Painful back

[Joli]

Hi all,

not sure if I have posted this on the correct forum, but here goes. I am in agony at the mo and can't think what i have done - I am a qualified therapist and do regular massage for my clients, just lately i have started suffering with a really bad pain in my lower back. It hurts when I am sitting and when I get to stand up it takes my breath away and takes me a while to straighten up, once I have walked around for a while the pain becomes lighter. I go for regular massages myself so that my tension and aches and pains are alleviated, so I am flumaxed as to what I could have done - anyone any suggestions?

Thanks in anticipation!

 

[Hina Jamil]

Sarah, I have been suffering the same thing for ages. The pain started in the lower back and has moved up affecting my mid back and shoulders and also my whole pelvis. I know the pain you mean when you first stand up - it is a release of the compression.

To be honest, I have tried chiropractic, osteopathy, two cortisone injections, massage, etc. The one thing that is helping me is remedial, one to one pilates. I have only had three sessions, and have not done any real pilates yet, but my instructor tells me that all my superficial muscles are so tight, but the core muscles are useless, so I have to let go of the tight muscles first to flatten my spine. This is done by changing the way I breathe. It's quite intense and complicated and I would recommend you see a good one to one pilates instructor, but if you want some more information I can email you.

Lesley