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B723
07/24/09
Category: backsleepknees bentpainLeghanginghip pain

Back sleep with knees bent up and one or both leg/knee lops to the side. Extreme lower back pain!!!

I am a 39 yr old male. For the last year I have been sleeping on my back and through the night I will bend my knees up and one always falls to the side without my knowing it; obviously. When I wake up, I am in tremendous pain in my lower back and hips as the leg that lops over is just hanging…

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