... walking or lying down. So for this reason, regardless of what your buttocks are sitting upon, it is hard on your spine, and therefore, you should not sit for longer than about 15 minutes before getting up and moving around a bit. ... (11 replies)
... Hi again.... Actually no sleeping on my back doesn't hurt.....thats the weird thing... it is actually the only position that makes my pain in my back and legs and such ease up.....and yes, when I lay flat I can put my hand under there and have clearance........ ... (7 replies)
... I looked up a picture of this condition and it looks like sway back. It can be corrected. I can't see how sleeping in the back can feel good. Doesn't it hurt? ... (7 replies)
... I can sleep on my side better. And I can use a body pillow between my knees, for some reason I think that was part of the cause. I didn't know sleeping on your stomach was bad, I didn't understand what the other post meant by it. The Vicodin makes me sleepy, I didn't take one today, I just took 3 Tylenols and a muscle relaxer. ... (9 replies)
... years since back surgery. I have been advised against, not for my back but for the strain it puts on my neck. But as long as my back feels better when I'm on my stomach, I will sleep that way, as my neck up to now is fine. ... (3 replies)
... First of all, sleeping on the floor is better than a futon. When you get up, roll over onto your back and lift yourself up. ... (22 replies)
... ee a doctor first. It can't hurt as theres a posibility that you are causing or will cause perminant damage. If you love gymnastics so much get it checked before your off the team for good. The back can be a very fragile thing if there is a problem with it. At your age most of these problems can be fixed quite easily. ... (5 replies)
... Thanks a ton for your response. ... (12 replies)
... One thing I didn't learn until well after my first lumbar surgery was there is a big difference in physical therapists. I think we have all been given a standard sheet of exercises to do for back pain. ... (12 replies)
... I saw one of your posts on another thread where you said you slept on your stomach and mentioned something about bending over. ... (9 replies)
... S1 discs, severely, causing extreme sciatica. I had two microdiscectomies on Christmas Eve, and I feel amazingly better. ... (17 replies)
... Oh, one more thing regarding exercise for you. With bad knees I assume cycling is out...and it is hard to walk, right? ... (6 replies)
... I would like to update this as I near the 3 year mark of when this inititally became really bad and mention how my recovery has gone. ... (6 replies)
... Thank you so much for sharing this with me. You have given me hope. ... (43 replies)
... I have been doing some lifting at my job recently, and one day my back started to hurt. I had a few sharp pains in my lower back and I felt alright for a while but then things started to get worse. Within minutes I found it hard to move, and I have had this pain since Wednesday, with today being Saturday. ... (7 replies)
... I'm too young to have back pain! But unfortunately it's bothered me off and on for a while now. ... (4 replies)
... Pillows under the knees is probably the best thing. ... (8 replies)
... I had a ruptured Disc L5 S1. I just recently had a fusion in May 2003. I had really bad shooting pains down into my left leg all the way down to my foot and sometimes on the right side down to my knee. ... (113 replies)
... under your hips to elevate them if necessary... ... (3 replies)
... I was told by my doctor that sleeping on your stomach is the worse position for your back. He said that it put undue stress on the lower lumbar area. I have been unable to sleep on my stomach for over a year. Prior to surgery, I could sleep on my stomach if I put a pillow under my hips. ... (3 replies)
