Lower back pain

[modelr]

Strange, none of you mentioned even checking with a chiropractor. In about 80% of the cases mentioned here, especially those with wrenched backs or sciatic nerve problems,(pinched nerve, caused by wrenched back, by the way,) a couple visits to a chiropractor will take care of the problem. I never take meds, other than an occasional Advil, period. When my back causes problems, 2-3 adjustments and I'm as good as new.

[Sascha66]

In Germany we use this as a simple remedy:

http://www.massunda.com/en/0/437E05A...branntwein.htm

Works like a miracle if it is anything to do with muscle spasms, bruises and such. With lumbago as well!

I get lower back pains and stiffness from sitting too much and from draughts - this Franzbranntwein stuff always helps me.

Especially if I get my wife to massage it into my back.

[Naismith]

In Germany we use this as a simple remedy:

http://www.massunda.com/en/0/437E05A...branntwein.htm

Works like a miracle if it is anything to do with muscle spasms, bruises and such. With lumbago as well!
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Or Jagermeister works well too.

Oooh Chiropractors? http://whatstheharm.net/chiropractic.html

[Firekitten]

I completely agree... too many physicians without specialist training provide pain relief /muscle relaxants without thought of alternate treatment.

Chiropractors and physiotherapists offer the best chance of recovery.

I fractured my spine two years ago skiing (badly apparently) the doctors put me back together and used a heavy pain relief cocktail to keep me functional if not lucid. Big mistake... Physiotherapy was left out, and it took a while for me to convince them I needed it, and to recover sufficiently for it to be useful.

Anyway, now, I'm back on my feet, training and seeing a brilliant physio who's guts I hate. Core strength is the secret to getting rid of back pain. Build up the core muscle and provide the spine with support. So to you boys, Yoga and Pilates may seem 'wussy' or 'for girls' but a lot of the exercises are absolutely perfect for these types of injuries.

(Also it helps if you don't fall down stairs setting back your progress like I did on sunday!)

[mrogers]

After a few years of shearing sheep, my back started to lock up, the whole spine, It put enormous pressure on my lower back damaging the delicate tendons between the spine bones in that area, just behind the hips. it was excruitating, to say the least. I went to my doctor and he referred me to a chiropractor. I went to him and over the course of a month of weekly treatment my whole back was copmpletely unlocked and I dont have the pain anymore. I still go to him every 2-3 weeks for maintenace. And I'm still shearing sheep.
Why dont you think about seeing a chiropractor?

[Firekitten]

perhaps they prefer goats.

[modelr]

Oooh Chiropractors? http://whatstheharm.net/chiropractic.html

I could come up with many more quack doctors, if I wanted to. (Two of them in my own town,) along with many more injuries and deaths caused directly by medical "doctors." There are, and always have been charletons in every profession. Don't trust everything you read. Check out the person you want to see, both medical AND alternative.

[mrogers]

perhaps they prefer goats.

goats are worse...

anyway I agree with you that chiropractors and physiotherapists offer the best chance of recovery.

[Ickie]

I have been living with back pain for many years and a few months ago i bought an inversion table, wow it really works, even my neighbors use it and we all have good things to say about them. It does nothing for my worn out hip lol

here is the one I bought a heavy duty modle:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-2012-Mod...item43afad07b0

[Firekitten]

goats are worse...

anyway I agree with you that chiropractors and physiotherapists offer the best chance of recovery.

Much Much worse....


This is quite a 'sore' subject for me at the moment, if you excuse the pun... :D Just so annoyed that I fell on Sunday undoing a lot of the good progress! I'm just glad I had body armour on, the back plate took a lot of the force of the impact on the stairs. Coulda been worse eh?

[Daveroo]

if you look at my xrays closely,you will see a few of those titanium ( yes thats right) screws are broken,and the reason they are broken is due directly to a over zelous pyshical theripist who said to me,,,i know more about your spine than you or your doctor do,and he refused to look at my xrays,,those screws were an experimental surgery,hadnt been done to that time,i was stupid and went along with what the PT said,and now im 99.99% disabled for life and when i asked my friend at the distric attorneys office what i could do?...he said sorry,he (the PT) is protected...

[modelr]

if you look at my xrays closely,you will see a few of those titanium ( yes thats right) screws are broken,and the reason they are broken is due directly to a over zelous pyshical theripist who said to me,,,i know more about your spine than you or your doctor do,and he refused to look at my xrays,,those screws were an experimental surgery,hadnt been done to that time,i was stupid and went along with what the PT said,and now im 99.99% disabled for life and when i asked my friend at the distric attorneys office what i could do?...he said sorry,he (the PT) is protected...

Wow, really to bad, Daveroo.
I would have immediately said, "Thanks, but no thanks!" I don't let any PT?Chiro touch me until we both have seen the xrays, and he can show me the out of position disk/vertebra. And then he explains clearly what we are going to do.

[rpjkw]

Three years ago I had a Laminectomy for sciatica that worked quite well. For THAT problem. Main problem now is the lower back where this discs L1 and L2 have completely dissolved and arthritis has taken over. Not much I can do except for meds. I take Tramadol daily and, once a week for a "vacation" 50 mg of Percocette to enjoy the day. I take the industrial strength stuff once or twice a week to avoid addiction. Not the best solution, but it allows me to function.

Good luck on your back, Moe. It ain't fun.

Bob

[mrogers]

Wow, really to bad, Daveroo.
I would have immediately said, "Thanks, but no thanks!" I don't let any PT?Chiro touch me until we both have seen the xrays, and he can show me the out of position disk/vertebra. And then he explains clearly what we are going to do.

Thats what the chiro did before he treated me. Xrays first, then explained what he would do. We discussed everything first.

Daveroo, what a shocker. Darn it.

[Dev One]

Funny, no one has mentioned acupuncture yet - my son undergoes a session every other week. I can't have it because I take warfarin.
Good luck
Keith