I get pain there also. But with any new pain...

It's hard for me to be able to tell without feeling it for myself. From your description, I feel like that often, but I think that most of us try to relate in order to understand so I don't think it means much that I understand. I ask myself, when I have that question is does the pain feel familiar? Is it a more intense version of what you already go through or does it feel different and unfamiliar?

Go to the doc. Never hurts to have it checked out. Better than to find out that you should have gone sooner. :)

It's hard to say... I have had that pain as long as I have had fibro. I can't do anything that requires standing for more than a few minutes and usually cant even sit or lay in the same position for very long.

Well, I've never had back pain this bad, where I can't stand for even a few min. I can't even get the clothes from the washing machine to the dryer, its unbearable pain.

I think any time something comes along that is new or different, it is probably a good idea to check it out. (Don't ask if I follow my own advice.) What you describe sounds like something a friend of mine has been dealing with. She has FMS too, but the back issues are different. Please, at least call and talk to your dr, and see if they recommend you coming in. Sorry it is hurting you so much.

You could of strained a muscle, it's very easy to do Dix, ppl do not always realise that. However, any new problem should be checked out Darling, just to be sure yeh? Hugs, Owlxxx

You know I am really scared that this dibilatating disease is going to do just that to me. I want to live not be home bound because of this darn Fibro!!!

I do believe that was the very pain that got meMotivated to go to Physical therapy...i could no longer even stand up straight...the worst were the muscles Right under my shoulderblades...they would even shake and burn...about Midback...horizontal...I have been slowly doing strengthening exercises...and they have helped Immensly...

but I would Go to the Dr...I did as a matter of fact...and she sent me home with 6 different prescripts ...3 of which were anti depressents...YIKES !!
and a referral to PT...i opted for the PT....has helped...i hope you get help soon to get this pain to back OFF !

When in doubt check it out. I think we tend to file all of our pain in the fibro file folder. If this is a new pain that is bad, please call your doctor. Hugs

Once my vertebra in my spine collapsed-that was all she wrote 4 me!!!Also,it might be a ruptured or torn disc-the area ur describing is ur L-4/L-5 S-1...This is the one that 90% of all non-accidental spinal injuries occur at!!If it's constant and doesn't go away then I'd call my doc and get an MRI-I knew immediately when mine went-it was far worse than fibro pain so I knew something was bad wrong!!!!Let me know what happens!!!I'm here 4 u,Leslie C.

I would get it checked out especially if it is affecting your ability to function that much. If it is pinched nerves you don't want it to get worse. Hope it all works out. Love Cris

I've had back pain for years off and on but i always chaled it up as having done too much heavy lifting when i was real young. last summer when the pain got worse i went to a chiropractor...I would come away in even worse pain each time, finally stopped going. The exrays he showed me showed one hip was smaller than the other and my lower spine was turned to the right. My upper spine that goes into my neck and head were also turned to the right. And he said i had a sligh hump in my upper back. of course i know that you can't realy go by the chiros exrays. But I am really worried.

Dixie I have had this p[ain too sound exactly like how my back is most of the time but instead of standing ditting is a problem for me. Sometimes not all the time a trip to my Chriopractor helps me get some temp relief.

could be disks.. I have had 2 mri's now on my lower lumbar. have disk degenerative disease, at L4,L5 S1. and lumbar scolosis.. that along with the fibro. is just the pitts... i have to have constant heat on my lower back been thru many heating pads.. heat is the thing that helps with the pain. see your doc and get a mri. it will tell what is going on in there.. goodluck. let us know.. :)