Mine not muscular. Bulging disc lying on sciatic nerve. Cannot afford acupuncture or similar to relieve. Numb and dropped toe giving none painful blisters. Seeing yearly check-up late Jaunuary/early February so will ask for footcare support.I suffered for decades with lower back pain when playing football. When I got with my girlfriend now wife, she identiied that I had a muscle imbalance - too many sit ups and no back extensions (would have been better off doing nothing).
My symptoms were a tightening of the lower back muscles when playing football, which meant having to stop for 30 seconds and then being able to go again; if I walked the dog it was agony when she tugged a little.
I eventually listened to my wife and exercised my back muscles. Diabetes meant I exercised more which ironically has resolved my back condition. If I could go back, I would have exercised opposing muscle groups and or taken up Yoga or Pilates.
Mine not muscular. Bulging disc lying on sciatic nerve. Cannot afford acupuncture or similar to relieve. Numb and dropped toe giving none painful blisters. Seeing yearly check-up late Jaunuary/early February so will ask for footcare support.
Having physio, on-going to strengthen muscles too. Numbness is off and on.
You take care of yourself. Was due to walk in snow this afternoon but hubby has jumped in to save my day. Phew!!!I'm the same as you @ickihun - I have 3 bulging discs in my lower back. The L5/S1 is leaning on my sciatic nerve sheath though and it's a central bulge so I get pain down both legs. It's worse on my left though. I get the numbness on and off as well. I get a lot of heel pain in my left foot and sometimes my right foot. I'm still getting physio treatment for my car accidents as this only started after my 2nd car accident last November. This medical procedure looks better than the surgery option though.
That was me before tramadol. It gave me my life back!!!!I had a bulging disc pressing on the sciatic nerve. It disabled me to the extent I couldn't work, and on my bad days I couldn't sit for more than a couple of minutes, and couldn't walk more than a few yards. Some nights in bed the sciatic pain in my leg was so intense I screamed to my husband to cut my leg off. When the flare ups were really bad I had to eat my meals kneeling on the floor. (The dogs loved that!). The pain wasn't really in my back it was all down the sciatic nerve. I had all the primary treatments - tablets, physiotherapy, cortisone injections right into the spinal cord. Brief relief only. Eventually I was given the operation to remove the disc. When they opened me up they discovered the disc had ruptured and lots of the bits were clinging to the nerve. They managed to remove them all including what was left of the disc. From the moment I woke up from the operation to this day (over 30 years later) I have been pain free with no after effects or back issues at all.
That was me before tramadol. It gave me my life back!!!!
And who recently went in for a 100 pressups a day or similar challenge? Further strengthening those "mirror muscles" down the front? How about balancing that now with a 100 pullups a day one to strengthen your back? (Just saying!)I suffered for decades with lower back pain when playing football. When I got with my girlfriend now wife, she identiied that I had a muscle imbalance - too many sit ups and no back extensions (would have been better off doing nothing).
My symptoms were a tightening of the lower back muscles when playing football, which meant having to stop for 30 seconds and then being able to go again; if I walked the dog it was agony when she tugged a little.
I eventually listened to my wife and exercised my back muscles. Diabetes meant I exercised more which ironically has resolved my back condition. If I could go back, I would have exercised opposing muscle groups and or taken up Yoga or Pilates.
Well, I am going to offer a different view.
I think this article is rather misleading.
It mentions 'lower back pain' as being very widespread and affecting huge numbers of people.
Then it goes on to sing the praises of a specific treatment for a specific issue.
Fine, if you have been diagnosed with that particular issue, then this could be WONDERFUL for you.
But implying that vast numbers of ppl 'with lower back pain' will be helped by this specific treatment is bad journalism.
(in my case, I have lower back pain from an unstable sacroileac joint. So while I am delighted for anyone who will benefit from this new treatment, it won't be me)
There are many, many reasons why ppl get lower back pain, from fallen arches, to bad posture, to muscle strain, to spinal curvature, and so on... I'm guessing they won't be helped either.
I was also pretty horrified by the video interview. obviously someone who thinks they know about back pain, and obviously someone who hands out terrible advice to people like me on a daily basis. Take pain killers. If it is hurting less, don't bother your doc. Rely on pain killers.
My doc never even examined me when I turned up in his surgery with a new and v painful lower back.
'Rest it and take anti-inflammatories' he said.
Two years later, after chronic pain off and on for the whole of that time, I went to a chiropractor. Who actually examined me.
'You have a displaced sacroiliac joint. I can put it straight back into place (he did. It took 5 minutes), but it has been out for so long, it is now unstable and you may have problems further down the line.'
And I do.
I now displace it sitting in a chair and bending to pick something of the floor, or twisting to open a low kitchen cupboard. I can't carry a shopping bag on one side, I have to weight myself equally with a bag in each hand, or - you've guessed it - it pops out of place as I walk from the shop to the car. I am in pain on most chairs.
I am also able to click it back into place, myself, sitting on a dining chair and twisting.
The pain is chronic, with occasional agony.
Great fun.
And each time it goes out of place it reinforces the instability.
