Advice on EXTREME lower back pain??

Hi guys

about five years ago I was severely assaulted by a large group of people while at school. They had gotten me on the ground and were kicking at my back - mainly my lower back. I was in severe pain for about two weeks even after being prescribed multiple pain killers and anti inflammatorys by my GP.

The pain still continued to bother me two years later, so I went back to my GP and asked for some advice on treating the pain. He suggested physiotherapy, acupuncture and osteopathy - all of which I tried for a period of time but noticed no positive effects or improvements.

I then had xray's done of my lower spine, but according to the 'specialists' I was all clear. However, the pain is getting worse as the years go by. It now hurts to stand, sit, sleep..basically everything and anything I do causes me pain. The pain is more in my lower back (L4-L5) and sometimes I get sharp pains shooting down my right leg.

This injury has been and is still causing me a lot of grief as there are so many activities I have had to stop doing, and even my career path has been affected by it, and it is now starting to get me down :(

Any advice on what to do? Or even what the injury could be?

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Post Edited By Moderator (straydog) : 3/10/2014 8:16:39 PM (GMT-6)

Hi Indiana Gillard Welcome to Healing Well Chronic Pain Forum. I am in agreement with scorpio-girl it does sound like you are having problems with your lumbar area, and the gold standard to finding out what is wrong is an MRI. X-rays are good for bones but not really all that good for showing soft tissue. MRI is not done with x-rays and it is fantastic at showing soft tissue. If you have problems with your spinal cord or nerve roots, the MRI is the thing that will show it! If your pain persist, then ask your doctor to refer you to a neurologist, or order you an MRI or something. Remember the squeaky wheel gets the grease. So if you still having pain and nothing is helping then be persistent with your doctor to find out what is wrong, if nothing else go to another doctor for a second opinion.

Again I welcome you to the CP forum, and I wish you well on finding out what is causing your pain.

White Beard

You guys are so much more helpful that my GP. I'll give that a shot.

Thanks :)