When to seek medical advice
- Results from a fall or blow to your back
- Produces weakness or numbness in one or both arms or legs
- Is new and accompanied by unexplained fever
- Results from an injury that causes pain from your neck to shoot down your arms and legs
- Is accompanied by a sudden loss of bowel or bladder control
- Awakens you or worsens during rest or at night
Seek medical care immediately if you have severe low back pain that:
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