I've had this pain/strain in one side of my lower back off and on for the past couple years. I strained it this morning moving some furniture and it's very annoying. The pain is located about 2-3" to the left of the spinal column right about where the pointy top part of your hip bone is. It hurts when I twist my trunk or when I sit down, lean forward and then try to straighten up. What is this injury and what preventative exercises should I do?
It is most likely a bulged or (hopefully not) herniated disc. Do not lift anything you do not plan on eating or drinking. Ice, anti inflammatory pills. Get a inversion table so you can tilt back and allow the disc to reallign and the herniation will hopefully recede back into place. When it feels better lose your gut and replace with ab muscles.
See your doctor and have an X-Ray to determine if the pain is skeletal or muscular. You need to know what is causing the pain before trying to treat it. If it is muscular, there are back stretching exercises that you can be taught by physical therapy. If it is skeletal, then you may need medication plus you may need an MRI to detemine the extent of any damage. Don't mess with a chiropractor when you don't know the cause. Find out first. I've had the identical problem in the same lower back location since an injury in 1989 and the pain severity comes and goes at times.
i hurt my 3,4.5 vertabrea.i went to a chiropracter for two months ,it was a waste of money.i went to a pain specialist ,he told me to get a mri ,he gave me three nerve blocks,it helped alot ,but unfourantly i unloaded some pinebark,rehurt my back again.i then was told to have back surgery,i said noway.my moms doctor friend told me that there was a place in wilmington that done decompression.it was were they strecthed me out on a exspensive machine,it helped some but my leg now feels like its coming off my pelvis.this is my everyday life,i take four oxycodine three flexirile,for muscle spamsams and i take four nurotine a day for the siatic nerve.i dont have insurance and i have spent 12,000 thousand ,out of pocket[i had enough to pay for it thank god.]
