Why does my back hurt and my legs hurt at the same time?

Many diseases have different symptoms, and some diseases may cause pain in other parts of the body, causing people to misjudge their illness. Many patients with low back pain also experience leg pain, making it difficult to tell whether the leg pain is caused by the low back pain or the low back pain is caused by the leg pain. Next, I will tell you why lower back pain is associated with leg pain and the exercises that can improve the pain. You can exercise at home to reduce pain.

Lower back pain accompanied by leg pain and numbness, to determine whether the above symptoms are lumbar disc herniation, in addition to CT and MPI, it is also necessary to combine the doctor's clinical examination. Sometimes, mild disc herniation can also cause the above symptoms, but it can be improved after conservative treatment. Simple lumbar sprain is not accompanied by lower limb symptoms. In addition, lower limb symptoms caused by lumbar spine problems are mostly below the knee joint, pain or (and) numbness, which is one of the more common symptoms of lower back pain and leg pain. This is the main method of examination, but what is the reason for lower back pain and leg pain?

1. Doctors suggest that what is the reason for lower back pain and leg pain? First of all, we should consider whether it is lumbar muscle strain:

Lumbar muscle strain, also known as functional low back pain, chronic low back injury, lumbar gluteal muscle fasciitis, etc., is actually a chronic damaging inflammation of the lumbar muscles and the fascia or periosteum of their attachment points. It is one of the common causes of low back pain. The main symptoms are swelling and pain in the waist or lumbosacral area, which recur repeatedly. The pain may vary with climate change or the degree of fatigue. For example, it may be aggravated by daytime fatigue and relieved after rest. It is a common clinical disease, a frequently-occurring disease, and has many causative factors. Over time, it can cause muscle fiber degeneration or even small tears, forming scars, fibrous cords or adhesions, leaving long-term chronic low back pain.

After understanding what causes lower back pain and leg pain, let’s take a look at some daily exercise methods to help you effectively prevent and treat the problem of lower back pain and leg pain.

2. What to do if you have back pain and leg pain?

1. Lie flat on the bed, bend your knees and place your feet on the bed, then lift your hips up about 10 cm off the bed. You will feel your back muscles exerting force. Hold for about 3-5 seconds and then put it down. Repeat this 10 times. Do this method 3 times a day.

2. Lie face down on the bed with your upper limbs straight on both sides of your body. Lift your upper body about 10 cm. You will feel your back muscles exerting force. Hold on for 3-5 seconds and then put it down. Repeat this 10 times. Do this 3 times a day.

3. Abdominal muscle exercise: do sit-ups, 10 times each time, 3 times a day.

4. Stand and twist your hips with your feet shoulder-width apart, your hands on your hips, and twist your hips to the left and right while your shoulders slightly tilt backwards. Do this 100 times in total.

5. Bend forward and stretch backward, with your arms and legs spread as wide as shoulders, toes pointed inward, and slowly bend forward so that your hands gradually touch the ground. Then stretch your waist backward as far as possible, and repeat 10 times.

6. Cross waist twist: Place your feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointed inward, arms straight, one hand at the side of the body, and one hand raised over the head. If the left hand is on top, swing it to the right rear first, then the right hand is on top and swing it to the left rear. Twist your waist accordingly, and do 100 times on each side.

7. Deep knee squat: Place your feet shoulder-width apart. When squatting, do not let your heels leave the ground and keep your arms close to your calves. At the same time, extend your fists forward. Start slowly, stretching your back and pulling your fists back in as you stand. Repeat the movements from slow to fast 100 times.

8. Forward leg extension: Lie on the bed, bend your knees as much as possible, then use your heels to slowly push out diagonally upwards and stretch them out, then bring the stretched legs back to a bent knee position, and do this 20 times alternating between the two legs.

9. Flying Swallow Pose: The patient lies prone on a wooden bed with his arms stretched out on both sides of the body. Then lift the head, shoulders and arms backward and upward. At the same time, straighten the legs and lift them upward so that the whole body is like a flying swallow. Repeat 10 times. Or place hands on hips, and ask the patient to straighten chest, tilt neck, and stretch both lower limbs backward at the same time, so that the entire body and abdomen are in contact with the bed surface.

10. Reverse Arch Pose: The patient lies on his back with both lower limbs bent on the bed. The elbows or shoulders and the back of the head serve as fulcrums. The body is in an arch shape by straightening the chest and contracting the sacrospinal muscles on both sides. If the patient is strong enough, his elbows and shoulders can leave the bed, with only his feet and head as fulcrum.

11. Headstand fitness method: an inverted fitness method with the head down and feet up. The correct posture requires the arms to be straight, shoulders to be spread, waist and abdomen to be tight, and the body to be standing upside down in the shape of a "1" to maintain balance.