My Lower back pain and being a mum...

[Chronic_lower-back]

Hi everybody,

I thought i would introduce myself, I am a 26 year old, mum of a three year old, fiancee to the most amazing man i have ever met, and i live in constant agony. For the last 10 weeks (and i know that's not a long time in some cases) i have had b6 Treen plagued with lower back pain, spasms and shooting pains that run down my legs and up my back, i get shooting pains down my arms into my hands and into my fingers.

I am currently on - 6 50mg Tramadol a day, 900mg Gabapentin a day, 90mg co-codamol a day and 6 Methacarbamol tablets a day. For some people i know this doesnt seem a lot, but i was a very healthy 26 year old before this all started playing up. I struggle everyday with my beautiful 3 year old, i struggle when we wants to play, i struggle to feed him, i struggle to pick him up (if indeed i can), i am so lucky to have a fiancee who can help me. My pain techniques at the moment are try and move when i can, and when i can't, i don't.

I wanted to write this, mainly so if there are other mums who have Chronic or acute back pain, i wanted to say that, it will be okay one day, and that i know that it is hard, and sometimes that little darling that you have raised from nothing, is hard to deal with and throwing trantrums and kicking and screaming, take a break and just stop.

And try to remember that they won't always be this small, or this needy and once day they won't throw tantrums and want cuddles at god-awful hours. And your back wont always hurt. Well at least that is what i am telling myself.

[Natty45]

Hi I have a daughter she is 16 she loves to dance she has been getting some serious back pain till she cannot walk when u carried her doctors say is muscle spasm

[Chronic_lower-back in reply to Natty45]

I hope she can get back to dancing! It’s such an amazing feeling (I used to dance a lot). I hope that it passes soon for her and that he spasms stop, spasms are so painful and I truly feel for her. Lots of love x

[Hidden in reply to Chronic_lower-back]

You don't have a slipped disc or fibromyalgia?

[Chronic_lower-back in reply to Hidden]

I’m currently in talks with my doctor as he may think it’s fibromyalgia, just got to jump through the loops x

[krishna54]

I highly recommend that you seek Chiropractic care, as the issue you are dealing with is moderated largely by the nervous system, and that is HIGHLY responsive to good Chiropractic care. If you do not know where to get care, perhaps this might help (they will usually see patients of any age):

icpa4kids.org/Find-a-Chirop...

[Chronic_lower-back in reply to krishna54]

Hi Krishna54, I did go and see a few chiropractors but they wouldn’t touch me unfortunately. I might try again because I would love for it to be fixed. Thank you so much your suggestion

[Amk31]

Hi,

Have you had a mri of neck and lower back. Based on this, there seems to be nerve compression or could be just muscles in spasm. pain is shooting down your leg, it would suggest sciatica. I would recommend rolfing or osteopath as opposed to chriocpactor as you haven't had any mris. Rolfing or osteopath are more of a gentle than chriocpactor.

[morphalot]

What has your doctor said it is? It could be because of the way your lifting your toddler - sounds like a bulging disc. Have you thought about pain management, or neural stimulation?

[Chronic_lower-back in reply to morphalot]

Doctor has said that basically it’s to do with the curvature of my spine. Waiting on an mri to confirm and it could be to do with my toddler! May be that I don’t lift him any more