I am 28 years old and I am very active in
many different forms of excercise.
Mainly I use kettlebells (dragondoor.Com)
and do yoga (both yin and vinyasa). I
consider myself to be rather flexible,
especially in the hips.
I have had back pain growing up from when
I was a teenager. It has progressively
gotten worse. What happens is that
something triggers a soreness in my lower
back which may or may not progress into an
intense pain whereby I get sharp pains in
my butt and down my leg. Even yoga can
trigger this. It is painful to walk,
stand up or even get in and out of bed.
This usually subsides in a few days and I
can begin training again.
There is definitely a part of lower back
which has pronounced flexibility problems.
It is almost as if it were stuck. Yoga
and kettlebells have helped with the
amount of times it becomes painful but it
still hasn't stopped it altogether.
My doctor gave me somas and prescription
strength ibuprofen but they do absolutely
nothing. I still can't sleep at night
when it is like that because I tend to
toss around before I fall asleep. It is
like a ritual before I fall into deep
sleep. :)
anyway, I wanted to ask all of your advice
about what I should do. What kind of
medications are out there that will help
with the pain? Should I keep going to my
regular doctor and tell him the meds are
not working or should I see a specialist?
My father has had 2 back surgeries and it
is my goal to never go under the knife but
rather keep my back as healthy as
possible.
