Symptoms of Tethered Cord
BACK PAIN:
- Lower back pain, especially when standing, walking or being active
 
PROBLEMS WITH EXTREMITIES:
- Leg pain
 - Numbness in lower legs/feet (tingling/pins-and-needles sensation)
 - Gait Disturbance
 - History of growing pains
 - History of heel or toe walking as a child
 - High arches
 
INCONTINENCE ISSUES:
- Urinary Dysfunction
 
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- Urgency
 - Frequency
 - Incontinence
 - Nocturia (waking up to urinate more than 1x per night)
 - Trouble emptying bladder
 - Hesitancy (trouble starting urinary stream)
 
 
- Bowel Dysfunction
 
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- Frequent constipation
 - Frequent diarrhea
 - Occasional bowel incontinence
 
 
OTHER PHYSICAL PROBLEMS:
- Frequent UTIs (Urinary Tract Infections) or having the sensation of a UTI
 - Decreased sensation in the pelvic area
 - Sexual Dysfunction
 - 
- Decreased sexual interest
 - Difficulty reaching orgasm
 
 
- Sacral dimple – just above the gluteal cleft (butt-crack)
 - Dysautonomia (Dysfunction of The Autonomic Nervous System) when the medulla has been affected
 
Synonyms:  
Tethered Cord Symptoms
            
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