Backache

[greggd]

I am 31 years old (male) and had done my back in big time.

Few years ago I had sciatica, eventually it got 90% better after physio, decided not to go ahead with surgery even although I was offered this through my private medical insurance.

I have always had a twinge in my back at the bottom. Some days it feels like you are lifting a heavy object when you are not ie it feels strained at the bottom.

Anyway, last Fri i was bending down to pick something up of the floor and at the same time i twisted to the right. Straight away i knew that something had happened as the pain when straightening up was horrendeous.

I am now experiencing alot of pain at the bottom of my back, its OK when I am in the sitting position at my desk at work however when I stand up its total agony, I can not straighten out for several minutes and the pain is awful. Also, if i go down stairs its agony and if I move position when in bed its sore as well. In fact its sore all of time but thats the main ones I can think of.

I am not sure if I am doing my back more harm than good by coming to work as I note that various specialists recommend not lying about but when I wake up in the morning my back feels not as bad as if it has been rested and feels better for it.

As I have an office job I am up and down all of the time and no sooner when i get in to work my back is it sore again and gives me problems all day.

Unfortunately, I can not remeraber exactly why I was going to have surgery before as its a few year ago. I think it was for a ruptured disc.

At the moment I am also experiencing a tingling sensation in my right leg and weakness in the ankle area.

Has anybody else experienced pain of this nature??

 

[ibake&pray]

Welcome to the boarRAB, and I'm sorry for the discomfort.

My suggestion when you are in bed would be to have a pillow under your knees so that your back is flat on the bed. I would also recommend you try heat to see if it doesn't help.

It sounRAB like you have some nerve impingement. You need to get into your doctor and get checked out to see what has gone awry and what neeRAB to be done to straighten this out. You may now have reached the point of no return. Hopefully, your doctor can take care of this with some rest, therapy and meRAB, but you do need to get into someone to see what is going on.

good luck.

 

[greggd]

Thanks for your reply.

The back ache feels more "mechanical" if that makes sense however I agree that there must be some sort of nerve involvement since the pain/tingling is down my legs as well.
It feels like it is bone on bone when I stand up from sitting down and the longer I sit down the stiffer my back becomes.

Before when I had sciatica the pain was completely different, it was more sharp shooting pains down my legs and the bottom of my bum, now it feels like a general nurabness/tingling all down the front of my legs and ankles.

Does this pain sound consistent with a herniated disc??