Hello! I am new to this forum and wanted
to get your opinions as to what might be
going on with me. I have been having low
back pain, more on right side,pain on both
sides of abdomen,-worse on right,
sciatica, pain down leg(thigh-inner
anterior) and down to calf and also
numbness and tingling. This has been
going on for about a month and I think I
strained my back at the gym doing lunges
or seated leg press. I am having a really
hard time sleeping-i can only lay on my
left side with a pillow between my legs
and then a pillow on the right side to
support it. If I lay flat on my back or
on my stomach, it is most painful. Also,
sitting is painful.
I work as a travel nurse and just started
a 13 week contract. I seem to be better
just walking and in an upright position.
If I could just sleep standing up!
i went to my neurologist and he ordered
lumbar spine x-rays (flex and ext) and
also mri of lumbar spine to evaluate
l5-s1. I have been on one medrol pack
which helped the pain a lot-although I
felt weird with the side effects. I am
taking flexaril and some vicodin-this is
not doing wonders for my stomach. He also
prescribed mobic-anti-inflammatory and I
have not started that yet, but will.
I just hope whatever this is, it can just
get better because it is taking a toll on
me and my family. I have to work-which
does actually take my mind off the pain,
but after 12 hours-i am in pretty bad
pain. I have been doing my shifts every
other day or two days so I can recover in
between. I am worried to lift
patients-although I have to do some and am
trying to be very careful holding in my
stomach.
I went to my ob and everything was fine
with my reproductive system-had a
ultrasound and it showed nothing. She
then said she thought it was my back and
that it could radiate to the sides of
abdomen.
Has anyone had anything like this? I
guess I will know more on monday for the
results of the scans. Any suggestions or
opinions would be appreciated.
Thank you
paige
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bluefastback
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 18
Posted: 10-21-06 16:52pm
I had similar problems and still
recovering but am felling much better. I
took the same medicine you did which did
not help. I went to p.T. For months
which helped some but pain was still
there. I also went to chiros which just
took my money. The best thing that I
found was a book that I bought. It was
recommended by others with back problems.
The book treat your own back by robin
mckenzie cost was $10. This helped me
more then anything. I bought it off
amazon.Com. I also bought yoga dvd's
which also helped.
