Do you ever get down in the back? You know, get back pain or a back ache?

Hi there! Yeah I do experience back pains sometimes. Especially when I overdo things like cross stitchng with my back arched too much or sitting long hours just typing in my keyboard. I usually feel it at night when I'm about to sleep. When I feel back pain I do some stretching concentrating on my back. I try to twist my waist from left to right until I no longer feel the pain cause it helps to alleviate it. Sometimes I also try to stand straight with my back leaning against the walls. By doing that it also stretches the back with support from the wall. Some say try to sleep on hardwood or don't put pillows under the head so you lie down straight on your back. Try it fellow lotter. These stretching techniques does helps. Ciao!

sorry to mention this, but have you checked with a doctor. i had same kind of back pain along with which my left leg used used to pain. it was too horrible. but when i checkd it with a doctor, he told me that i was suffering from slip disc. when i did a M.R.I it came in the report that there were multiple slipdisc. i am not tryin to scare you, but i would just like to bring to your notice the possibilities. so i would suggest you consult a doctor whenever possible. this problem if avioded of medication, can become chronic and then it will be hard to heal. my dad faces the same problem but he didnt treat the problem and his problems become chronic now giving him excruciating pain in his back.

I have a bad back and it goes out totally on occassions and on other occassions just hurts enough that I cant sit, stand or walk. I agree we probably look pretty funny walking or trying to walk at times. One thing you can try is something like Icy Hot, heating pad or some say cold helps them. Try different things til you find something that helps you. I use the Icy Hot all the time for mine when it starts up. Also sometimes for what ever reason there doesnt seem to be a reason for it to go out, it just does. I hope that you feel better soon thou and I know how it feels.

Well last year I put my back out, and I couldn't walk standing up straight either, it even hurt to sit for too long, I probably looked pretty comical too. I had to go to a chiropractor, it was too bad, but he had me lie on a heating pad, 20 mins. a day twice a day, with my knees up, it helped, it loosened the muscles in my back and I always felt a little better afterward. Most doctors will tell you to use an ice pack or something, but he had me use heat. I also just took pain medicine for it, it helps to take anything with Ibuprofen in it, because its an inflammatory, or some kind of motrin, Advil should work, you should try Aleve too. Hope you get to feeling better..

Hey Pearl. I always have back problems. I have less pain since I finally got a new bed 4 months ago. That helped a bit. I listened to the saleswoman about not getting the firmer mattress and getting one a bit more substantial but that would conform more to my back. She was right! I still have pain if I stand for too long washing dishes or doing vacumning or making the bed. It just depends. I tend to have more knee problems so I really don't know if that adds tension to the back or not. The orthopedist seems to think that it's all arthritis related. So much for that! Some mornings when I get out of bed I'm ashamed to say that I look like a decrepit old beotch, but the slowly I work out the kinks and then I'm zippen around like usual and I move pretty quick at that!

I have lived with a bad back all my life. I would feel sorry for a snake if it had back problems. It completely disabled me at 36 years old. There was no medication for my condition other than aspirin and my stomach wouldn't take much of that. My back is now totally fused with calcium where it won't bend or turn. As for your pulled muscles in your lower back pay very close attention to how you get up out of a chair. Never get up turning either direction with most of your weight on just one foot. If you can help it at all just don't turn until you are standing and your weight on both feet. Turn as many of your chairs as you can toward the direction you will go when you leave the chair. The only thing that will help a pulled muscle in your lower back is rest. Lay down flat in bed on your back if you can. One pillow only. Don't prop up in bed with 2 or 3 pillows. If it is very bad pain medication won't do you much good. I'm not a Doctor but I have been there and back many times with the back pain.

I fell on my back in my shower/tub when I was 16. It hurt like Hell. I fell right smack on the faucet head of the shower/tub. I asked my friends to look at my back that day, and they asked if my mother's boyfriend had been beating me. I told them what happen to me in my shower/tub, and they said that I really needed to be more careful. Doing anything with my back can be a real pain if I am not careful.

I put my back out once making the bed. When I threw the comforter over I must have stretched and twisted at the same time....I was literally bend over for a couple of days...then when I helped my neice move she lived on the third floor of an apartment building without an elevator....about 50 trips up and down the steps I irritated a nerve in my lower back that bothers me at different times....If I stretch in the morning or when I feel myself getting tensed up....then it relieves some of the pain.

Some people find heat comforting;others find cold. Figure out which is better for you right now. Usually heat right after and injury and cold later on, but that depends on a lot of things. There are 8 hour meds that you can put on your back that are like a giganic bandaid that are over the counter like icy hot. There are also creams like tiger balm, bengay, stuff with capsaison, etc. If longer than 2 weeks before you get better, promise me you'll go to a doctor. Walking usually doesn't do it. Turning the wrong way, lifting, etc. generally causes a sprain, but if your legs are out of alignment or you are really pounding the treadmill with your feet (not walking lightly), that could "jar" your back. Take care

Yes I do get back ache quite often and other pain as well. Be careful because if you have pulled a muscle in your back it can take quite a while to heal. You do not want to make it any worse either. I hurt my back once doing exercises and it took 6 months to heal. I used to take pain killers and put a hot pack on the sore spot. Deep heat is also good. It smells a lot so you might not want it on during the day but it is good to rub in before sleep. Have you been to the doctor about it? Backs are really important and lower back pain can be serious. You could have a disc out. It is always important to check to make sure it is just a muscle. As for how it happened. It could have happened in your sleep. You could have done it exercising or lifting something. I get pain if I stand too long or sit badly. I woke up with tendinitis in my left shoulder one morning and a year later I still have a frozen muscle.

Yes, recently I've had a lot of trouble with my back, Pearl. I'm not sure whether it's just old age or whether my bed's too soft (shouldn't be), or possibly it's from sitting in my computer chair with bad posture for too long. It's just a nagging lower back ache - not sharp pains or anything - and I usually fill my hot water bottle and put it in the small of my back for a while. Sometimes I do take a painkiller for it, and I hope it's nothing too serious.

Well I actually sprained a muscle in my back when I was in high school. I was in cheerleading and someone fell on me and i overextended my back. That did not feel too good. It would be a good thing to go to the doctor and get it checked out. You could also try hot and cold compresses interchanging after 15 minutes. The doctors also had me do exercises at home to strenghthen my back muscles. Hope that I could help.

I do get back pains whenever I sit in front of the computer for a long time. I think it's cause I'm not sitting properly. But then I realize it's because my computer chair is broken and and it causes my back to ache cause of bad posture. So I replaced my chair and it's all good now.

I have a bad back and I hurt most of the time and I take a RX for my back when it is bad and I do walk bent over or with a limp when my back hurts so did the Advil help? Try heat and then Ice it, Ice it with a bag of frozen peas if you have any

Maybe it was because of your sleeping posture. It happened to me one time. I just got a massage from my partner and rub some Bengay or Icy Hot. They soothed and loosen the muscles.

I would have back ache if I were to sleep for more than 6 hours. I have no idea what is wrong with my back. I have even gone to the doctors and they told me to change my mattress. I bought a new mattress and so far on the new mattress, I can enjoy my sleep up to 8 hours with no pain at all. During those period when I suffered the back ache, I did not take any medication even though the doctors supplied me with some pain killers. I just did not want to take it since the pain was still bearable. for all you know, it could be a sign of old age catching up... in my case.... LOL!