Agony!

[Maydup]

On Friday I lifted something that was way too heavy for me and I carried it across the garden. Stupid! It strained my back and I've been in agony since. Well, not too bad when I'm standing but I have a really painful lower back when I'm sitting, lying down or get up from sitting.

Is there anything I can do to help relieve it?

[Mamyalynne]

Experiment with heat or cold - different people respond to one better than the other.

Regular pain relief of your choice, Ibuprofen is anti inflammatory.

Try to keep mobile within your limits.

[Buenchico]

In the short term there's probably not much you can do except to take ibuprofen. For the longer term, see here
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/back-pain/treatment/

I hope that you'll be limbo dancing again soon ;-)

[Buenchico]

https://tinyurl.com/5cj4w484

;-)

[Maydup]

Painkillers don't seem to touch it, but I will take some now to help me sleep. I should have used an ice pack a couple of days ago of course, but I'll try that now too. I walked today and gently mowed the lawn which helped, until I came inside and wanted to relax on the sofa and now I'm stuck on here plucking up the courage to move!

[Maydup]

LOL as if I could limbo dance before I hurt my back!!

[Smowball]

As has been said, heat helps some whilst cold helps others. Try a hot water bottle, if that doesn’t work then do what I’ve done in the past and filled one with freezing water!

[DTCwordfan]

a large pack of frozen peas works well for the cold treatment.

Maydup - do you know if it is muscular or a pulled nerve (the pain is usually different).

[MargoTester]

Have you tried Tiger Balm I find that can sometimes help a bad back

[jennyjoan]

If you can get somebody to put it on for you - I found a Belladonna plaster helped to draw some pain out.