Lower back pain

[Samaher87]

Hi everyone, I did my excession surgery for endometriosis last January. Is it normal to have lower back pains after surgery?

[BrightLights88]

yes and no. As in its not the norm but it is more so to not getting any exercise although when I done some research it does all relate to endo. I had mine in aug 2019 before surgery I had no issue with lower back pain till after surgery started getting horrendous lower back and left thigh pain. I had private physio done through work insurance and that helped immensely. I am now doing a few physio sessions at home for 3mins or so every day and that has improved now.No thigh pain or back just the odd pain here and there when I am about to start my monthly.

[BrightLights88 in reply to BrightLights88]

invest in a tens machine that helps, I notice 1 hr session of this helps.

[Samaher87 in reply to BrightLights88]

Hi Brightlights! I have left thigh pain too, did the doctor give you any medical explanation? Do you think a wrong nerve was hit in the surgery? Thank you for the tips, I think I will buy a tens machine, and do more exercise.

[BrightLights88 in reply to Samaher87]

Morning, i don't think anything was touched during surgery as i used to get left thigh pain when I had the flare up during the month. my endometriosis specialist did send me off for another MRI just to be sure it's not siactca nerve pain my physician said it's more muscle pain and specialist said its disc pain. but I think the physio is right as I started doing the physio exercise I was not suffering much. just to let you know at first the bridge exercise may give you back pain for 3 days start off for 4mins a day. I brought one from Ebay for me and a colleague, amazing rechargeable too. ebay.co.uk/itm/372381870252 - Rechargeable Tens Machine Digital Therapy Full Massager Pain Relief Acupuncture the brand is Hillington. £20 so it's great

[luthien]

Hi I've had the lower back pain amongst other things so hopefully this may help; I've had physio for my endo symptoms, so not endo directly but more the flareup symptoms - during my periods I get lower back pain and like a sharp downward stabbing pain in the top of my left shoulder towards my lungs. I thought it was something to do with bloating, the way I was sleeping, bad neck muscles, anything but the below!

Sometimes I get a sciatic like pain in my butt cheek and lower back pain which can also be associated with endo - I didn't know at the time.

I've posted in response to a lovely lady; it seems back pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, neck pain and pelvic bone pain are all linked to our tight lower back and hips, combined with a weak core (abs). I didn't know this until I saw a physio about it. I replied to a lovely lady with a similar problem:

healthunlocked.com/endometr...

In summary our core is weak from endo / surgeries / no focus to strengthen them, therefore our back compensates changing our posture and becoming tight (it can be over the years), this in turn causes all sorts of pains which can be made worse by; periods , endo generally, childbirth, sitting, a long surgery, scans where we need to stay still, you get the idea.

My pain was always lower back, hips, shoulder and coccyx. I'm having regular monthly "maintenance" physio to help with my lower back and coccyx, which is going well, I now only have a slight ache during the first day of my flare ups.

I do core strengthening classes to help my abs and my lower back.

It's not a quick solution; it'll take a bit of time with physio, core exercises and strengthening your back which may mean some at home exercises (google core strengthening). I started to notice improvement after two months. My physio works on the lower back, sacrum, hips and coccyx mobility, as often that whole area can be tight.

I'd definitely look into it yourself, mine costs about £40 per session, which is about an hour, now only once a month. The NHS dismissed mine because it isn't stopping me from sleeping / lying down - silly questionnaire they send you to analyse whether you need physio from them.

My GP just said try steroid injections which seemed a bit extreme, and doesn't actually find the source of the pain.

I know it may not be much help but we do all need to work on our core muscles!

Let me know if you can't access the link and I'll post up the info in there as it includes what type of physiotherapist I saw, what they said and what I'm having done.

Happy to answer any questions xx