Cannot Lift Leg While Lying Down

When I lay on my left side I cant lift my right leg up at all.

Cannot lift leg while lying down. A brief history is I have osteoarthritis in both knees. A supine lying on your back straight-leg raise requires a lot of strength therefore pulls the femoral head tightly against the socket. After seeing my primary care physician who sent me to a surgeon to check for a hernia I was advised rest ice and anti-inflammatory medication Advil Mobic.

If you have any weakness in other places you may have a more systemic disease such as myesthenia gravis. Arthritis of hip. The examiner lifts the patients leg to 90 degrees while keeping the knee straight.

Normally the test movement causes the nerve to glide. The knee is still very swollen. I go spun around in my car last night and thats why this leg is the one only bothering me after the i was tossed around in my car.

When the function of your nerves is disrupted you are likely to be unable to lift leg while lying down. Weakness in the legs can be caused by spinal compression or compression of the nerves that go to the legs less common when both legs are affected since both nerves would need to be compressed. I am 42 and had an osteotomy a few years back followed by an osteotomy revision less than a year after.

Sometimes an area cramps and has an emotional connection. Beside not being able to lift my leg there is quite a bit of pain above below and to the left of the knee cap right leg. But before we do that we should discuss the benefits of side lying leg lifts.

The side lying leg lifts or side lying leg raises exercise is a corner stone of many Physical Therapy exercise programs because it plays an important role in keeping our hip and knees strong. Pain in left groin area trouble squatting and painful movement at hip indicates some pathology at your left hip. This is why its vitally important to speak up and let the examiner know your limitations.