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Lower back pain
Last month I suffered ankle injury. Doctor advised me ankle plaster. After that I started having pain in my lower back which is still subsisting and increasing day by day. What to do now?
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Whether pain started since your ankle is injured?how is the ankle pain ?whether the back started recently only?Were you weight bearing on the injured limb?
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need proper history
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Send me photo report of X-ray
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Does the pain radiate to any of the lower limb ?
When does the pain increase? Have you gained weight lately?
It would require thorough history taking and may be x ray later on.
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Get your back checked whether you have suffered any injury at the time of ankle injury or not.
If not start your Physiotherapy, Analgesics, etc.
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