Back pain

Post by **Penfold** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:18 am

UPDATE

Well physio discharged me 6 weeks ago but ever since the pain and stiffness has been coming back and had to see GP last night to increase painkillers again, he has asked me to attend physio again to see what can be done

Very sore getting up in mornings and doing the exercises that physio told me to do is causing lots of pain so had to cut right back

FED UP

Post by **Coolcat** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:41 am

Post by **Alexis** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:25 am

Take care Penners. bighug

Post by **Waterbaby** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:08 pm

Penfold wrote:UPDATE

Well physio discharged me 6 weeks ago but ever since the pain and stiffness has been coming back and had to see GP last night to increase painkillers again, he has asked me to attend physio again to see what can be done

Very sore getting up in mornings and doing the exercises that physio told me to do is causing lots of pain so had to cut right back

FED UP

Penfold - I have not read the entire post so apologies if suggested already, has TENS been mentioned ? http://www.patient.co.uk/health/tens-machines" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

WB

Post by **Penfold** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:13 pm

Hi

Thanks for message, I use tens machine most days and helps a bit as well as heat bags.

Will try anything

ia4828 · Post by **ia4828** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 11:32 pm

Hey, a bit late but this sounds a little like it could be degenerative disc disease. I was labouring a few years back and as I lifted a piece of cardboard (of all things) I had a shooting pain go straight through me, as though lightning had struck my lower back and coursed down my right leg. My boss had to call an ambulance as I could not overcome the pain to get up. When I got to the hospital they gave me oramorph and sent me on my way. It took 6 months of continuous pain and gp visits to convince the doctors to look further. It turns out my mri showed steinosis on 5 verterbrae and all my discs had dried out. On top of that, 2 verterbrae moved into my spinal cord and to this day they are still "abutting the s1 nerve root". I know this is a really late posting to the forum but it could be beneficial to others, especially given occupational health in industrial and construction industries. I had to give up labouring and given that i've always worked in construction i worked my way up and am now a freelance site agent.

Post by **WillPool** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 4:21 am

ia4828 wrote:Hey, a bit late but this sounds a little like it could be degenerative disc disease. I was labouring a few years back and as I lifted a piece of cardboard (of all things) I had a shooting pain go straight through me, as though lightning had struck my lower back and coursed down my right leg. My boss had to call an ambulance as I could not overcome the pain to get up. When I got to the hospital they gave me oramorph and sent me on my way. It took 6 months of continuous pain and gp visits to convince the doctors to look further. It turns out my mri showed steinosis on 5 verterbrae and all my discs had dried out. On top of that, 2 verterbrae moved into my spinal cord and to this day they are still "abutting the s1 nerve root". I know this is a really late posting to the forum but it could be beneficial to others, especially given occupational health in industrial and construction industries. I had to give up labouring and given that i've always worked in construction i worked my way up and am now a freelance site agent.

Welcome to the forums

Sorry to hear about your injury, it just goes to show it is not always the heaviest things, that cause injury, it is all about the correct technique in lifting

Thanks for the info and glad to see you made your way to become a site agent

Will

Post by **Alexis** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:51 pm

ia4828 wrote:Hey, a bit late but this sounds a little like it could be degenerative disc disease. I was labouring a few years back and as I lifted a piece of cardboard (of all things) I had a shooting pain go straight through me, as though lightning had struck my lower back and coursed down my right leg. My boss had to call an ambulance as I could not overcome the pain to get up. When I got to the hospital they gave me oramorph and sent me on my way. It took 6 months of continuous pain and gp visits to convince the doctors to look further. It turns out my mri showed steinosis on 5 verterbrae and all my discs had dried out. On top of that, 2 verterbrae moved into my spinal cord and to this day they are still "abutting the s1 nerve root". I know this is a really late posting to the forum but it could be beneficial to others, especially given occupational health in industrial and construction industries. I had to give up labouring and given that i've always worked in construction i worked my way up and am now a freelance site agent.

Another warm welcome from me too ia.

Glad you are still working and good on you for diversifying to the position you hold today.

Good to have you join us.