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Lower back chronic pain advice please


alice

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Ok maybe I shouldn?t have helped my brother pull down a tree but it was the first sighting since lockdown. Now a week later I?ve still got excruciating pains in my back. 10 mins to stand up. Urgh! Any help please
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I had both knee pain and sciatica (in separate legs) after doing some work. The sciatica went after about 6 weeks and the knee still hurts a few months later.


I had to keep buying codeine/paracetamol for a week even though you're not supposed to (they say 3 days max). Tried heat and cold sprays too but they didn't do much. Very gentle stretching helped with the sciatica - increasing it as I could.

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I guess you need to ask, but I'm sure it will be possible given the right precautions.


I guess you need to weigh up the pros and cons.


Daniel is very helpful.


I'm sure he would give you advice over the phone, if he or you don't feel a physical visit is advisable, but obviously chiropractic itself involves hands on treatment (to the best of my knowledge).

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Thanks for that.I?ll give it a couple more days andufim not back to my usual bendiness I?ll give him a ring. I did go once to breuggermeyer himself on Denmark hill. he charged ?4 and that was a very long time ago.
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IT is not a long term solution but if you need to ease the pain a little lie on your back, with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Your feet need to be a little wider than your hip width and then let your knees fall together. (I hope I have explained that alright). It releases the lower back a bit and stops those electricity pains you can sometimes get when you lie down initially.

Good luck :)

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ASK your chemist about a belladonna plaster

make sure you are safe to use [ hence ask chemist ]

cost 5- 6 pounds

your back will be better in a couple of hours

I had problem

couldnt stand sit. get up or down. husband went to Krystals

came back with one of these, pharmacist said will work fast, I will be honest

didnt believe him, put on at 4pm moving about by 6pm brilliant

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Nigello Wrote:

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> Is there tingling in the foot, calf, thigh? If so,

> it?s likely to be a pinched nerve caused by a

> bulging disc or skeletal problem.


I think that's sciatica except the sciatic nerve goes from lower back to foot and can hurt all along its length - remember laughing when my Mum had it and couldn't move - not laughing when I did.

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  • 5 weeks later...
thanks for all the suggestions. ive tried Voltarol, freeze spray, exercises - all work to some extent. but im not completely flexible. Has anyone got any experience of virtual physiotherapy - can that work?
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Alice - ibuprofen reduces inflamation as well as pain so might be more effective than paracetamol. Though it's more of an irritant to the gut and not everyone should take it .


Cold compresses better than freeze spray . You could try alternating with hot .I think the science is that heat increases blood supply to affected area and cold reduces inflamation .


Good luck ,back pain is so all pervasive.

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alice Wrote:

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> thanks for all the suggestions. ive tried

> Voltarol, freeze spray, exercises - all work to

> some extent. but im not completely flexible. Has

> anyone got any experience of virtual physiotherapy

> - can that work?



Have you decided against consulting a chiropractor?


You could speak to Daniel on the phone and get a feel for whether he could help, if you don't want to go straight to an appointment?

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