Exercise is great for it. But it has to be EXACTLY the right exercises, done with infinitesimal escalations, over time, or I do more harm than good.
Moral of the story: Don't wait and hope it will get better. Don't rely on painkillers until it seems to go away. Go to someone who cares enough to give you a proper diagnosis. And please recognise that leaving something until it is chronic is NOT always the best option.
You take care of yourself. Was due to walk in snow this afternoon but hubby has jumped in to save my day. Phew!!!
I'm excited about this treatment. I want it now.
I'm fighting with myself as to whether I should nag my gp for that kind of help. He really needs his appointments for ill people so I'll wait til after xmas.
I'm still using tramadol. From 6-8tablets everyday. That is where the heavy water tummy has developed from. I will tell gp when I see him next. I'm hoping to join tier4 for bariatric surgery in January. I've just started to lose again after 8wks of stabilizing. 4st off on lowcarb, so far.
Weight loss hasn't improved my back problem but given me back more painfree moments on tramadol.
I like that. I think I'll try it too. I have a good gp. I'm only bothering him for anything urgent at mo as the winter health complications for others in his practice too. I'm mindful of but not to my detriment.You take care of yourself too. I'm glad to hear hubby saved your day.
It may be a good idea next time you see your doc to mention it to him. I'm not sure if you're like me, as I see my doc every 2-3 weeks on average, it gets ridiculous. If there's something I want to discuss in more detail I make a mention of it and say I'll like to discuss it in next appointment... as don't want my doc going over time. That way it gives him a chance to do any research, etc. for himself beforehand.
Good point. My only mitigation is that the pushups were in addition to my regular balanced training. I have kept the pushups going but sometimes just 60 as a finisher in a row.And who recently went in for a 100 pressups a day or similar challenge? Further strengthening those "mirror muscles" down the front? How about balancing that now with a 100 pullups a day one to strengthen your back? (Just saying!)
For sure.Awful, isn't it!But Tramadol only numbs the pain. It doesn't cure it. The operation cured mine.
For sure.
I know your operation is done very very rarely now. I don't know why, as it gives people their life back.
Seems like the nhs has gone onto more keyhole surgery these days. My bariatric op should be keyhole too. A much quicker recover time. How long were you in hospital? You werent diabetic then, were you?
So how about some extra back training to balance the extra front training?Good point. My only mitigation is that the pushups were in addition to my regular balanced training. I have kept the pushups going but sometimes just 60 as a finisher in a row.
I remember when I first made a thread after gp told me it was my sacroiliac joint. Physio said no. Definitely bulging disc.Well, I am going to offer a different view.
I think this article is rather misleading.
It mentions 'lower back pain' as being very widespread and affecting huge numbers of people.
Then it goes on to sing the praises of a specific treatment for a specific issue.
Fine, if you have been diagnosed with that particular issue, then this could be WONDERFUL for you.
But implying that vast numbers of ppl 'with lower back pain' will be helped by this specific treatment is bad journalism.
(in my case, I have lower back pain from an unstable sacroileac joint. So while I am delighted for anyone who will benefit from this new treatment, it won't be me)
There are many, many reasons why ppl get lower back pain, from fallen arches, to bad posture, to muscle strain, to spinal curvature, and so on... I'm guessing they won't be helped either.
I was also pretty horrified by the video interview. obviously someone who thinks they know about back pain, and obviously someone who hands out terrible advice to people like me on a daily basis. Take pain killers. If it is hurting less, don't bother your doc. Rely on pain killers.
My doc never even examined me when I turned up in his surgery with a new and v painful lower back.
'Rest it and take anti-inflammatories' he said.
Two years later, after chronic pain off and on for the whole of that time, I went to a chiropractor. Who actually examined me.
'You have a displaced sacroiliac joint. I can put it straight back into place (he did. It took 5 minutes), but it has been out for so long, it is now unstable and you may have problems further down the line.'
And I do.
I now displace it sitting in a chair and bending to pick something of the floor, or twisting to open a low kitchen cupboard. I can't carry a shopping bag on one side, I have to weight myself equally with a bag in each hand, or - you've guessed it - it pops out of place as I walk from the shop to the car. I am in pain on most chairs.
I am also able to click it back into place, myself, sitting on a dining chair and twisting.
The pain is chronic, with occasional agony.
Great fun.
And each time it goes out of place it reinforces the instability.
Exercise is great for it. But it has to be EXACTLY the right exercises, done with infinitesimal escalations, over time, or I do more harm than good.
Moral of the story: Don't wait and hope it will get better. Don't rely on painkillers until it seems to go away. Go to someone who cares enough to give you a proper diagnosis. And please recognise that leaving something until it is chronic is NOT always the best option.
My go to exercise is a compound dumbbell squat (that does lower back as well as glutes etc), to standing bicep curl, to shoulder press, I do this slowly on the up and down movement for around 6 reps and then faster for 4 reps - really concentrating on form. I have done around 8 sets today. Once my extensor is mended I can't wait to get in heavy dead lifting... just done my 9th dumbbell set.So how about some extra back training to balance the extra front training?
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