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Posted 9/18/2013 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
I am in a flare with low back, hip and thigh pain, the pain moves, goes away and comes back. It can be aching, sharp and stabbing or just a constant pain.It is really bad when I walk for awhile and if I stand still, The pain can be so intense with the sharp shooting pain that I am afraid I am going to hit the floor.

 

I have FM since 1982, at least that was when I dxed and have had many flares in my low back but it always went into the right hip and a burning pain down my leg and foot numbness. This goes down both legs but seems to stop at the knee not burning just intense pain and sharp shooting pains.

 

Tell me what you experience with your back pain.

 

Linda

Posted 9/18/2013 7:33 PM (GMT 0)
Have you ever been evaluated by a neurologist? I have lots of back and hip pain, but there are problems other than fibro that cause it. I have had two back surgeries and deal with herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and sacroiliitis.

Fibro can cause back pain, but I'm wondering if there is something else, something treatable going on.
Posted 9/18/2013 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
I had Mri's done and nothing showed but muscle spasms but that was several years ago. I am sure I have arthritis there also have it in cervical and thorastic spine.Why not!!!

Thanks, Linda
Posted 9/18/2013 7:42 PM (GMT 0)
The shooting pain down your leg is a serious sign of nerve compression in your spine. You need to see a back specialist asap.

I suffered the same thing you described and it turned out I had a compressed disk.
Posted 9/19/2013 1:59 AM (GMT 0)
My L5-S1 is shot, L2,3,4 aren't all that great. MRI confirmed.

Just recently saw an article about low back pain, said docs need to look lower, in the sciatic region as the cause for pain like you describe.
Posted 9/19/2013 3:28 AM (GMT 0)
Hi, I had lower back pain for around a year (sciatic like with pain shooting down my legs). I wasn't trying to cure it, but I did. What ended up working for me was walking daily. I started with 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, and the pain started going away with an hour walk/day. If I become lazy and stop exercising- around two weeks in the pain starts back in.

I am not sure if this is much help-but I thought I would share.
Posted 9/19/2013 3:32 AM (GMT 0)
I had to go through four months of pt to get where it didn't hurt every single step I took.
Posted 9/19/2013 6:19 AM (GMT 0)
I have chronic low back pain but it is due to a horse riding accident in 1995. I see a chiropractor, do lots of stretching anf soak in epsom salt baths when its bad. It also helps me to sleep with a pillow under my legs or between my knees. Takes the pressure off a lot. I also use lidocaine and icy hot when necessary
Posted 9/19/2013 12:53 PM (GMT 0)
It looks I am not alone in this and every post helps. I agree that you should be walking as much as possible sitting you are putting more pressure on the lower back but when those sharp pains hit it is hard to walk.

This is day 3 of icing and seems to be improving in fact even went to Wal-Mart last evening to pick up a on line purchase, my husband was going to go in but I decided I would go along, took a cart and actually walked all around the store. Had pain but not the sharp pains. tomorrow I will go to heat.

Thanks so much girls for caring and your time., Linda
Posted 9/19/2013 12:54 PM (GMT 0)
I have been having terrible low back pain... Landed me in ER this past Friday and they did a CT scan and ultrasound of my pelvis area because the pain is in lower back but is coming around into the left side and front. Does anyone else have pain that spreads into the side for their back? They did see a fibroid tumor and a cyst and also something that showed on the CT on my bladder that didn't show on the ultrasound. I am being scheduled to see a Urologist just to make sure on that.
I fell a year ago and hit my left back/hip very hard on some new steps my husband build on our deck. I didn't go to be checked out because I could walk ok and was sore and bruised ( I had a 7 inch by 2 and a half inch bruise it was so purple it was almost black) I am wondering if something is flaring from the fall. I was so sick in February was in bed 12 day and on the couch for at least a month :( it got bad then and is worse now:( I am also being scheduled to see a pain management specialist. It's been a roller coaster year for me as after I had that big bug I also had pleurisy and a few weeks later found out I was very anemic! The back pain has been wrecking havoc on my anxiety levels!
I hope you can get your checked out to see what's causing it maybe its repairable... :)
Posted 9/19/2013 1:02 PM (GMT 0)
I did want to share this. I have been buying bio-freeze from the chiro for years and it is going way up in price, I went on line to check if Wal-Mart sold it but found a similar product called Max Freeze, it is sold other places also but CVS it is 2 times the price. It has tree oil in it plus some other things bio=freeze does not. I really think it is much better than any rub I ever used. A tube or a a roll on is $7.49.

