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over a year ago
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I’ve been on the paracetamol, Ibuprofen and I’ve been walking round work to stretch it out, till I get home to my tiger balm what are you guys remedies for back pain? |
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I get all my period pain in my lower back. I take Feminax express, its specifically for period aches and pains, maybe you could try that?
I also ball my hand into a fist and rub it in circular motions on my lower back.
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"I get all my period pain in my lower back. I take Feminax express, its specifically for period aches and pains, maybe you could try that?
I also ball my hand into a fist and rub it in circular motions on my lower back.
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Mine was caused (this time) by a 13kg reel  ask me to move the 2 tonne one. No bother! 13kg and I break myself 
I’ll maybe give the Feminax a miss till I’m actually unable to move from the floor |
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"I get all my period pain in my lower back. I take Feminax express, its specifically for period aches and pains, maybe you could try that?
I also ball my hand into a fist and rub it in circular motions on my lower back.
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Think feminax us just ibuprofen in a pink packet when I checked years ago. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I get all my period pain in my lower back. I take Feminax express, its specifically for period aches and pains, maybe you could try that?
I also ball my hand into a fist and rub it in circular motions on my lower back.
Think feminax us just ibuprofen in a pink packet when I checked years ago. "
Ah I’ve had two of the big pink Ibuprofen today already
I’m not a big fan of pain killers but today seemed to be a different story |
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"I get all my period pain in my lower back. I take Feminax express, its specifically for period aches and pains, maybe you could try that?
I also ball my hand into a fist and rub it in circular motions on my lower back.
Think feminax us just ibuprofen in a pink packet when I checked years ago. "
Yeah ditto. Ibuprofen plus pink tax |
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"I’ve been on the paracetamol, Ibuprofen and I’ve been walking round work to stretch it out, till I get home to my tiger balm what are you guys remedies for back pain? "
I googled lower back pain and found great video clips on youtube which really helped with my back pain. |
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I think you’ve pretty much got it covered OP.
Try not to aggravate it further, but keeping mobile is always best, stop and you will seize up and it’ll become worse.
Keeping pain killers to a minimum is also good. Can do more harm if you suddenly think Ahh it doesn’t hurt so much now, they can give you a false sense of being better.
Hope you get through it soon, I know from experience how you are feeling. |
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"I’ve been on the paracetamol, Ibuprofen and I’ve been walking round work to stretch it out, till I get home to my tiger balm what are you guys remedies for back pain? "
I’ma builder and get pain regularly doctor gives me naproxen and anti inflammatories if that helps
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"Depends what's caused it and if its muscular.
If it's muscular, paracetamol and ibuprofen plus heat and gentle exercise, then wait it out.
If it's nerve pain you need a medical professional "
Definitely get advice if it seems to be nerve pain e.g. tingling, burning sensation, electric shocks that travel down a limb etc. You don't want to end up with nerve compression due to a disc prolapse or something. Been there, done it, got the wheelchair (although mine's a bit more complex than that)  |
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"Most non chronic mechanical low back pain tends to settle within 6 weeks with some adequate exercise, analgesia and activity modification.
You'll be alright  "
Yes, a doctor said that to me on 16th December 2016 when I was pregnant. I use a wheelchair now. My case is extreme but could have been avoided if I was actually taken seriously and not treated like a silly neurotic mother to be |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
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"Most non chronic mechanical low back pain tends to settle within 6 weeks with some adequate exercise, analgesia and activity modification.
You'll be alright
Yes, a doctor said that to me on 16th December 2016 when I was pregnant. I use a wheelchair now. My case is extreme but could have been avoided if I was actually taken seriously and not treated like a silly neurotic mother to be "
I'm really sorry to hear  Did you have any other symptoms besides just mechanical low back pain? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"My only advise is to cut a finger off.
You will be so focused on that, you will forget about the back ache"
I nearly do that on a daily basis anyway
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Most non chronic mechanical low back pain tends to settle within 6 weeks with some adequate exercise, analgesia and activity modification.
You'll be alright
Yes, a doctor said that to me on 16th December 2016 when I was pregnant. I use a wheelchair now. My case is extreme but could have been avoided if I was actually taken seriously and not treated like a silly neurotic mother to be
I'm really sorry to hear Did you have any other symptoms besides just mechanical low back pain?"
It always stems from a car crash at 70mph years ago but it comes and goes today it’s particularly bad as I’ve probably twisted thinking “13kg pfft piece of piss” and not lifted them correctly
I’m hoping the tiger balm will he’ll when I get in the door tonight but for now the seat has been removed from the lab so I don’t get tempted to sit down and I’m just moving around
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"Most non chronic mechanical low back pain tends to settle within 6 weeks with some adequate exercise, analgesia and activity modification.
You'll be alright
Yes, a doctor said that to me on 16th December 2016 when I was pregnant. I use a wheelchair now. My case is extreme but could have been avoided if I was actually taken seriously and not treated like a silly neurotic mother to be
I'm really sorry to hear Did you have any other symptoms besides just mechanical low back pain?"
