Back Pain – Advice?

Jaspenelle
by Jaspenelle
Fri
26
Dec
2008
3:21pm
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I have horrendous pain in my back today. I am use to aches and such but this is something else, kind of reminding me of the intensity of the sciatic pain I had in my third trimester. It is in the middle of my back though, the part behind my diaphragm and in front of it too actually. It feels like I picked up something wrong (Damian?) and “sprained” my chest and back. Is that even possible? When I touch that area it feels tender and bruised but looks normal.

I don’t want to take pain killers (with breastfeeding the ones I could take are ineffective anyways.) Besides that it hurts enough I am pretty sure I would hurl if I tried to swallow something. I have been doing cat cows which helps… until I stop then the pain returns. If I lay on the floor and brace my legs on the wall with my knees bent at a right angle it feels better, again, until I stop. Also Damian thinks I am a jungle gym then too. I just want to cry, not a normal thing for me. If I get too upset, Damian gets distressed and cries too. Poor guy. He doesn’t understand why I can’t play.

So I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me? (Crawling into bed with a heating pad is not an option unfortunately. To start with, I don’t have a heating pad and secondly I need to watch my very adventuresome almost 7 month old, He-Who-Thinks-Power-Cords-Are-Better-Than-Sliced-Bread!)

6 Comments

  1. Willow Goldentree
    Posted Friday, December 26, 2008 at 4:20 pm | Permalink

    Oh no! I hope you feel well soon! A friend of mine who is a nutritionist and herbalist said that eating pineapple will help with the pain. It’s an anti-inflamatory. I get constant back and neck pains just from rolling over in bed sometimes, and this works every time I remember to eat it. You mentioned that you don’t think you could eat anything, but if you had pineapple juice that might help. It reduces the swelling and inflamation that’s going on and let me tell you, it’s an amazing fix. I hope that helps. :S Someone else suggested accupuncture, but considering what day it is, that’s not an immediate fix.

  2. Zucadragon
    Posted Friday, December 26, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    About a year ago, I went to a physical therapist because I has problems with my back and chest, painfull stabs that caused me to collapse basically.

    He “crunched” my bones in the places that were necessary and since then the pain has been so much less and I’ve only had a little bit of it ever few weeks or so.

    Its a really quick fix that in perspective will leave you sore for a few days. On top of that (atleast over here) its a really cheap fix as well.

    He said that even a hard push in the hurting area would help and a friend has done it to me and helped out. I would lay down on back or chest, he’d press his hands on the place that ached and just gave a hard jolty push there.. And that helped take away the pain immediatly.

    Erm, hope that helps any bit, if not, well theres always the internet with people who’ve probably had the exact same problem, look around, they might help better ^_^

  3. Dad
    Posted Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 9:31 am | Permalink

    How is it? Any better?
    Maria fixes mine very well.

  4. Jaspenelle
    Posted Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 9:36 am | Permalink

    I tried the pineapple (canned) the person in this threat named Willow recommended and oddly enough it seemed to help. Today, almost no pain except I ache all over and my throat hurts. I think I might be getting a cold…

  5. Jodith
    Posted Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 5:25 pm | Permalink

    If you’re running a fever, you might have a kidney infection. If not, it’s possible it’s a kidney stone. If it continues, you probably want to see a doctor just to make sure it’s not anything serious. Pain that severe doesn’t sound like a pulled muscle.

  6. Angela
    Posted Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 9:22 pm | Permalink

    Let me know if you find something that works. I’ve been having the same issue and I think on the 24th or so I thought I was going to die I was in so much pain! Its a bit better but still sore. Hope you found something to help you!