Linda
Posted 9/19/2013 1:10 PM (GMT 0)
Over the years here, I noticed how many of us have problems with our lower back...many of us with degenerative disc disease, arthritis, sciatica and prior back surgeries. I fit all those categories. Sciatica can cause permanent nerve damage if ignored too long...I fit that category too. Not everything can be blamed on fibro.

Wishing you good luck and great pain relief!

hugs, Robin
Posted 9/19/2013 2:26 PM (GMT 0)
I don't have fibromyalgia...I have post polio syndrome.  My left side of my body is weak and mobility is limited.  However, strengthening exercise is a true healer when it comes to pain and as such, even though my low back, hips and neck are very arthritic, I have no pain as long as I continue to keep those muscles strong.  When they weaken, pain increases.

Proper assessment is key though otherwise doing the wrong exercise or using improper exercise technique can ...and will make things worse.

Have you asked your Doctor for a referral to a back clinic or physiotherapist to get a proper assessment and exercises to do?  No side effects!!

Posted 9/19/2013 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
Linda, I didn't read all the responses to this thread so I might be repeating some things.  I had something similar a year ago.  I always had a lot of back pain but then the pain started getting worse and worse and the hips hurt and I was getting raw nerve pain running down my thighs into my calves.  I REALLY struggled to walk and needed two canes to walk while tears streamed down my cheeks because of the intense pain.  I knew that fibro was not a progressive illnesses so I needed to find out what was going on.

 

I went to a rheumatologist for the first time in my life and he did a thorough work up on me along with a bazillion x-rays and 2 MRI's and it turned out I have ankylosing spondylitis and sacroiliitis...along with fibro.  He put me back on ibuprofen, Tylenol, and gave me a muscle relaxer and that combination did the trick for me.  (He actually wanted me to take those new biologic medications but I turned that down.) I'm back walking again...no canes and no pain.  My hips and back will hurt some but that goes with the territory.  I never expect to be pain-free.

 

So, remember, not everything is caused by fibro.  Please do get checked out.  I waited and suffered needlessly.

 

Sherrine

Posted 9/20/2013 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
I saw my G/P this A M for a regular appointment, she felt my back and said she could feel tightness in the muscles also in my thighs. she said I really think this is the Fibro and when the muscle get too tight they are pressing on the nerves and causing the sharp shooting pains. Right now we are not going to do any testing since this is a come and go thing. Last time I had this for  days on end was in Jan. wish I could say this for the entire body. I swear my pain jumps around, one area improves another starts in.

My Dr. said she is seeing more arthritis in Fibro patients than normally would be seen, she is wondering if it is from the way we carry ourselves when our pain level is really bad.

Thanks for all the replies I appreciate them, Linda
Posted 9/20/2013 3:41 PM (GMT 0)
Yea ! Like right freaking now ! :( Backs been bugging the #$#$ out of me for a couple weeks now :(

I used to get spondylitis pretty often, and it was horrendous. This isn't that bad, and it does loosen up after I start working out, or hill climbing / running, but still just a pain in the back-side.

Palmy, I hope you get your back issues straightened out, and less pain soon ! :)

Peace,
Fish
Posted 9/20/2013 3:54 PM (GMT 0)
What are you doing Fish asking for miracles a fmer without pain. Our good days normal people would be at the DR. or E R with the pain. I really do believe you can learn to live with pain to some degree.

I had a neurologist tell me if you walk up a hill go backwards because it is less strain on your back, my opinion you can see where you went not where you are going!!!!!

Linda
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