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05/23/2006 01:42:41 PM · #1 |
Dang, son of a freakin'..............
My back is killing me. It starts in my lower left back, feels like someone is grabbing it and squeezing for all they are worth. Then it spreads down my buttock and into my leg. Then starts to the right and down the right side. Then spreads to the entire back. I can barely bend over or squat down to pick stuff up that I've dropped, even when it's not hurting. And it only starts up when I get up and move, lovely heh? It always bothered me a bit when I would sweep or stand at the sink and do dishes, the angle I would be standing at but now I can't even walk very far without it starting up :( I'm trying to do some cleaning around the house and it just starts hurting so bad I have to stop and lean on stuff until I can get to a chair to sit down.
I have an appointment with my doctor for Thursday morning, any ideas what this might be or what I should be asking him? This is not fun, I have to start looking for a job when school gets out and I can't very well be looking for my types of jobs with this problem (Usually cashier or customer service, lots of standing) or trying to get back in shape when I can't even walk a block without it flaring up ;(
I don't wear high heels, always try to wear flat, padded soul shoes that support my feet or give me some cushion to walk on.
Deannda
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05/23/2006 01:47:12 PM · #2 |
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05/23/2006 01:47:13 PM · #3 |
i have the same issues so im not much help. my mother had back issues for decades and her doctor gave here a few shots in the back that incapasitated her for a day or so but after that shed be pain free for a few months until the next shot. i dont remember what it was. ill try to ask her. I hope you get answers and help. (((hugs)))
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05/23/2006 02:07:10 PM · #4 |
I have had and still suffer the same symptoms.
It's probably sciatica , it's very painful but let's hope it's that and nothing worse.
Many people feel better with heat (better if electric) , sorry I don't know the english name , there are injections too , some act very quickly and of course pills but protect your stomach first because they are "strong".
Sciatica is when the sciatic nerve is irritated , it's a very big nerve , by other hand sometimes pain in the back uses to reflect in other parts of the body.
And you have to wait until thursday ?
My advice is to go to hospital.Don't wait !
You don't have to suffer more .
My story with that began in 1999 , after two very bad , long and severe back surgeries , I still can walk but badly and I wear morphine patches for the pain , it's something hard to live with.
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05/23/2006 02:09:31 PM · #5 |
cortisone shots - work wonders short term.
strengthen your abdominal muscles - provides balance for your back - best long term solution. |
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05/23/2006 02:12:40 PM · #6 |
It does sound a lot like sciatica as I experience it sporadically.
R.
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05/23/2006 02:16:36 PM · #7 |
Disk slip or rupture...bone squeezing on nerve leading to your leg....let the doc know that I diagnosed this for you! ;-)
Good luck to you my friend.
Originally posted by Neuferland:
Dang, son of a freakin'..............
My back is killing me. It starts in my lower left back, feels like someone is grabbing it and squeezing for all they are worth. Then it spreads down my buttock and into my leg. Then starts to the right and down the right side. Then spreads to the entire back. I can barely bend over or squat down to pick stuff up that I've dropped, even when it's not hurting. And it only starts up when I get up and move, lovely heh? It always bothered me a bit when I would sweep or stand at the sink and do dishes, the angle I would be standing at but now I can't even walk very far without it starting up :( I'm trying to do some cleaning around the house and it just starts hurting so bad I have to stop and lean on stuff until I can get to a chair to sit down.
I have an appointment with my doctor for Thursday morning, any ideas what this might be or what I should be asking him? This is not fun, I have to start looking for a job when school gets out and I can't very well be looking for my types of jobs with this problem (Usually cashier or customer service, lots of standing) or trying to get back in shape when I can't even walk a block without it flaring up ;(
I don't wear high heels, always try to wear flat, padded soul shoes that support my feet or give me some cushion to walk on.
Deannda
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05/23/2006 02:17:18 PM · #8 |
I've had exactly what you describe. I saw a back doctor, a chiropractor, an acupunturist. Nothing helped. After two or three weeks of being almost useless, it faded away. It happened to me once in college and another time about 12 years later.
