Re: Early morning back pain

See a Rheumatologist ASAP to be evaluated for disc problems or spinal
arthritis or even fibromyalgia. Only the Rheumy can tell you for sure after
a complete work up, ok?

Hugs from Rosie

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"V57" <vickster.bowles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi. I'm hoping someone out there can give me some advice on where to
> turn next.
>
> I've been suffering from back pain for 2 years now. Although some
> 'features' have changed, the one constant is that it comes on in the
> early morning while I'm in bed, but gets easier or disappears during
> the day. I had a really bad spell about a year ago, when I would
> regularly be woken up at 4am (or thereabouts) with chronic pain in my
> lower back that could only be eased by getting up. I used to resort to
> falling asleep in my chair - lying down was just too painful. Sometimes
> I could barely move to get out of bed for the pain. Needless to say I
> became exhausted, and this didn't help me cope with the pain. I also
> often had a sharp pain from my back to my leg that was painful when I
> walked on it. The thing I found strange was that once i was up and
> about after about 30 minutes / an hour of moving around, the pain would
> ease dramatically, even the sharp pain down my legs. It was almost as
> if my back ceased up over night. I sleep on my side and have tried
> different beds & pillow arrangements.
>
> I started seeing a physio who said that my problems stem from bad
> posture and inflexibility. He gave me some exercises which really
> helped. I started swimming every week, and now things are much, much
> better. I no longer have the sharp pain down my leg. However, I just
> can't seem to shift the early morning pain - it doesn't wake me up at
> 4am that often any more, but my back is always very sore in the
> morning, and it doesn't let me have any lie-ins past about 7am. At
> weekends, I usually wake up early, and doze, being very aware of the
> pain, but too tired to do anything about it, until it becomes
> unbearable.
>
> Once I'm up and about, I rarely have pain during the day, unless it's
> been a particularly active day, and my back is just tired - this is
> just "ordinary" back ache, though, and different to the pain i get in
> the mornings. I know there are lots of things I could try but I'm at a
> loss as to where to start. The physio i saw seemed surprised that i had
> this pain coming on in the mornings - he couldnt' explain why it would
> happen like that. Has anyone experienced the same problems? Does anyone
> have any practical advice?
>
> Many thanks for reading this.
>
> V
>


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