I am 18 years old, and since my last
growth spurt in high school (when Iwas 16)
I have recurring lower back pain after
sports, ( Basketball, Football, Track).
For example, I will be perfectly fine in
normal daily routines, no pain sitting or
walking.. and then I will go to play
basketball. I will stretch, but after I'm
done I develop a terrible pain on the
right side of my lower back, if I stretch
it, it seems to only hurt more. Once the
pain has started it hurts when I sit walk,
stand up.. and basically do any motion
requiring my back to move. The pain is a
shooting pain when I move or stretch. I
had gone to a doctor when I was 17 during
track season because it got so bad I could
barely walk, I have missed multiple
practices and such due to the pain as
well, all the doctor could say is stretch
more, and I've also tried strengthening
exercises. In my senior track season the
pain was bearable, but I have no
explanation as to why, this is also true
when I played club basketball and
intramural basketball, the pain was still
there but much less. I hadn't exercised
much over the summer, but the first time I
played basketball and football the pain
returned with a vengeance, and now I'm
sitting, typing in pain, also knowing that
when I stand up it will hurt to straighten
my back and walk.
Please help, I don't think its a skeletal
disorder because it isn't chronic, its
only triggered by rigorous activity,
mainly running and jumping. If it matters
I'm 6,4 160 lbs, and have few back
problems in my family, but nothing like
this.
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young Girl
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Posted: 08-29-07 22:17pm
it doesnt sound like any skeletal
dissorder to me
however if i were you i would go see a
chiropractor asap to figure out what the
heck is wrong
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Backpain88
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Posted: 08-29-07 22:26pm
The doctor acted like It was nothing
serious, and the trainer at school tried
stretching, flexall, ice/heat, electric
pulse stuff, none if it really helped more
than a few minutes.
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young Girl
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Posted: 08-29-07 22:28pm
for now get some icy hot
im telling you it works wonders
its only a short term fix but you need to
see a chiropractor who will take it
seriously and reallt be able to help you
out
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Backpain88
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Posted: 08-30-07 00:23am
yes, tried that to it just hides the pain
I dont think it penetrates deep enough to
make it bearable.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 08-30-07 10:03am
To me it sounds like you may have a pars
defect. this is a little fracture that
some people are born with and some people
develop. It occurs on one side or both
sides of a vertebrae. Those at greatest
risk for developing this are athletes who
engage in high impact sports. typically
an x-ray and detect this, but sometimes an
MRI is needed to view it. The Xrays
should include sstanding views of your
lumbar spine in AP, Lateral, and Oblique
vies, as well as a supine SPOT view. ask
your physician if they can do some imaging
studies to rule this out. In the
meantime, ice, ibuprophen, tylenol and
stretching can help minimize your pain.
You also may have a sacral torsioin which
could be contributing to your pain. htis
could be adjusted by an osteopathic
physician (or a chiro, but i personally
stay away from most chiro's). I hope this
has been helpful to you.
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lonestarguy
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Posted: 08-30-07 10:26am
sillyakchick
wrote:
To me it sounds like you may
have a pars defect. this is a little
fracture that some people are born with
and some people develop. It occurs on one
side or both sides of a vertebrae. Those
at greatest risk for developing this are
athletes who engage in high impact sports.
typically an x-ray and detect this, but
sometimes an MRI is needed to view it.
The Xrays should include sstanding views
of your lumbar spine in AP, Lateral, and
Oblique vies, as well as a supine SPOT
view. ask your physician if they can do
some imaging studies to rule this out. In
the meantime, ice, ibuprophen, tylenol and
stretching can help minimize your pain.
You also may have a sacral torsioin which
could be contributing to your pain. htis
could be adjusted by an osteopathic
physician (or a chiro, but i personally
stay away from most chiro's). I hope this
has been helpful to
you.
H....back at it, eh? Great.
As far as what she says, getting x-rays
and an MRI are most important. As a guy
who has been through many back diagnoses
and many procedures, getting these films
are the key to finding out the source of
your pain.
So, get started and see your doc and ask
for them. He/She may refer you to a
ostepath or back pain specialist, who can
usually tell where your pain is located
and the reason for it.