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05/23/2006 02:32:18 PM · #9 |
well my news is a little better than the others...i had a buldged disc at L4 and L5, at one point I couldnt walk. I was in pain for 6 weeks prior to being diagnosed because the nurse I saw thought I was anemic? (talk about a dummy) but anyway...after an MRI they found out it was my disc. Everyone thought I would need surgery and they tried to give me steroids (which I did not take). I went to physical therapy for 6 weeks and was better in no time. Not every back injury has a bad outcome, so good luck with everything! I feel your pain.
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05/23/2006 02:32:32 PM · #10 |
hmm...maybe it's the "DPC-sitting-too-long-at-the-computer" ailment! I actually have had the same type of thing and went to several different Dr's. One finally diagnosed it as fibromyalsia, but I have my doubts. I had it off and on quite intensely for several months (sometimes switching sides), but haven't had it now for quite some time.
I hope yours also goes away. It does hurt! |
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05/23/2006 02:33:01 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
It does sound a lot like sciatica as I experience it sporadically.
R. |
I would agree with what Robert said, and would add that if you experience a burning feeling in your lower back or legs... then that is almost a sure bet it is sciatica.
Best of luck to you.
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05/23/2006 02:43:04 PM · #12 |
Thanks for the ideas and replies guys and gals. It doesn't burn, just aches, really, really bad. Usually sitting down and letting it relax helps but lately that isn't helping either. I keep stretching it and trying to get it to stop but no luck so far. I currently take 2 Alieve every day for my regular aches and pains but it's not even touching this :(
Deannda
I can wait until Thursday, just won't get to clean house or anything until then, OH NO! :) |
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05/23/2006 02:44:54 PM · #13 |
For now, u should elevate your legs when sitting or lying down it relieves stress on the back. and NO slouching!
Originally posted by Neuferland:
Thanks for the ideas and replies guys and gals. It doesn't burn, just aches, really, really bad. Usually sitting down and letting it relax helps but lately that isn't helping either. I keep stretching it and trying to get it to stop but no luck so far. I currently take 2 Alieve every day for my regular aches and pains but it's not even touching this :(
Deannda
I can wait until Thursday, just won't get to clean house or anything until then, OH NO! :) |
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05/23/2006 03:02:08 PM · #14 |
Had what I thought might be sciatica but was a dislocation of one of the pelvic joints that aren't normally supposed to move. It does this every now and then. Physiotherapy and exercises to strengthen all the supporting muscles works wonders. So it could be any of several things.
Hope you get some relief soon! |
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05/23/2006 03:06:37 PM · #15 |
For guys, if your wallet is very thick and you carry it in your back pocket, that can aggravate/cause sciatic pain if you sit much during the day. I had similar symptoms and now keep my wallet out of my back pocket and the pains have gone.
Also watch how you sit, if you are leaning over to one side or using armrests on your chair, that can aggravate it too. I took the armrests off of my desk chair. |
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05/23/2006 03:50:22 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
For guys, if your wallet is very thick and you carry it in your back pocket, that can aggravate/cause sciatic pain if you sit much during the day. I had similar symptoms and now keep my wallet out of my back pocket and the pains have gone.
Also watch how you sit, if you are leaning over to one side or using armrests on your chair, that can aggravate it too. I took the armrests off of my desk chair. |
What the man said; I haven't carried my wallet in my hip pocket for years if I was gonna have to sit down. That was the single most significant thing I did to improve my pain, amazingly enough. And posture is everything when sitting, I have learned.
Robt.
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05/23/2006 04:14:57 PM · #17 |
(((hugs))) backpain is the pits!!! Would a warm heat pad help ease it at all?
