lower back pain

[stretch]

Its excruciating

Constant dull pain with sharp shooting pains depending on how I move and my position. Pain also runs down into my right leg

Recommendations on how I should handle it? I've taken ibuprofen and used icy hot .

[Ryan Fitzpatrick]

sciatica.

call pego

[mavs>spurs]

stop letting large bald men use your long hair as reigns

[The Reckoning]

i fractured two of my transverse processes in my lower back about 8 years ago and i still have excruciating back pain if i stand up or lay down for too long. when it first happened, i would get back spasms from hell.

id recommend using a TENS unit and ibuprofen. if it gets to the point to where you cant function, go to the doc and get a prescription for muscle relaxors and codeine.

[HeatChamps]

Its excruciating

Constant dull pain with sharp shooting pains depending on how I move and my position. Pain also runs down into my right leg

Recommendations on how I should handle it? I've taken ibuprofen and used icy hot .
Make sure to STRETCH!

[DPG21920]

Shouldn't mess around with your back - go see a doctor and figure out what is wrong. Then they can diagnose how to treat.

[mrsmaalox]

Try a massage. I had sciatica for several years, starting with my first pregnancy. It would flare up frequently, just couldn't get any relief. The only thing that would calm it down was sleeping on my side with a pillow between my knees. Then about 3 years ago I started going to a nail salon that has massage chairs in their pedicure stations; these are those real big hard core chairs that have tons of settings, so I just picked a random setting. It was a super tough one that felt like getting punched in the lower back and butt with croquet balls, so strong it almost knocked me out of the chair. And it cured me! After all those years of pain I have not had a single flare up since that day, and I have had a standing appt there every 2 weeks since. Maybe something like that would help you?

[Wild Cobra]

Must have been the first time you had sex in years.

have to stay exercised!

[TwAnKiEs]

Skip the ibuprofen and go with naproxen. It'll help the swelling

[SA210]

sciatica.



This.

Get it checked. I've known of it getting healed through a chiropractor with natural supplements and therapy.

[resistanze]

Been having back pain on/off for 5 years. Been to specialists, nothing really has worked, except trying to stretch as much as possible.

[leemajors]

See a doc, then yoga

[ginobili's bald spot]

sciatica no doubt.

[howbouthemspurs]

Sounds like Sciatica! Go see a doctor! Get the fun meds!

[AussieFanKurt]

see a doctor

[HeatChamps]

Listen to people on the internet.

[LkrFan]

stop letting large bald men use your long hair as reigns

:lol

[LkrFan]

Stretch

:lol

[boutons_deux]

Its excruciating

Constant dull pain with sharp shooting pains depending on how I move and my position. Pain also runs down into my right leg

Recommendations on how I should handle it? I've taken ibuprofen and used icy hot .

you're prime target for medical fraud. Expensive, 10Ks of ineffective, expensive back procedures being one the biggest scams going.

you're probably overweight or obese (ie, an American), so get lean to take 10s of pounds pressure off your skeleton

strengthening "core" muscles and legs will help hold the skeleton erect and straight. if your spine isn't perfectly straight, then the nerves are being compressed on one side. An xray would show any spinal bending (doesn't have to be full-blown scoliosis).

Yoga is excellent

eat an anti-inflammatory diet.

[resistanze]

you're probably overweight or obese (ie, an American), so get lean to take 10s of pounds pressure off your skeleton


:lmao wtf

[Cane]

Do you use laptops or desktops? Make sure your posture isn't shitty

Use your legs more

Strengthen core/legs when you can, although with lower back pain that will make exercising pretty terrible

Take notes from The Dark Knight Rises

[stretch]

ive definitely been trying to focus more on strengthening my core and back muscles lately

im not obese or overweight, i think it actually stems from one time about a year and a half ago, i was weightlifting, and doing dead lifts. i was watching something on TV and got distracted and sat there for a good 20-25 minutes watching whatever it was. When I got up to do my next set of deadlifts, in the middle of the set my muscles had all tightened up and I could barely stand straight for the rest of the day, and it has been on and off lower back pain ever since them. Until about a month and a half ago, i hadn't done any sort of regular back and core strengthening exercises. i have been afraid to, because that was so friggin painful.

I'm gonna try to focus on keeping better posture in my every day activities, and doing full body strength training 3x a week, while also stretching better, getting more rest, and taking anti-inflammatory stuff when I get flare-ups. I'll do that for a few months and see if I progress at all. If not, I'll probably hit up a doctor.

Any other suggestions would be welcome.

[stretch]

Take notes from The Dark Knight Rises

I tried but I was told that my punishment must be more severe.

[stretch]

eat an anti-inflammatory diet.

What would this consist of? Non spicy foods?

[stretch]

Try a massage. I had sciatica for several years, starting with my first pregnancy. It would flare up frequently, just couldn't get any relief. The only thing that would calm it down was sleeping on my side with a pillow between my knees. Then about 3 years ago I started going to a nail salon that has massage chairs in their pedicure stations; these are those real big hard core chairs that have tons of settings, so I just picked a random setting. It was a super tough one that felt like getting punched in the lower back and butt with croquet balls, so strong it almost knocked me out of the chair. And it cured me! After all those years of pain I have not had a single flare up since that day, and I have had a standing appt there every 2 weeks since. Maybe something like that would help you?

