Other body parts hurt, too
When arthritis of the spine advances, wear and tear on the vertebrae can cause a pinching or compressing of the spinal cord and nerves. Since the nerves running down your back connect to different areas of your body, you could end up feeling pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness in your hips, butt, legs, and feet. (Scarily enough, this form of osteoarthritis has doubled in the past 50 years.) “Those nerves go down the muscles of your legs, so that can cause weakness,” Dr. Jayabalan adds.
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