Getting Help Liverpool
There are a number of things you can do to help control your back pain. Use the following articles to help you decide which option or options will be best for the back pain you are experiencing.
I hurt my back in October 2002 by lifting a car wheel out of a boot awkwardly. I had never previously had back trouble. This gave me (a couple of hours later) some pain in a small area of the lower right back, just above the buttocks, followed soon after by pain down the right buttock and thigh. I did not have, and have never had since, any problem with stiffness or lack of mobility.
The Expert Patients Programme(EPP) is an NHS self-management programme delivered for and by lay people, those who know the most about day-to-day problems of living with long-term conditions, the ‘expert patients’. The programme, easy and simple to follow, encourages group and individual participation and is facilitated by trained tutors with direct experience of a long-term illness.
I am a member of BackCare, aged 31 and have suffered with a bad back for nearly two and a half years. I haven’t been able to get to the source of all my symptoms yet, even though I have seen two spinal consultants, had two MRI’s and seen an osteopath. Please can you give me some guidance as to why I may feel some of the currently unexplained symptoms and if the surgery option that has been recommended may help to eliminate this symptom.
had always been very active but developed lower back pain when running in 2001. I had various tests which proved negative and so I modified my exercise regime but, by 2005, the pain had spread to my buttocks and hips. I could hear cracking if I squeezed my buttocks together. I have seen chiropractors, osteopaths and done core stability strengthening as suggested by them.
The Yellow Card scheme is a way for patients to report suspected side effects from their medicines directly to Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) – the Government’s medicines watchdog. This is the body responsible for overseeing the safety of medicines and making sure that doctors and patients receive proper information about them.
In cervical spondylosis, the bony outgrowths from the spine can interfere with the circulation causing various symptoms including visual disturbances and these would be affected by the position of the neck.
had always been very active but developed lower back pain when running in 2001. I had various tests which proved negative and so I modified my exercise regime but, by 2005, the pain had spread to my buttocks and hips. I could hear cracking if I squeezed my buttocks together. I have seen chiropractors, osteopaths and done core stability strengthening as suggested by them.
I hurt my back in October 2002 by lifting a car wheel out of a boot awkwardly. I had never previously had back trouble. This gave me (a couple of hours later) some pain in a small area of the lower right back, just above the buttocks, followed soon after by pain down the right buttock and thigh. I did not have, and have never had since, any problem with stiffness or lack of mobility.
I am a member of BackCare, aged 31 and have suffered with a bad back for nearly two and a half years. I haven’t been able to get to the source of all my symptoms yet, even though I have seen two spinal consultants, had two MRI’s and seen an osteopath. Please can you give me some guidance as to why I may feel some of the currently unexplained symptoms and if the surgery option that has been recommended may help to eliminate this symptom.
In my early twenties I started to experience debilitating chronic lower back pain. I knew something was terribly wrong when I began to feel old before my time, that my joints needed oiling, intense early morning lower back stiffness and that my first steps out of bed in the morning resembled more of a penguin shuffle than an actual step.
Pain through the low back radiating between the legs which is particularly unpleasant and weakness in the legs particularly the left one and inability to sit or stand for more than a few minutes. This is mechanical back pain. Read on.
The Yellow Card scheme is a way for patients to report suspected side effects from their medicines directly to Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) – the Government’s medicines watchdog. This is the body responsible for overseeing the safety of medicines and making sure that doctors and patients receive proper information about them.
The Expert Patients Programme(EPP) is an NHS self-management programme delivered for and by lay people, those who know the most about day-to-day problems of living with long-term conditions, the ‘expert patients’. The programme, easy and simple to follow, encourages group and individual participation and is facilitated by trained tutors with direct experience of a long-term illness.
