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www.lifemagnets.org – 8 out of 10 people will experience back pain in their lifetime. It is one of the most common reasons for missed work and back pain ranks as the second most common reason for visiting the physician’s office. In the United States alone, back pain costs Americans at least 50 billion dollars a year.

X-Ray says no bone spur, etc. Doc doesn’t seem to concerned, but I am. I have never had such an odd pain. I feel tightness/soreness in Quad, slight numbness/heaviness in right leg as well. Pain starts in lower right lumbar and radiates around hip over into top of thigh into groin and right testicle. No hernia, though. MRI in a week after Christmas otherwise prednisone for 12 days ( a little nervous about that). No kidney stone, no blood in urine, stool normal (no pain during #1 or #2). So what the heck? Its not sciatica because the pain does not go down the back of leg. Calf has cramping. All on right side. Left side of lower body is peachy keen. I started having a little trouble during Thanksgiving and a little time prior. My hamstrings had been tight but Doc was impressed with hamstrings since Oct 31 annual physical when they were tight. Back stopped hurting not long after Thanksgiving but when I returned to work I started sitting and the pain returned. This past week though it began

I would try conservative care first. A complete spinal exam is necessary to find the cause of the problem. I sounds like a pinced nerve. A Chiropractic Physician can determine what is causing your pain. Then you may seek other treatments like massage, acupuncture, laser therapy, or physical therapy.

Sally writes:

“My lower back is killing me at work and i was wondering what the most comfortable way to sit is?”