Film, Media & TV1 min ago
Lower Back Pain
10 Answers
for more than a month i have had lower back, base of spine pain, sitting on a chair or lying down is also painful. whilst sitting it's like something pressing on the coccyx, very uncomfortable, the muscles in buttocks are painful, and legs ache like crazy, including my feet, especially the tops which give me shooting pains, so walking has now become difficult. Apart from possible sciatica, any other explanation. I have been given some pain meds but can't say they have helped at all.
Answers
Em - co-codamol (30/500) work for me when I take 2 at a time but do go a little light headed!!
06:15 Fri 17th May 2013
I have this too Em. I've been told it's sciatica and I certainly have arthritis in the lower back and hips. Have tried various painkillers, 4 months of physio and the only thing that slightly helps is exercise so I walk every day and I'm at the gym every day. A friend also has the same problem and has recently started a course of acupuncture which she says is helping a lot so I might give that a go. The pain is soooooo bad, especially first thing in the morning, that I'm really willing to try almost anything. I wish you well with your pains and hope that you feel better VERY soon. xx
strangely they haven't, that is what's odd, the pain is sometime debilitating, so get up in the night and take one, go back to bed, try and sleep some more, but the pain is still there. Bending, stretching, anything aggravates it.
not to mention the feet problem, walking along suddenly stop for the shooting pains, either underfoot, like burning sensation, then on top of feet, pulling sensation. I thought that might be changing of winter type shoes to sandals, flatter to the ground, but no idea.
not to mention the feet problem, walking along suddenly stop for the shooting pains, either underfoot, like burning sensation, then on top of feet, pulling sensation. I thought that might be changing of winter type shoes to sandals, flatter to the ground, but no idea.
I've found walking a bit funny, as you can you apto to do when in pain, can compound onto the problem. One thing which was a bit of a revelation was when I got my walking stick and could walk better and straighter. I tend to shuffle more without it and stoop a bit I guess as when I have my stick I feel a lot straighter and more relaxed generally posture wise.