Yes, severe nerve pain, inability to weight bear, inability to perform straight leg raise, eventually slight foot drop. At no point was I taken seriously. I spent 16/12/16 to 03/02/17 living in bed because I couldn't move. "It's just pelvic girdle pain" said the docs, no pain relief allowed apart from paracetamol because 3rd trimester. Baby born 04/02, finally MRI'd on 07/02 to find far lateral L4/5 disc with complete nerve root compression. Sent home several days later with newborn baby, unable to walk/weight bear with crutches. Turns out I'd also had lumbosacral plexus nerve injury and have now got permanent nerve injury. Took months to be referred to spinal consultant after the birth, initially offered discectomy then they decided no. Took 2yrs to be seen by a neurologist. Go figure *shrug* |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Most non chronic mechanical low back pain tends to settle within 6 weeks with some adequate exercise, analgesia and activity modification.
You'll be alright
Yes, a doctor said that to me on 16th December 2016 when I was pregnant. I use a wheelchair now. My case is extreme but could have been avoided if I was actually taken seriously and not treated like a silly neurotic mother to be
I'm really sorry to hear Did you have any other symptoms besides just mechanical low back pain?
It always stems from a car crash at 70mph years ago but it comes and goes today it’s particularly bad as I’ve probably twisted thinking “13kg pfft piece of piss” and not lifted them correctly
I’m hoping the tiger balm will he’ll when I get in the door tonight but for now the seat has been removed from the lab so I don’t get tempted to sit down and I’m just moving around
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Often times trauma will set off a cycle of frequent bouts of back pain. What can be frustrating is that in a lot of cases the imaging doesn't show anything particularly wrong, though the person will still present pain. Sucks I know. |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Most non chronic mechanical low back pain tends to settle within 6 weeks with some adequate exercise, analgesia and activity modification.
You'll be alright
Yes, a doctor said that to me on 16th December 2016 when I was pregnant. I use a wheelchair now. My case is extreme but could have been avoided if I was actually taken seriously and not treated like a silly neurotic mother to be
I'm really sorry to hear Did you have any other symptoms besides just mechanical low back pain?
Yes, severe nerve pain, inability to weight bear, inability to perform straight leg raise, eventually slight foot drop. At no point was I taken seriously. I spent 16/12/16 to 03/02/17 living in bed because I couldn't move. "It's just pelvic girdle pain" said the docs, no pain relief allowed apart from paracetamol because 3rd trimester. Baby born 04/02, finally MRI'd on 07/02 to find far lateral L4/5 disc with complete nerve root compression. Sent home several days later with newborn baby, unable to walk/weight bear with crutches. Turns out I'd also had lumbosacral plexus nerve injury and have now got permanent nerve injury. Took months to be referred to spinal consultant after the birth, initially offered discectomy then they decided no. Took 2yrs to be seen by a neurologist. Go figure *shrug*"
That's clearly a case of negligence as you were presenting severe neurological / radicular signs. Not much that could've been done whilst pregnant i'm afraid, but immediate assistance should have been provided after.
Clearly not your case, but mechanical back pain without neuro signs has no surgical target. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Most non chronic mechanical low back pain tends to settle within 6 weeks with some adequate exercise, analgesia and activity modification.
You'll be alright
Yes, a doctor said that to me on 16th December 2016 when I was pregnant. I use a wheelchair now. My case is extreme but could have been avoided if I was actually taken seriously and not treated like a silly neurotic mother to be
I'm really sorry to hear Did you have any other symptoms besides just mechanical low back pain?
It always stems from a car crash at 70mph years ago but it comes and goes today it’s particularly bad as I’ve probably twisted thinking “13kg pfft piece of piss” and not lifted them correctly
I’m hoping the tiger balm will he’ll when I get in the door tonight but for now the seat has been removed from the lab so I don’t get tempted to sit down and I’m just moving around
Often times trauma will set off a cycle of frequent bouts of back pain. What can be frustrating is that in a lot of cases the imaging doesn't show anything particularly wrong, though the person will still present pain. Sucks I know."
Last time I was this bad I was putting s T-shirt on while doing a handstand
I think I just need to think before doing things in the future |
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That's clearly a case of negligence as you were presenting severe neurological / radicular signs. Not much that could've been done whilst pregnant i'm afraid, but immediate assistance should have been provided after.
Clearly not your case, but mechanical back pain without neuro signs has no surgical target."
Yeah, it's wonderful what women have to endure eh? And as if by magic, a thread pops up next door about whether anyone regrets having children. Jeez |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"My only advise is to cut a finger off.
You will be so focused on that, you will forget about the back ache
I found this funnier than I should "
As did I but then I’m still nursing a broken finger from a few weeks ago |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Had an electric blanket given to me a few years ago, and I find when I’m struggling a bit it really helps loosen up the muscles a bit.
Hope that helps. "
Oooh I’ve Heater jackets for my oil barrels I may go turn myself into a sausage roll till home time |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Stretch, and get to a Pilates class (or yoga) as soon as they start up again."
While stretching would be best I do need to watch with that too with one arthritic hip and the other held by metal it can cause other problems |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Naproxen, on prescription."
