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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
So I'm sitting here wondering if what I'm experiencing is really related to my lower back issues and not what we are currently treating for.
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Very posssible. People treat what they know. Your urologist knows about GU problems (he's a member of the Stream Team, after all), so he looks for issues like varicoceles and kidney stones. An orthopod/neurosurgeon/physiatrist is going to think more along the lines of spinal cord compression and look at your back. And a general surgeon is going to think about inguinal hernias.
So if you feel symptoms radiating from the L-spine to the groin and the urologist's work-up doesn't reveal much, then go see a spine guy next.