Crazy bad back pain

BigBellyBigBelly
edited April 2012 in Not Pregnancy Related - NPR
Does anyone know anything I could do to help my lower back pain?? I'm EBF and not sure what I can take. I've tried 800Mg Motrin that I had left over from the hospital and it didn't help at all! It feels like i'm being stabbed and I can't take it! Help me please!!!

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  • 0utlaw_Sphinx0utlaw_Sphinx
    I do hot baths, and warmed rice pillows for my back pain. However, I've been told cold compresses work better. It doesn't for me unfortunately.
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    @outlaw_sphinx I have tried the bath, shower, and heating pad and nothing is touching this pain! I haven't tried the cold compress yet. Guess i'm trying that now! Thanks for responding!
  • Bahamamama4828 Bahamamama4828
    Chiro adjustment in addition? Or massage or craniosacral.
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    No. I called every chiropractor in my area today and no one is open til Monday or Tuesday! So I was trying to find a way to manage the pain til than. @bahamamama4828
  • Bahamamama4828 Bahamamama4828
    Oh. I'm sorry! :( I hope you feel better.
  • 0utlaw_Sphinx0utlaw_Sphinx
    :( I'm sorry you're in pain. Did cold work?
  • captivatedcaptivated
    Well if you are in that much pain that nothing you have tried is helping, sounds like something is going on. Might want to go to the ER and get checked out if it's unbearable. I hope you feel better!
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    Not really @outlaw_sphnix its still pretty bad! And I hate going to the hospital! I'd rather wait and go to a chiropractor cause I know they can help me! This same thing happened after I had my daughter so don't wanna waste my time at the hospital. And plus they will prolly just give me some pain meds that I can't take anyway @captivated
  • captivatedcaptivated
    Totally understandable! I'm more of a "want's a pill to fix everything" kinda gal rather than natural methods. Haha. My arm is broken? Give me a pill to fix it! Why can't you take pain meds, out of curiosity? Are you allergic?
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    A few years ago I would be all over the pain meds! But I had a big problem with narcos and was addicted really bad. Been clean going on 3 years and still don't know if I could trust myself to take them the way there suppose to be taken! @captivated
  • YNVTishYNVTish
    edited April 2012
    Ice it for 24 hours (off and on) then the next day alternate hot and cold.

    You may need to take the swelling down first.

    I found that nursing in bed and co-sleeping can cause your back to do this.

    I nurse on my sides and fall asleep and when I wake up I put Haylee in her bed and it has caused my rotator cuff in my shoulder to rip and also back issues.

    Hang in there..

    Oh ps.. don't double up on your 800 mg Motrin. Your body rejects any motrin above 800 mg and you just pee it out but your baby will get sick and will spit up.
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    I haven't alternated hot and cold yet. I'm gonna try that today! @ynvtish but I do nurse Damin in bed in the mornings and i'm lying on my side like you said! Maybe I gotta stop doing that?! Is it ok to take Tylenol do you know?
  • captivatedcaptivated
    @BigBelly, oh lol! I didn't mean a pain pill to fix everything! Haha! I meant it in that I'm so "medical" instead of natural lately :)

    That is awesome that you kicked that habit. I wouldn't have said the ER if I had known! I do hope you feel better soon and get some relief.
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    Lol it's all good! And thanks!! @captivated
  • Bahamamama4828 Bahamamama4828
    edited April 2012
    Tylenol is a OK :)
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    Ok thanks! @bahamamama4828
  • mam082711mam082711
    @bigbelly I have lower back problems (herniations L4-L5, L5-S1) and the ER isn't the way to go. They'll do an xray, give you a script and send you home to follow up with your doc. Unless you have a bone fracture, an xray won't tell you anything. Call your primary care doc Monday if you're still having issues cuz they'll be able to get you an xray AND the mri which looks at tissue and nerves. Backs are nothing to mess with. They eff your life up if it's screwed up.
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    Girl I already know! Lol I think the last time I went I had a slipped disk. And something else not sure what tho. I will definitely be going to get checked out tomorrow!!! @mam082711
  • mam082711mam082711
    @bigbelly at my last visit (like 2 weeks ago) my dr told me I'll need surgery. I'm putting it off as long as I can. I'm 28 for crying out loud lol I have the back of a 70 yr old. It suuuuucks. Good luck with your back :-)
  • mam082711mam082711
    Oh and try to keep taking the motrin/advil/ibprofen. It has to build up in your system before you'll get any results from it. 800mg. The only anti-inflammatory that worked for my was celebrex, but the worker's comp insurance won't pay for it. I've cost them a lottttt of $$ over the last 5 yrs.
  • mam082711mam082711
    *me, not my oops it's late ha :-)
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    went to the chiropractor today. she said my back was severely sprained and full of scar tissue! From my L2 L3 L4 L5 down to my sacrum! ProbAbly from my epi
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    But i can't get any xrays til im done bfing because apparently it turns your breast milk blue in that's not good for the baby! Hopefully i will be feeling better soon but who knows!
  • Kimberly4411Kimberly4411
    @bigbelly how did she know it was scar tissue? Just curious, i'm calling a chiropractor tomorrow, i think i have a pinched nerve :/
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    She did some heat thing on my back that showed sorta whats going on in there. And all my pain is exactly where all 3 of the epis i have had went in. She said a lot of ladies come in because of the scar tissue that is caused from getting an epidural! @kimberly4411
  • Kimberly4411Kimberly4411
    Oooo, thank you! @bigbelly
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