders are uneven, not my hips). No pain issues until recent weeks when my lower right back has begun to bother me at times. I started having incredible painless popping in my mid-back sometime last year.
Nancy T.
I've had this problem for many years and it's getting worse. When I walk continuously more than a couple of blocks, I have to either slow WAY down or stop and rest for a minute before continuing, because the muscles in my upper thigh/hip area get VERY strained such that I absolutely have to stop.
After a minute or so of rest I can continue for another block or two.
In the last 8 years I've talked to two neurologists, one rheumatologist, two internists, and a spine specialist (orthopedist) about it. No one could tell me what was wrong, though I heard theories ranging from bursitis to deconditioning to shrug of the shoulders.
FINALLY I think I have the answer. A new neurologist mentioned CLAUDICATION, which is when due to nerve or vascular problems your leg muscles don't get enough oxygen during exercise and you have to stop. Typically it's pain in your calf, but apparently it can be what I have too, in the upper legs/hips.
Wondering if anyone else with scoliosis has this problem or knows anything about it? Apparently with neurogenic claudication (like if the spinal canal is narrowed) the pain stops if you bend over, but mine seems to be vascular claudication because rest alleviates it.
I've also had all kinds of weird paresthesias and electric shocks over 10 years, including Lhermitte's, and had brain MRIs looking for MS. This new neurologist is sure I don't have MS, but he mentioned claudication when I described the walking trouble. Oddly, he then said he DIDN'T think my walking trouble was due to claudication.
But when I went home and looked up claudication, BINGO, it describes what happens to me when walking to a T!
Anyone else?
I have a 35-degree curve at age 52, have had scoliosis since adolesence but only 3 years ago found out the degree of curvature and the fact that it's only lumbar scoliosis (only my shoulders are uneven, not my hips). No pain issues until recent weeks when my lower right back has begun to bother me at times. I started having incredible painless popping in my mid-back sometime last year.
Nancy T.
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