I haven't had a real good deep tissue massage since I was like a teenager, and someone just needed to practice. I probably need one.

[DMC]

I had a friend who was married to a big black chick who was more than he could handle. She hurt his back because he had to hold her fat ass up when she wanted to ride cowgirl. Now he leans sideways when he walks and she's already found another man.

[Latarian Milton]

eaten too much pickles (which are salt rich) and it destroyed your kidneys probably that's the source of the pain imho

[ashbeeigh]

Foam roll too. It may hurt like a mofo when you're doing it, but it will help.

[DMC]

eaten too much pickles (which are salt rich) and it destroyed your kidneys probably that's the source of the pain imho
Sodium rich, not salt rich. Nationalized immigrants normally know that.

[Thompson]

I remember reading somewhere that 30 minutes on a stationary bike is supposed to help with lower back pain; you might try that.

[BUMP]

I had this problem before too

what you do is put on three 45's on each side of the squat rack. when you go to lift, instead of bending your knees, bend your back and try and use as much of your back as possible to lift the weight. you'll feel good as new

[thispego]

sciatica.

call pego

:lol tha fuck? I do have rls sometimes tbh

[Pickle]

eaten too much pickles (which are salt rich) and it destroyed your kidneys probably that's the source of the pain imho

:rollin

[CuckingFunt]

I don't have sciatica specifically, but my back is pretty fucked from years of dancing and a couple of bad car accidents. Best advice I've seen in here is stretching and strengthening your core. The stronger the rest of your body is, the less your back has to work to hold it all up.

[FkLA]

Im shocked that poor stretch hasnt gotten any kind of advice from the resident male nurse. Takes like a minute or two to post and possibly help out a fellow STer.

[Trainwreck2100]

yoga and tai chi

[Step 2 Texas]

I don't have sciatica specifically, but my back is pretty fucked from years of dancing and a couple of bad car accidents. Best advice I've seen in here is stretching and strengthening your core. The stronger the rest of your body is, the less your back has to work to hold it all up.
Let me massage it for you, baby.

[mavs>spurs]

I don't have sciatica specifically, but my back is pretty fucked from years of dancing and a couple of bad car accidents. Best advice I've seen in here is stretching and strengthening your core. The stronger the rest of your body is, the less your back has to work to hold it all up.

more like years of being ridden rodeo style and hit from the back amirite

[TimDunkem]

more like years of being ridden rodeo style and hit from the back amirite
:lol

[CuckingFunt]

more like years of being ridden rodeo style and hit from the back amirite

Areyouever?

[mavs>spurs]

only 99.8% of the time

[lakerhaterade]

:lol alternate ego

[mavs>spurs]

somebody tell this bitch that i will split that pussy in half and leave it leakin like a broke faucet

[CuckingFunt]

somebody tell this bitch that i will split that pussy in half and leave it leakin like a broke faucet

Even without a magical foreskin?

[TimDunkem]

Even without a magical foreskin?
Is that what you like?

[The Reckoning]

why dont you ask CF whether or not she prefers foreskin?

[benefactor]

Plenty of good advice here with the massages and stretching. The biggest thing you need to worry about is numbness. That is a sign of potential nerve damage. If you start to have any numbness in your feet or toes get to a doctor asap.

[blackbucket]

I work in pain management.

Don't let it progress without doing anything. Do some research and go see a recommended Pain Management Specialist in your area ASAP.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I had sciatica as well a few years ago. Don't go to a chiropractor, they're all hacks and they're a waste of money (well if you do don't use a hispanic one like I did). Even if you're not obese/fat, any extra weight at all makes it a lot worse.

What did it for me was going to the hospital, getting Motrin and Valium from the doctor who I saw, and stretching more. I still get occasional pain in the area when I'm exercising but the pain lessens every time.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

ive definitely been trying to focus more on strengthening my core and back muscles lately

im not obese or overweight, i think it actually stems from one time about a year and a half ago, i was weightlifting, and doing dead lifts. i was watching something on TV and got distracted and sat there for a good 20-25 minutes watching whatever it was. When I got up to do my next set of deadlifts, in the middle of the set my muscles had all tightened up and I could barely stand straight for the rest of the day, and it has been on and off lower back pain ever since them. Until about a month and a half ago, i hadn't done any sort of regular back and core strengthening exercises. i have been afraid to, because that was so friggin painful.

I'm gonna try to focus on keeping better posture in my every day activities, and doing full body strength training 3x a week, while also stretching better, getting more rest, and taking anti-inflammatory stuff when I get flare-ups. I'll do that for a few months and see if I progress at all. If not, I'll probably hit up a doctor.

Any other suggestions would be welcome.

I read and passed on responding the first time. I found relief by accident, and I have to thank New Balance. I was at the outlet mall, and they had one of their usual buy one get one half off sales, and I was trying on a pair of black referee types that I can wear to work. The stupid fuckers removed ALL arch support from their shoes. Looking around, I tired on a pair of Skechers Shape Ups. Best arch support I've ever experienced. Let's be clear. I bought them for the arch support and had no other expectations. I wore them the rest of Sunday, and then to work on Monday. By lunchtime, my back pain was gone. They'll make your glutes and hip flexors burn as if excercised, though, so start out wearing them every other day. I went to their factory store in town and picked up a couple more pair.