I don’t take Naproxen as I was given them without the PPI once and they wreaked havoc on my stomach
Christ how many things do I have wrong with me
Daily omeprazole tabs is now my way of life due to Naproxen |
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"Yoga and Pilates 
I do a lot of what is possibly considered yoga but it’s a list of physio exercises I’ve had for a while "
Very similar path to my own. I now have a heated office chair! Homedics, very cheap on eBay. |
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"Yoga and Pilates
I do a lot of what is possibly considered yoga but it’s a list of physio exercises I’ve had for a while
Sounds like you know a fuck load more about this than any of us!"
I’ve been through “the wars” of my own doing |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Yoga and Pilates
I do a lot of what is possibly considered yoga but it’s a list of physio exercises I’ve had for a while
Very similar path to my own. I now have a heated office chair! Homedics, very cheap on eBay. "
Heated office chair!!!? What a time to be alive! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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As a rough guide, new injuries need ice, old injuries need heat.
Gentle movement, backs dont like being immobile.
You can alternate Ibuprofen and Paracetamol every 2 hours if necessary, in the short term. |
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I sit on my arse for most of the day and used to suffer from back pain, but since I’ve been doing specific back exercises I’ve had no problems.
Superman stretches and wood chops are probably the most beneficial |
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I suffered pain in my back at least 3 times a week for over a year, and more of I forgot to not bend wrong or had to carry heavy objects.
I've now been back pain free for over 8 months and the only thing I did different were:
1) Went to get a sports massage focusing on my damaged / weak muscles
2) Started doing a 30min Yoga session (that I found on YouTube), 4 times a week today focuses on core and back strength.
I can still feel my back isn't right sometimes, but the pain is gone.
Good luck with it |
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Heat within a day of injury otherwise are increasing the chronic it’s. Ice helps pain allowing mobility, and reduced inflammation. Forget doctors- get to a good osteopath or chiropractic |
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"Depends what's caused it and if its muscular.
If it's muscular, paracetamol and ibuprofen plus heat and gentle exercise, then wait it out.
If it's nerve pain you need a medical professional
Definitely get advice if it seems to be nerve pain e.g. tingling, burning sensation, electric shocks that travel down a limb etc. You don't want to end up with nerve compression due to a disc prolapse or something. Been there, done it, got the wheelchair (although mine's a bit more complex than that) "
I call it pin's and needles down my limbs. I've not got disc prolapse the doctor said I got narrowing of the spinal cord. Scared one day I'll be in a wheelchair |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
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"Depends what's caused it and if its muscular.
If it's muscular, paracetamol and ibuprofen plus heat and gentle exercise, then wait it out.
If it's nerve pain you need a medical professional
Definitely get advice if it seems to be nerve pain e.g. tingling, burning sensation, electric shocks that travel down a limb etc. You don't want to end up with nerve compression due to a disc prolapse or something. Been there, done it, got the wheelchair (although mine's a bit more complex than that)
I call it pin's and needles down my limbs. I've not got disc prolapse the doctor said I got narrowing of the spinal cord. Scared one day I'll be in a wheelchair "
That would be spinal stenosis then. It can be managed conservatively (physio, injections) or operatively depending on severity of symptoms.
Very few ppl actually reach that state because of it. I've only come across one in 22 years. |
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"Depends what's caused it and if its muscular.
If it's muscular, paracetamol and ibuprofen plus heat and gentle exercise, then wait it out.
If it's nerve pain you need a medical professional
Definitely get advice if it seems to be nerve pain e.g. tingling, burning sensation, electric shocks that travel down a limb etc. You don't want to end up with nerve compression due to a disc prolapse or something. Been there, done it, got the wheelchair (although mine's a bit more complex than that)
I call it pin's and needles down my limbs. I've not got disc prolapse the doctor said I got narrowing of the spinal cord. Scared one day I'll be in a wheelchair "
Hopefully you won't get worse but if it makes things any better, my wheelchair is super cool (pics on profile) and is an absolute god-send. I can go for miles and miles in it, enables me to have a life whereas I merely existed on the crutches because the pain was just |
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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago
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Cat and camel exercises. My back was bad at the weekend and I was doing twenty gentle ones every couple of hours.
I do them every morning anyway. I go to a chiropractor when it's really bad but that's expensive. |
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Exercise seems to be what helps me most. Followed my heat.
Maybe that's just my particular condition but if I give up and rest too much then I do pay for it in pain and stiffness. I'd recommend swimming but current situation maybe not
Also if you have a wand then its really good on sore muscles I've found. An added bonus lol |
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Heat heat and more heat. I use a beanie bag microwaved. When it cools down go ahead and re heat . Swimming is the best exercise for most lower back pain.
Allthough thats out the window now |
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Evaluate if there's a cause. Find a solution.
To ease the pain, I'd use hot baths, not stop moving, possibly get a massage, have ice put on it - especially if localised pain, appropriate stretches great too. Be progressive in your approach, listening in to what your body is saying.
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If gentle self help doesn't work, probably see a physio. I wouldn't muck around with back pain. (Qualification in this case - I'm quite illness prone and a bit injury prone so have an overactive sense of when to ask for help ) |
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