this never happened to me before. i was loading groceries into the trunk of a car, and when i bent over, i felt this horrible squeezing feeling around my waist.

if i weren't on vicodin, i could hardly move. this happened yesterday, and i'm going to my doctor asap.

in the meantime, i'm not lifting anything heavy. anyone have advice? it's my lower back that hurts so much.

that sucks darlin. you should try putting a heating pad on it it will help soothe it. feel better!

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thanks! i'll have a hot bath & go to sleep. i should feel better in the morning .

back pain is like no other pain, and once you have fucked it its fucked for ageeees. yr dr will probably give you ibuprofen and co-codamol. But this was so not enough it was agony and i couldnt lie down, sit or actually do anything apart from moan and cry . Luckily my friend just came out of hospital and i got my mitts on her good shit. I had to see physio weekly and they gave me lower back/abdo exercises to strengthen the area again. Are you tall? im 5 10 ish and having a long back isnt good, your back has to work so hard to pick stuff up, so im going to try pilates when all the inflammation is gone to make me big and strong. On the plus side i got 6 weeks off work paid and i have been limp free for 2 weeks now yay. look after yr lower back its all weak and shitty, is this because of evolution? like we used to walk around on all fours (ish) and now we are upright there is more pressure/badly designed? i dunno..i like making reasons up for things rather than blame myself for poor lifting skills

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but can you bounce it on the floor?

i want an x-ray to see what, if anything i did to my back. isn't that what you do?

no, i'm not tall, i'm 5'4. i'm starting to get physical therapy at the pain clinic i go to.

next week i get injections into my lower back, and i'll feel wonderful after that.

what do you mean by it takes ages? please be more specific. & what's co-codamol? i'll look it up on drugs.com. i'm already getting vicodin from the pain clinic. my regular doctor cut me off painkillers.

and, yes, i lifted the wrong way & i know better.

thanks for the good wishes & reps!

well my back took 4 months to feel "normal" again but everyones different and it depends on the damage to yr muscles/ligaments or tendons surrounding yr back. Co-codamol is an analgesic of codeine and paracetamol mixed together so maybe yr dr wont prescribe them if he cut you off....but if yr in pain they must do someting eh? I doubt you'll get an xray as they are rubbish to look at soft tissue like muscle :/ I paid for a hot stone massage and it was so goooood and the masseuse could feel this flap of inflammed muscle and i could feel it flapping about whilst she was prodding, hard to explain but it helped me understand my anatomy a little bit more.

What injections are you getting?

The thing is i dont remember lifting anything or pulling it awkwardly and i felt like such a mong explaining to physio and dr's that i had no clue how i did it. Two weeks ago i had a reading and she told me sometimes emotional problems develop physically and if this made sense to me. I brushed it off thinking pfft dont be silly but i just looked on wikipedia about lower back pain (i know not the most reliable source) but it said

"The cause may also be psychological or emotional or due to other non-anatomical factors"

and now im trying to figure out what or if i have an emotional/psychological problem

Hope you feel better soon though! x

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but can you bounce it on the floor?

yes, i have had pyscosymatic (sp?) pain so badly i thought i was dying, went to the nearest hospital.

the injection has four drugs, i don't have the names handy, but one is ketamine, i know!!!! i love that shit, it's so wicked. i don't get high off the shot, though. i'll get back to you with what the other names are.

i'm praying there won't be an earthquake during the injection! i asked what happened when the last earthquake happened, and i was told there were no patients that day.

i get 90 500mg vicodin a month, although i want to switch to codiene/asprin #4. i know, it's bad for the stomach, but tylenol is bad for the liver. so i'm thinking about the co-codamal.

Co-Codamol still has paracetemol in it, but with codeine too, ergo it's bad for both your liver AND your stomach.

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what is worse for the liver: codeine or tylenol?

i really can't move w/o a strong painkiller atm. six days from now, i'll get my injection & stop the pills for a week, at least. i shouldn't need them.

i started taking neurontin, for nerve pain. i won't feel the full effect for a while, as i have to increase the dose every three days.

Tylenol - which has paracetemol in it.

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