Can slipped discs which previously causes pain in the left leg now cause pain to the right leg and both hands?

yes. your nerves are pinched and compressed on your left side . . . your right side has been overcompensating and has now started to hurt. as for the hands, the only thing i can think of is pain referral. hopefully you're seeing a physical therapist. it's ok to pamper yourself. go see a local massage therapist and get a massage. even though it's a contraindication to massage the area where you have your slip disc, it's a nice relief to get the muscles in your legs worked on to reduce compression on those nerves.

Good luck and God bless you!

as I know it slipped discs can radiate down one leg. If you then overcompensate with the opposite leg then that will hurt the disc on that side and the other leg will begin to hurt. Over a long time I didn't know how to make that pain go away but then I realized (for me at least) that if I lay flat on the floor and kick each leg fifty times (I worked up to fifty times from ten times) into the air and then keep the leg up when it hurts (like sleep on the floor and have your leg raized onto a futon) and when you sit keep your leg up like on a hammock, get a lot of rest (and take multiple vitamins for a while) then the pain will go away. Seems the pain is caused from poor circulation because of the back problem. If you are also feeling the jumpy legs then that exercise is also good for the legs and drink milk.

If hands are hurting it "could be" carpal tunnel but it should not be a result of the back injury. I now use a mouse with a red ball on it and work with my laptop and pc keyboards lower than my hands. If that doesn't work for you overtime then ask a physician or see if accupuncture could relieve that.

I don't agree with the herniated disc theory, for you can just have pinched muscles in your lower back pressing on the nerve and it will go into pain. Because this is a muscle related problem it is hard to fix by cracking bones. You need to release the muscles in your back to get rid of the pain. When pressing on the nerves the pain can go down the legs and/or out to the hips, so this one should cover them all. Here's how to release your back muscles: Back: (do from a sitting position) Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder and find the muscles next to your spine and firmly press on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side. For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed.

Yes it's very possible, if you have slipped disks they can cause nerve ending and your spinal cord to send out electrical pulses and they can cause dull pain over a long period of time or till the problem is fixed or short busts of great pain. It's all how far its been pulsed in one direction and how your sitting laying down and standing. It's very hard to determine from this area to the extent of the injury and what exactly is the reason.Yes, also the pain can switch areas and spread just the extent of the injury the time you have had it and actually you can be causing it to hurt more and more area's with out knowing. but what i have posted s my best bet at whats going on.

Yes, that is perfectly natural. All those muscles freak out and the knots and pain jump around. Truthfully, inversion therapy is the best treatment for back pain and sciatica that I know of. In 04 I had to get back surgery for a herniated disc. Nearly 2 years after surgery I STILL had painful and crippling sciatica, weak legs and pain. A friend of mine turned me on to inversion therapy and I have been hanging upside down ever since. what I've learned through treating with inversion therapy is that although we feel pain in our backs, the pain really originates in the core, stomach or ab muscles. As I inverted I felt my abs start to loosen as the spasms were stretched away. As my abs relaxed they loosened their grip on my hip muscles, thighs and of course my back muscles. Once these muscles were also relaxed my lower back and pelvis were free to go back into alignment and as they did my sciatica disappeared. I have been virtually pain free for 3 years now because of inversion therapy and I want the world to know! Inversion therapy has literally saved my life. Do some research yourself and see if you think inversion therapy can help you as it did me. All my best. try and Google: online health mart inversion therapy :cut and paste it will be easier. you can read all about how it will help you there. I know your pain and hope you feel better. inversion will help!!! Take care.

Yes, it's possible - as the folks above have described. As an overall check, it might be a good idea to ask for a full ECG examination of your heart and circulation at the local hospital. Good Luck!

Yes in the other leg but I never heard of it causing pain in the hands.

Yes body has relative action.

yes i think it is possible, but i also think that it can also be just in your head that its now on the other leg or hand