I'm 22 years old, and pregnant, although I
doubt that has anything to do with my back
since I'm only 12 weeks along. Anyway, I
have kaiphosis in my upper back that I
hope to eventually get surgery on, on
x-ray it's pretty severe, over 70 degrees,
but honestly not that visible and many
people do not even notice.
Yesterday my mid to lower back started
hurting pretty badly. Anytime I move my
head down to a certain degree, or
sideways, or my arms around, I just feel
pain shooting through my mid to lower
back. Even sitting still it is usually
painful. When it first started hurting I
didn't think much of it since I would have
occasional pains like that that would last
about 20 minutes, then go away.
Whenever I get up it is very unpleasant,
even laying down when I change positions.
It feels like it's shooting through my
spine, almost out into my ribs even. I
took a Tylenol PM last night, but I don't
think it did very much at all. I've tried
using heating pillows on it, and massaging
heating pillows, I've stretched on the
floor (and I must admit the least painful
position for me was laying straight on the
hard floor), but none of this has really
helped any.
I figured it would be better today, but I
can't tell if it's improved at all. Any
suggestions on what it could be, or advice
on how to make it better would be greatly
appreciated. I'm not trying to be a huge
wimp, but moving around the house is even
hard for me, and that's very annoying.
Thanks for taking the time to read my
post!