WHAT ARE YOUR LOWER BACK PAIN SYMPTOMS TRYING TO TELL YOU?
Important things you need to be able to tell your doctor about your Lower Back Pain SymptomsWhen did your pain start?What were you doing when it started? Have you had this pain before? Is your pain constant or does it come and go? Is your pain worse in the AM or PM? Is your pain on one side only or both sides? Does your pain feel superficial or deep? Does your pain wake you up at night? Does coughing or straining at the stool make it worse? Have you had any unexplained weight loss? Do you have a cough or hoarseness in your throat? Does your pain radiate into your groin, buttock or leg? What makes your pain worse? What makes your pain better? Have you already been treated for the pain? What was the treatment and was it affective?
What does your pain feel like? Is it Sharp, Dull, Throbbing, Aching, Burning, Shooting, Stabbing, Cramping, Boring, Tingling, Tearing or Numb? Aching pain means something different to a doctor than throbbing pain does. Burning pain would point to a muscle or cartilage tear, or to a nerve stretch injury. Pain that radiates from your back into the buttock or leg could be from a disc herniation pressing on a nerve, or it could be from lumbar spinal stenosis, muscle entrapment (piriformis syndrome), spinal tumors, spondylolisthesis, or trauma. Boring pain or pain that wakes you up at night could mean something more threatening such as a tumor. Your doctor’s ability to accurately diagnose what is causing your lower back pain symptoms will depend on the answers you give to these questions about your pain, as well as the results of your physical and diagnostic exams. Being prepared to accurately answer these questions about your lower back pain symptoms will play a large part in the success of the treatment you are given. You may try at first to ignore your lower back pain symptoms hoping they will go away on their own. I understand that and often with rest from the activity that caused your pain, and some home stretching exercises, ice therapy, heat therapy, pain-relieving gel, inversion therapy, trigger-point therapy, wearing a back brace, or lumbar support pillow, or Shoes for Back Pain, or sleeping on the Best Mattress for Back Pain, or using a Cervical Support Pillow, or a Back Pain Chair, or using a portableTENS unit, or trying Yoga for Back Pain, the pain may go away.If your lower back pain symptoms aren’t going away within three weeks, or if you are having increasing numbness or weakness in your buttocks, leg, pelvis, or foot you should immediately see a doctor. Also see your doctor if you have a fever, unexplained weight loss, are over age 65,have a family history of cancer, have any unusual changes in your urination or bowel habits, or if your pain is from an accident or fall. In these situations your doctor should check you for signs of infection, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, cancer, or other serious problems. To Your Best Health, Dr. Cliff
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