Hi, my husbands lower back has been hurting really bad for the past couple of weeks. Today it has gotten so bad that he could barely move at all, and we tried everything to relieve the pain. He took pain medications but they didnt affect him at all, I even gave him a lower back massage [I looked up on how to safly do this cause I heard you cant push on the spine at all only feather like strokes] that actually helped for a few hours and he went to sleep...the next morning the pain was back. He cant do anything without it hurting. [ex. sitting down, walking ect. ect] I am starting to get very concerned. He said that when you put pressure on it...it feels better but I am afraid that will damage it even more. He is 21 years old so I don't think it could have to do anything with age. But he does smoke cigarettes. He said that its constant pain, and it a sharp like main. Its right above it butt and below his ribs. And the pain is on the sides in the muscles areas as well.

Can you help me?