Bad Back

[markwales]

History : Never had a bad back in my life

Condition : My back has gotten progressively worse over the last 10 days or so. I now cannot bend down, am having difficultly getting dressed :yikes: and getting out of bed or getting up from a chair is agony. The pain is towards the bottom of my back, but not quite at the very bottom of my spine (if that makes sense).

I plan to go to a doctor this week, but is there actually anything a doctor can do apart from tell you to rest it? Can there be any underlying problems that cause a bad back?

No doubt the mother-in-law will tell me the exact problem when I go over for lunch today..... but thought I'd ask on here too :D

[MarcusMel]

You may have pulled a mussel and during the repair process this is causing you progressive problems.
Possible solutions

1 Go see an oestopath or chiropractor or accupunture person
2 To help prevent future occurance of problem try
2a. Alexander Technique
2b. Massi Barefoot Technology Sandles.

[MarcusMel]

http://www.mbt-uk.com/

[Win2Win]

It's called aging :) ......unless you get poisoned by the RAF when your 21...and they cripple you for life......boy are we all buggered & depressed :laugh

I'm still recovering from the severe neck & haed pain I had on Friday. I'm not allowed to put the electrodes on my head...as I may turn into Vegy :yikes:

Try this for 28 days, if it's crap you get your money back http://www.acticare.com/ Expensive, but any pain relief for me is money well spent, and so far it's worked 2 out of 3 times, but then the time it failed to control was Friday, and even morphine would have done bugger all for that.

The cheapest method though is to get a good hard kick to the nuts....you soon forget about the back pain!!

[mathare]

No doubt the mother-in-law will tell me the exact problem when I go over for lunch todayTrue, but I'm not sure what the doctor could do about you not being good enough for her daughter :laugh :peeky

[markwales]

:laugh @ Mat

Cheers for that link Marcus.... darn expesnsive though :yikes:

[Roberto]

is there actually anything a doctor can do apart from tell you to rest it?
Yes. A GP can examine it, order investigations if necessary (e.g. X-ray), try to make a diagnosis and advise on management (including treatment and/or referral).

It's true that a GP's overall success-rate with "low back pain" is nothing to be proud of, but that's not a reason not even to try, and it may turn out to be something simple and treatable which a GP has the facilities to diagnose correctly and chiropractors/osteopaths/others not.

If they end up doing nothing useful and just telling you to rest it, that means they think there's a 90% chance it's muscular, which is a reassuring thing for them to think, and very worth while knowing.

Good luck and I hope it gets better quickly!

[podtog]

Ecxellent post, something I suggested to my nearest and dearest (she thought I was Joking), Im having to seriously consider the type of work I do , Ive found the best way to combat it in the past is to just get stuck right in to hard graft, its a tempory relief which wories me as to whether Ive worsened the problem but always seems to relieve it briefly, its always when I stop and the muscles cool down that the pain starts again. Im having Ice/heat packs applied almost constantly now by my beloved ( had to say that jst incase she reads, the beloved bit :D ).

[podtog]

Joking aside, a lot of back pain is muscular and the sooner you go to see a specialist the better, I went through 2 years thinkinking I was on the brink of an heart attack, it was all down to muscular pain travelling through the nerves to the chest area, it wasnt pleasant.