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[|Human|] Dear Doctor... Thank you for extending help to patients online.. My Medical history started a year back..I started a gym and i used to run on tread mill for 10-15 mins daily...wd one hour workout...Also used to play cricket once a week. ..that is it.. After couple of months...My legs started paning terribly...I took it light but it gradually started troubling me criticly PArticularly during Nights...I left gym..thought it might be due to plan shoes which i used in gym or weight or sumthng... Whenevr i used to play cricket...tht night I couldnt sleep.. Worst thing happened...Little numbness and in morning I still can t stand on my heels for atleast 5 mins...I approached Doctor ..He simply gave antiinflamatory...anti panic medicine...Apart from that i tried Hot water/Cold water shower on legs ..I tried with ICE as well..All didnt work permantly.. Now one friendly Doc asked me to do some tests like X-Ray of spine.. Now report says ..Straightening of Lumbar Spine is Seen.. Can you please help me if this can be the cause and how to get rid of it... Thanks...
[|AI|]  Hi there. Thanks for your question at Chat Doctor. Straightening of lumbar spine(as seen in your x-ray) indicates spasm of the muscles around your spine. The muscles of our back go into spasm after any painful stimulus(the stimulus can be sprained muscle or a pinched nerve or slip disc). This spasm of the muscle around the spine is responsible for straightening of spine. So it is the effect of the pain and not the cause of pain.X-ray is an investigation for the bony structure of your spine. It does not give a y information about a pinched nerve or a slip disc. MRI will give a better idea about the source of your pain. If you have numbness in your legs, and you have completed 6 weeks of treatment with medicines and physiotherapy, it would be prudent to rule out the cause of pain by getting an MRI of your lumbar(lower) spine. Hope this helps. All the best.  Chat Doctor.