Back Pain, Have You Experienced This Ever ?

I wonder if that is what is going on with me. Sometimes the pain in my feet is so bad that I want to cry. My physical next month will hopefully tell me.

I think my mother-in-law experiences that too . She had leg cramps and the physical therapist said , it's related to her back pain.

Isn't it amazing @Rollo1 how you might start out with an 8 on the pain scale but after awhile, you adjust so much to the pain that if someone were to ask, you'd now say a 5?

I am glad you can now manage it somehow. I have some friends who have scoliosis and they too don't want operation . Just like you , they can just manage them and no bending . .

@SIMPLYD Thank you. For me personally it's a mind over matter mentality. I'm just too stubborn to give into it.

My spine is in the shape of a hockey stick @TexanTornado . The cervical area is more like crushed chalk and in the lumbar area, the discs are all broken pressing against the spinal cord. The surgeon wanted to place a rod with nuts, bolts and washers and wear a metal wrap-around and for the cervical, they wanted to attach a metal crate to my skull. I told them they could kiss my A**. I can't stand long either because the pain radiates through my buttocks down to my feet. I get massive migraines in the cervical area at the base of the brain.

@SIMPLYD Apart from physio therapy which is recommended even when there is no pain guided yoga and meditation can contribute greatly.

Really ? Yoga ? Or just a simple relaxation will do ? But i am glad ever since that incident , thankfully i don't feel back pain anymore . But i am more careful now . I don't bend so deeply , lest i will experience that .

I have to agree. I think it is the same with anxiety and panic as well. Relax and correct breathing can correct a lot of things.

It was a one time experience for me which i hope won't ever happen again . But i know now what medicine to take , at least .

@SIMPLYD That is good that it did not return Simply.

I am sorry it's that for you , my friend . My mother -in-law , now 77 year old and is thin suffers from back pain since last April . My daughter who accompanied her to the doctor said it's a combination of osteoporosis , osteoarthritis and scoliosis . She wears a carton like brace in that part of the back. And now she's also stooped already since that back pain . She still could feel some pain specially just like you when she sits long .

@SIMPLYD I hope she can get some more relief. I am sorry she has to go through this. God bless her.

@taramarie39 The occurence is lesser now since she had her Physical theraphy sessions , home service .

The same thing happened to my son on Monday. He bent down to tie up his shoe laces and must have turned the wrong way. He couldn't move at all, even now he is just starting to get better and has a referral for physiotherapy.. He says he now understands what having back pain is really like.

My officemate too experienced something like that , when she was bathing and tried lifting the pail with water . She was bedridden for 3 days . When we are getting old things like these should be avoided or be done with extra caution .

@SIMPLYD No, it was never diagnosed. It just went away on it's own.

But why was that so ? Have you been diagnosed about it when you were younger . I am glad it doesn't affect you anymore.

@sacmom Maybe as you grew and kept eating well , the nutrients took them away .

@SIMPLYD no, I haven't had it checked and maybe I should. I just don't want to have to depend on them.

@rosekiss Yes , please have it checked . It could become worse if not treated .

Have you not have it checked with an orthopedic or a doctor that deals on pains at the back ? But i am glad you are managing it so far.

So you shouldn't be sitting long my friend , to avoid that .

@inertia4 I agree . We should be mindful of our posture while seated .

@SIMPLYD I know. I don't sit too long. But it is the way I sit. I was told by the doctor that the way I site is putting pressure on the nerve and causing the pain.

@Bluedoll Me too , i don't like taking medications as much as possible . It's also what the doctor likes actually .

hello all i know back pain well staying in bed to loong will heart your back very mutch more then if when once you open you r eyeys in the morning getting up rite away out of bedd it will pervent pincted nerves a s well it it relax the need to use perscribed meds too hope this help yall

Then it is not a serious back pain .

@Madshadi That's good to know . Swimming can indeed be relaxing to the muscles and to the whole body .

@SIMPLYD I think even chronic back pain can be treated by swimming, or by performing certain water exercises. I've seen people with chronic back problems get better just by doing moves in the water.

@simone10 So, how was your appointment with the neurologist ?

So how is that back pain of yours now ? I am sorry for the late reply because i didn't know that there are still lots of responses after a few weeks posting this/

@SIMPLYD I still have it and did get an MRI but the doctor says it's nothing. I am going to get a copy of the MRI report and go see a neurologist.

@MarshaMusselman Yes, i noticed that younger ones too feels back pain once in a while . I think it's a case of too much straining of the back muscles by their activities . Be careful then of bending . Don't bend too much .

Oh , please be careful now of lifting a bit heavy things . As we get older , we should take into consideration our backs and knees . They are the most prone area of pain at this age . I for one , was prohibited by the doctor to lift a bit heavy things , not because of my back but because i had prolapsed bladder before and it was corrected through a minor surgery . But then , i don't just bend that low anymore because i am avoiding to have future back pains . I think because we are aging we should be careful in twisting and bending .

@SIMPLYD Although I agree that as we age we need to be careful, I know that many of these issues affect the younger crowd too. Some of the aches stretch on for them just like they do for those getting older. The boxes I lift are fairly small. It could be that it wasn't even that at all, but rather me having to bend almost to the floor to access my new locker.

Oh that is sad . So how do you manage it ?

@nanette64 Oh that's nice . Hot compress , we do that also .

@SIMPLYD Mind over matter mostly. Sometimes I'll use what is called a Tends Unit. It's a hand-held machine that you attach electric pads to where it hurts and it will massage the area. Otherwise, if it's at the base of the skull (cervical area), I moisten a washcloth and put it in the microwave oven to heat as hot as I can stand and then place it at the base of the skull.

Oh , i can feel your pain my dear . I hope they can be alleviated by some interventions .

I am so sorry you have to go through this. I know what pinched nerves feel like. I hope that you wont suffer too bad this winter. God bless

@SIMPLYD I think mine is rather because of sitting for long hours in office. I have to get back to some sports too.

Yes i think so too , because some of my officemates who are in their 30's also suffer from back pains too every now and then . At present , my husband sometimes feels a pain inhis back . He said it;s his kidney . When i let him drink green tea and also lemonade the pain was gone after a while .

With the heavy weight of your bag , it surely will give you a back pain since you aare standing up all the time you are travelling . Yes, why not buy a motorcycle so it could have a carrier where you can just put your backpack ..

@SIMPLYD the problem is a fact that I couldn't ride a motor cycle! I plan to learn, but it gives me shiver each time I meet a giant truck on road

Really , as simple as sneeze can trigger it . So what does your doctor said about it .

I think it was just a sore muscle on your part since you said you experienced it while doing squats in the gym .

I am sorry to hear that you deal with back pain on a daily basis . But you are so amazing to survive those 6 back surgeries .

@SIMPLYD I thought I was amazing also for having dealt with these back surgeries. Update: I honestly thought back then that the pain management doctor I had was helping to resolve the issue of my pain, the reality was that he was just masking it. Since then, my pain has gotten so much worse. I spend every day sitting or lying around doing absolutely nothing because it hurts so much to get up and around anymore. I went in for another surgery and thought that would give me some relief. Nothing has changed, in fact, the pain has gotten so much worse. Now I am faced with the idea of getting a pain pump implanted. I'm not sure how I think about it because I just think it's going to be the same thing as prescribing pain medications like they have been doing all along. The only differences I see is now I'll be taking two less pills a month and they will be injecting the pump with the medications every month. I never thought in a million years that I would end up having to deal with something like this. As I get older, I thought I'd be able to travel around and explore the world. That was my dream but that has now been taken away from me. I can understand now why so many people with back pain get so depressed.