Sixty-year-old waist pain and leg pain may be joint osteoporosis, degenerative disease, lumbar muscle strain caused by.
1. Osteoporosis: Osteoporosis occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. Especially after the menopause, the hormone level of middle-aged and elderly women decreases, and the lack of calcium in the body leads to osteoporosis, causing back pain, leg pain, cramps and so on. It can be treated with calcium supplements.
2. Degenerative diseases: mostly occurring in the lumbar spine, it is a syndrome manifested by the degeneration of the intervertebral discs, the protrusion of the nucleus pulposus to stimulate or oppress the nerve root and the cauda equina. Lumbago and sciatica are the most typical symptoms. Its treatment includes non-surgical treatment (bed rest, traction, physical therapy) and surgical treatment.
3. Lumbar muscle strain: Lumbar muscle strain is a chronic injury inflammation of the lumbar muscle and its fascia or periosteum. It often manifests as soreness and pain in the lumbar region. It can be treated by proper rest, rehabilitation physiotherapy, adrenal cortical steroid injection and so on.
There may be other causes of back pain and leg pain at the age of sixty, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or standardized treatment. The use of the above drugs need to comply with medical advice.