Back Pain Support Group
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. In fact, about 3 in 4 adults will experience back pain during their lifetime! The term back pain includes pain affecting the neck, midback and low back. Acute back pain may begin suddenly with intense pain but typically lasts fewer than three months. Usually, chronic back pain is persistent, steady, and...
Hi, I have a slight l4-l5 herniation. I want to post here to hopefully help others in a similar situation. My back went out on me for 2+ years starting at age 28? And then at age 32, I fell down the stairs. Doc said I had a herniation, it continued to grow over 2 yrs but was still relatively small. Slight bulging, according to the docs. When the PT didn't ever stick, he was baffled.
I started trying to conceive (even with the pain, after epideral shots for 3 months), and then I had a miscarriage. It turned out to be an ectopic pregnancy that was caused by endometriosis. My tube was completely tied down to my bowels and my pelvic side wall by scar tissue caused by endometriosis.
Within a week after my surgery for a burst tube, my back pain was gone. I still have herniated discs, but they were not the main problem.
So if you are a woman in reproductive age, and have back pain which doesn't go away - look into endometriosis. It causes back pain along with many other symptoms such as period pain (despite what our moms told us, period pain is not normal in excess!!!), constipation/diarrhea around the time of our period, bad days around the time of ovulation, right before our period, or during our period. Pain with sex in certain positions, complete exhaustion, the list goes on and on. I heard this list before and didn't think it was me.
I recommend tracking your pain with your cycle in a journal to figure out if this could be you.
Hope this helps...
I started trying to conceive (even with the pain, after epideral shots for 3 months), and then I had a miscarriage. It turned out to be an ectopic pregnancy that was caused by endometriosis. My tube was completely tied down to my bowels and my pelvic side wall by scar tissue caused by endometriosis.
Within a week after my surgery for a burst tube, my back pain was gone. I still have herniated discs, but they were not the main problem.
So if you are a woman in reproductive age, and have back pain which doesn't go away - look into endometriosis. It causes back pain along with many other symptoms such as period pain (despite what our moms told us, period pain is not normal in excess!!!), constipation/diarrhea around the time of our period, bad days around the time of ovulation, right before our period, or during our period. Pain with sex in certain positions, complete exhaustion, the list goes on and on. I heard this list before and didn't think it was me.
I recommend tracking your pain with your cycle in a journal to figure out if this could be you.
Hope this helps...
Ironically, hysterectomy (which is sometimes done for endometriosis although it's not a cure) leads to chronic back pain. Hip and rib cage pain as well as numbness in legs and feet is also common. These problems are the result of the loss of pelvic integrity that causes changes to the skeleton and anatomy.
I'm 6 years post-op and never had back or rib cage pain my first 50 years of life but it's pretty much a daily occurrence now. And I suspect it will only get worse.
Here are a couple of discussions about back pain after hysterectomy:
http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Chronic_Pain/forum/13142246-back-hip-pain-linked
http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Back_Pain/forum/13142196-back-hip-pain-linked
The uterine ligaments that hold the uterus in place are the structural supports for the pelvis. You sever them and gravity will cause the spine to compress, the rib cage to fall, and the belly to pooch out hence the back, hip, and rib cage pain.
Our sex organs (uterus and ovaries) have essential lifelong functions just as a man's do. Their job isn't over when childbearing is complete. Read my profile if you want to know how hysterectomy affected me. Click on the link on my profile to watch the video of the functions of the female organs.
I can't imagine the chronic pain of endo but hope that most women can find treatments that give them enough relief without having to resort to hysterectomy which may not help and will likely cause more or different problems.