As you mentioned that Your mother feels too tired and has weakness and a weird feeling in the shins. Also she suffered from mild Covid 2 months back. These could be because if anaemia and
calcium or Vit D deficiency(as she is an aged lady).
Next Steps
You need to get a complete body check up done to rule out those. MRI is not a preliminary test, so you need not go for it at this stage.
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