back problems

james40

bigharpoon

docbp87

Great advice from Harpoon... also, I don't know if you work out regularly, but strengthening your core muscles can really help alleviate the stress on back muscles that can cause a lot of back pain. Get those abs in shape!

camgfs

wwestern

jlmarta

zeebra

Its most likely your coxcis (sp?) tail bone. Its the last bone in your spine. I've have it go out on me every time lift something heavy! It does hurt. But I've been going to a chiropractor alot and it helps a ton. I would recommend you get some type of treatment for it, like the massage therapy or some other type of service from a good chiropractor.

jlmarta

james40

Thank you - a lot of good suggestions. My whole side swells up when this happens and it's extremely tender. I can actually see it in the mirror. Won't it hurt more to get it massaged or are you saying using massage as a preventive measure? I also could stand to lose some weight and need to hit the gym more. I'm sure that would help.

Amos Umwhat

The Colonel

All good advice... I have had one surgery for a herniated disc... blew that out putting groceries in the car the day before Christmas 3 years a go.. I am a licensed Physical Therapist, so I should know how to take care of my back... and I do.. but it is more the repetitive small stuff that leads to the micro tears in the surface of the disc that can lead to problems... ok enough of that.. my suggestion is to see a good Osteopath (DO) they can do a full evaluation, spinal manipulation if necessary and get you on the right track.. unfortunately back care is a life long job...

BlueRings

I feel ya James. I been brought to tears and immobile for three to five days. I had surgery and it did help. I had them 4-5 times a year. Now I get it 1-2 a year. They are debilitating. You know when it's gonna hit so when I feel the lower twinge I ice it, heat it, stretch it, and medicate it and I usually escape the reaper. I take an anti-inflammatory, pain killer, and a muscle relaxant and I am right as rain the next morning. If you catch it before it gets you, you too can avoid the reaper. Good health and good luck to you.

cabinetmaker

I've been dealing with it myself for 10 years now ever since I fell off a ladder and landed flat on my back on a concrete floor. Odd as it may sound, coffee does the most good for me. I drink a pot every morning, and within 10-15 minutes I'm functional. Avoid chiropractors at all costs if you have disk problems, they'll actually delay the healing and charge you for it in the process. Chiropractors and snake-oil salesmen are about equal, but the snake-oil might actually be better.

laker1963

jlmarta

laker1963

jlmarta

BlueRings

I give it the big guns,LOL.

laker1963

jlmarta

The Sniper

letsgowithbob

I threw my back out about 3 years ago, and it took about a week to get to a doctor, I spent the whole week either in the bathtub soaking in hot water, or at work. By the time I could get to a doc to get muscle relaxers, my back was pretty much f'ed. I went to a chiropractor and he straightened out my back. (we have a one of a kind chiropractor, he aligns it once, and says if you have problems make another appointment, not the 3 times a week for the next year kind of chiropractor)...I digress...anyways he gave me an exercise to do that has done wonders for my lower back. I lay down on my back with my butt against the wall and my feet up on the wall, and then lift my back up off the ground. What that did for me is help me to strengthen my core muscles again, and the back problems have gone away a lot since I did this. I really recommend strengthening your core muscles. It has helped me a lot. I would also try to find a good chiropractor. If you strengthen your core muscles while your back is out of alignment, you are only firming up your muscles around your injury, so that your back is strong, but out of alignment. If you align then strengthen, you will notice a huge difference. I have since tried to spend less time in the lazy boy, and more time in a regular chair sitting up straight. seems to work for me. Sorry for the novel..