Re: suggestions for really bad lower back pain????

[Guest guest]

heat usually helps mine some, but I have a friend who swears by using cold. he

has this enormous ice pack that he puts on his lower back.

I have a chronic lower back prob and use a lumbar support in my car, office

chair, and at home. also, an anti-inflammatory might help some.

hope you get some relief soon.

Jane in Dallas

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> Ow. Ow. Ow. Pretty much sums it up if you imagine those words yelped:)

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> I am having REALLY bad lower back pain - I overdid it and now am paying the

price and it hurts all the way around my lower back from one hip bone to the

next. Heat, massage cushion, Icy Hot...all help slightly. I'd be grateful for

other suggestions!!!! I hate constantly resorting to pain pills but did give in

and take two yesterday.

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> thanks VERY much for any/all tips,

> Joanne

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[Guest guest]

I have degenerative disc disease and plenty of lower back pain to go with it. I

would try alternating heat and cold packs. For heat pack- dampen a towel and

place in garbage bag after folding to size needed. Microwave for 1 minute at

atime until you find out how powerful your microwave oven is and therefore how

long it will take to heat through. lay on heated towel until it is cold ( takes

a good long while ). Then use a cold pack. The cold will help with the

inflammation. The heat is for the surrounding muscles to relax with because when

they tighten up from compensating ( because you move differently when in pain )

and that makes the pain much worse.

 

Pain is your friend in this instance- it's telling you something is wrong.

Settle down and be gentle with it until it heals. I hate taking pain meds too.

If you have to work or are very active, go to Doc not for pain meds, but an

anti-inflammatory. I am assuming that youare not on one currently for the RA?

 

Anyways, as weird as it sounds- alternating seems to do the trick for me. Hope

it helps you Joanne.

 

in SC

Ow. Ow. Ow. Pretty much sums it up if you imagine those words yelped:)

I am having REALLY bad lower back pain - I overdid it and now am paying the

price and it hurts all the way around my lower back from one hip bone to the

next. Heat, massage cushion, Icy Hot...all help slightly. I'd be grateful for

other suggestions!!!! I hate constantly resorting to pain pills but did give in

and take two yesterday.