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05/23/2006 04:26:21 PM · #18 |
| I had a bad experience with sciatica once. There was absolutely no warning when it happened. I was sitting on the couch resting before I was to go to work, and when I tried to get off the couch ( just as did every morning for years) something happened and the pain dropped me right back on the couch. It was awful...I could not get my body up and down, and using the toilet was almost impossible. I had to call work and tell them " you won't believe this, but I suddenly can't move". I did go to the doctor, and it was a pinched sciatica nerve. I had lots of rest, and it got better. I had one other experience with it later on in life, and ( knock on wood) it has never flared up again. |
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05/23/2006 04:54:22 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by queanbeez:
well my news is a little better than the others...i had a buldged disc at L4 and L5, at one point I couldnt walk. I was in pain for 6 weeks prior to being diagnosed because the nurse I saw thought I was anemic? (talk about a dummy) but anyway...after an MRI they found out it was my disc. Everyone thought I would need surgery and they tried to give me steroids (which I did not take). I went to physical therapy for 6 weeks and was better in no time. Not every back injury has a bad outcome, so good luck with everything! I feel your pain. |
I had my L4 operated on last year. These symptons are classic sciatica. I'm not sure how your Medical system is but the best advice I can give you is to demand from your Doctor to have a MIR. It cost a lot of money here but is the only way to see the extent of the disc bulge.
If I had done that in the first place I wouldn't ended up in hospital unable to move.
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05/23/2006 04:57:53 PM · #20 |
Hi,
I am sorry to hear about your back pain. I can relate, this week especially. I am having very bad pain in my lower back on both sides radiating down into my legs giving them a week feeling causing me not to be able to walk but a few feet before the pain gets so intense I have to set down.
I am no stranger to back pain and how it feels. I have had more MRI's, CAT scans, and X-Rays than I care to remember. I just had my last one done at the Hughston Clinic here.
Sounds like to me you may have had a bulging disc that has now ruptured or inflamed. Getting in out of a car can cause that and standing on your feet puts pressure on a already weakened disk. If that has happened it is putting pressure on a nerve or set of nerves in the lumbar region causing pain to follow the sciatica nerve or others depending what are of the L-series or The top of the S-series is the problem spot. You are doing the right thing by making an appointment. But if you are going to a Family Practice physician you are just waisting your money and time. He/she will have to refer you to a spine specialist before or after they request an MRI. As X-Ray will not show up a disc problem 90% of the time.
If the pain is sever, say a 7 or above on a 1-10 scale, I would go to the ER. There you can get the treatment needed without the waiting days or weeks and having to go through several doctors along the way.
I hope you get relief soon and begin to feel better and get well.
I have what they call chronic back pain. Check this list out.
1. Herniated disk C4/C5
2. Herniated disk C5/C6
3. bulging disk L4/5
4. Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis
5. Spondylosis
6. Nerve root damage in the C and L series
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05/23/2006 04:58:58 PM · #21 |
I have had a history of back problems since my late 20's after an accident that left me with a bruised spinal chord. I spent years going to the chiropractor on a bi-monthly basis to keep it under control. One day, in my late 40's i woke up and my leg was partially numb and painful down to my toes. i went to the doctor's where I was given a perscription for pain killers and muscle relaxers. After a week with no relief I ended up at the emergency room where i was given steroids and more pain killers. A month later I was still in pain and returned to my chiropractor. While in the waiting room I picked up and read a brochure on magnet therapy. I saw the chiropractor, he cracked my loswer back (as usual) and the numbness started to subside within minutes. I then asked about the magnets. He said it works for some and not for others. I decided to try one ($90.00) and wore it day and night on my lower back for a month. NO BACK PAIN AT ALL (or leg problems). I continued to wear it for months after only at night with the same results. To this day I have probably been to the chiropractors office 4 times in 5 years. It worked for me, it could work for you.
Good luck. I know the pain you are in.
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05/23/2006 05:24:09 PM · #22 |
watch your back...
sorry to hear- especially with all that's going on in your life right now. hope all is better soon... |
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05/23/2006 05:53:37 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by oOWonderBreadOo:
watch your back...
sorry to hear- especially with all that's going on in your life right now. hope all is better soon... |
I forgot about that thread. i have since removed the images, I'll try and find them.
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05/23/2006 06:10:56 PM · #24 |
| A doctor would just likely prescribe drugs, so when I had similar problems, I went to a physiotherapist and had a few sessions on his stretching table. That worked. |
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05/23/2006 06:22:18 PM · #25 |
It may also be worth visiting a reputable chiropractor. Since getting regular chiropractic treatments (roughly every 4 weeks) I not only get a lot less back and neck pain, but less headaches - dropped from an average of one every two days to less than one a month.
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