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Postpartum Back Problems
I had an epidural in December, they said they had a problem locating the area but never told me why. After an hour and a half of them trying 25 attempts to get it, it was placed. Now I have numbness in the middle of my spine just below my shoulder blades, along with a sharp pain in my lower back that radiates into my thigh and lingers for like 30 minutes. My back hurts to bend over at work, to pick up my son, and to sit it just aches and burns.
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Dr. Nikhil Dhande
General Physician
11 yrs exp
Pune
It happens after pregnancy specifically after caeserian section.
Please take calcium tablets and multivitamins.
Take physiotherapy from good physiotherapist, to strengthen back muscle. Continue physiotherapy excersice for duration advice by physiotherapist.
Muscle strengthening excersice must,otherwise same problem recurres.
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