Good luck.
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Backpain88
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Posted: 08-30-07 12:23pm
Wouldn't it hurt all the time of it was
something as severe as you say? I can go
months with no pain if I don't exercise
often.
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Backpain88
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Posted: 08-30-07 12:34pm
it has only ever occurred in one spot in
my lower right back, and only started
after my last growth spurt, it cant be
classified as chronic though. If i was
born with it then why would it trigger
now. Also, sleep does not seem to ease the
pain at all, I wish i could describe it
better.. when i'm just sitting its sort of
a dull pain, but I can feel its there,
when i stand from sitting its a sharp pain
that lasts a good 30 seconds before i can
fully straighten my back, and then
walking, well it hurts every step. It
makes it so I basically have to drag that
side of my body in a way, it also feels
like everything is being pulled to the
area that hurts. Stretching of course is
the worst pain, if I do a twist stretch
getting back the beginning position
sometimes takes more than one attempt.
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young Girl
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Posted: 08-30-07 12:42pm
Backpain88
wrote:
it has only ever occurred in
one spot in my lower right back, and only
started after my last growth spurt, it
cant be classified as chronic though. If i
was born with it then why would it trigger
now. Also, sleep does not seem to ease the
pain at all, I wish i could describe it
better.. when i'm just sitting its sort of
a dull pain, but I can feel its there,
when i stand from sitting its a sharp pain
that lasts a good 30 seconds before i can
fully straighten my back, and then
walking, well it hurts every step. It
makes it so I basically have to drag that
side of my body in a way, it also feels
like everything is being pulled to the
area that hurts. Stretching of course is
the worst pain, if I do a twist stretch
getting back the beginning position
sometimes takes more than one
attempt.
so basically its like s strain in your
back?
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 08-30-07 13:00pm
Backpain88
wrote:
it has only ever occurred in
one spot in my lower right back, and only
started after my last growth spurt, it
cant be classified as chronic though. If i
was born with it then why would it trigger
now. Also, sleep does not seem to ease the
pain at all, I wish i could describe it
better.. when i'm just sitting its sort of
a dull pain, but I can feel its there,
when i stand from sitting its a sharp pain
that lasts a good 30 seconds before i can
fully straighten my back, and then
walking, well it hurts every step. It
makes it so I basically have to drag that
side of my body in a way, it also feels
like everything is being pulled to the
area that hurts. Stretching of course is
the worst pain, if I do a twist stretch
getting back the beginning position
sometimes takes more than one
attempt.
It is common to only hurt when you are
active if it is indeed a pars fracture or
defect. Why it only started hurting now,
who is to say. Could be due to the growth
spurt. If it is not congenital, then it
could have happened more recently. Don't
twist. that's a bad maneuver for a bad
back. I would get in to see your doc and
ask him some of these uestions. If he
doesn't want to treat it, ask if you can
be referred to an ortho doc who does
sports medicine perhaps.
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average_joe
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Sounds like dural ectasia Posted: 05-06-08 06:47am
You're 6'4" 160lb, you might want to read
up on Marfan's Syndrome, Dural Ectasia is
a symptom. Involves swelling or widening
of the Dural Sac that surrounds the Spinal
Chord.
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alanisnotmyname
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Posted: 05-26-08 18:25pm
Could it be that you bend over too much
after your exercise, while resting? It
could be you have a slipped disk, and
bending over puts pressure on your spinal
nerves. That would suggest that adjusting
your posture would help. Check out this
book: 7 steps to a pain-free life, which
advocates the McKenzie method.
- Alan
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emailus
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could be nerve damage from a disc Posted: 05-27-08 10:47am
two friends of mine suffered shooting
pains from nerve damage
from a disc. one needed a special
exercise machine to hang upside down,
while the other required surgery to
correct the disc that caused
the nerve related pains. that friend was
told by a chiropractor to see a
neurologist
who finally diagnosed the problem.
So a good chiropractor may be able to tell
you whether it
is a back problem or disc problem or what
kind of specialist to see.
get more than one opinion as sometimes it
takes some trial and error to figure out
the real source of the problem.
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