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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

How Do You Get Rid Of Pain In Your Thighs?

Health Encyclopedia: Spinal Stenosis

Symptoms
  • Pain in the buttocks, thighs or calves that is worse with walking or exercise
  • Numbness in the buttocks, thighs or calves, that is worse with standing, walking or exercise
  • Back pain that radiates to the legs
  • Weakness of the legs
  • Neck pain
  • Leg pain
  • Difficulty or imbalance when walking

Signs and tests

An examination of reflexes of lower legs reveals asymmetry. Neurologic examin...

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Expert & Community Posts

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The Most Powerful Pain Reliever Revealed
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

What is the most powerful pain reliever? Morphine? Oxycontin? Fentanyl? Oxymorphone? Methadone?... Read more »

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Referred Pain and Osteoarthritis
By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

...can my doctor be right?   Sometimes we experience pain in a part of the body that is not the... Read more »

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Why You Should Exercise Before Joint Replacement Surgery
By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

...replacement for knee osteoarthritis, then presumably the pain in your knee negatively impacts... Read more »

Health Guide

Sciatica: What is it?
“Sciatica” is an old world term that refers to leg pain felt down the back of the thigh into the calf and foot. What about thigh pain? What about buttock pain? Unfortunately, “sciatica” has... Read more »
Restless Leg Syndrome Exercises
RLS sufferer Cari Lendrum recommends:Try Cari’s “RLS Squats!” – To do this exercise, start off in a standing position and then bend your knees slightly so that you are in a squat. Rest your... Read more »
Sample Exercises: Stretching Exercises
...3 to 5 times at each session. Slowly stretch into the desired position, as far as possible without pain, and hold the stretch for 10 to 30 seconds. Relax, then repeat, trying to stretch... Read more »
Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Introduction
...that supply the legs and feet. The narrowing causes a decrease in blood flow. Symptoms include leg pain, numbness, cold legs or feet, and muscle pain in the thighs, calves or feet. Read more »
Femoral hernia
...Names Femorocele; Enteromerocele; Crural hernia Symptoms Groin discomfort or groin pain aggravated by bending or lifting Tender lump in the groin or upper thigh ... Read more »

Medications

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This drug is used to treat mild to moderate pain (e.g., headaches, cold/flu aches and pains) and to... Read more »

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...(NSAID), specifically a COX-2 inhibitor, which relieves pain and swelling (inflammation). It is... Read more »

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...combination medication is used to treat mild to moderate pain. Propoxyphene is a narcotic pain... Read more »

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...medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is a narcotic pain reliever... Read more »

End06270_113329_5

...medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is a narcotic pain reliever... Read more »

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