Rick51,
Ditto what they said I had the same problem 6-7 yrs ago and had it for 2.5 yrs. so bad left leg sort of draged the ground when I walked.
lived on advil and VO and 7up! bone cracker did no good. went to surgery repaired/replaced 3 disc no problems since. The Gut thing is still a problem!............................Good luck!

 

Sorry to hear , I have 2 buldging discs and a pinched nerve it's no fun . Went to therapy for 8 months and it helped . Pain still creeps up on me every now and then but just in the lower back not down the leg like you . Hope you get better without sugery . Go see a physical therapist and get better soon [sm=signs003.gif]

 

Rick51, Isn't that the worst pain ever? and a sneeze will send you into orbit. Getting on and off the toilet is fun too. I have been living with this pain for 30 yrs on and off. I have been to chiropractors, bone specialists, sports doctors and had months of therapy. After a recent CT scan I was finally diagnosed with 3 bulged discs, spinal stenosis, arthritus and something called wear and tear. My left leg from my foot to my butt is tingling all the time (like when you fall asleep on your arm and cut off the circulation). I have good days and bad days. On the bad days I stay away from the bike. Sometimes when I'm riding I will hit a bump and I will feel pain right on the nerve but luckily every time my back has really gone out I have been off the bike. Like the others have said, exercise, loose weight if you need to and what I found works the best when my back is out is rest, but finding a comfortable position that lasts for more than 5 minutes can be a challenge too. I have spent 2 weeks on the living room floor crawling to and from the bathroom so I know the pain you are experiencing...........................BG

 

Are you Sure !!! ???????

If not MRI
Saved my Life was thinking and being treated years ago for bad back
then Got an MRI it was cancer
same kind as Lance Armstrong that was 16 years ago
Just Be sure you have what you think you have and GOOD luck in repairing it

 

Surgery?

My observation ia that with surgery the odds are 1 in 3 all the way around.

33% chance your back will get better

33% chance it will end up just as bad or worse

33% chance that overall your back pain won't feel any better,it'll just feel different.

 

The best and smartest thing to do is determine the cause of this extreme pain and infim condition. I suspect the root cause is that damn Ultra....bets get rid of it...it's no good for you, sir (probably has some kinda voodoo curse as well, so selling is not an option....you'll have to feely give it away to rid yourself of the curse)....PM me, I can help.

 

I believe I have your answer!

I am 45-never had back pain in my life until the last year. It was so bad that I would drop to my knees and actually passed out a couple of times. It is a long story that I wll spare you but the bottom line is that now I am cured.

Between my input, my chiropractor and my trainer, we figured out the problem and everybody that I know that tried this had major relief. As we age, our muscles tighten. Especially in two places. The first is the hip flexer muscles (front, top of the leg, directly on each hip bone). As they tighten they literally pull us forward to the point where we are fighting them to stay upright. Then we are no longer using the spine to hold our weight, but instead, we are using our back muscles. Just think how sore your back would get if you walked around slightly bent over all day. Well that is exactly what we are doing.

The second muscle that is important to stretch is the psois muscle which runs down each butt cheek. They not only tighten but they are rarely tighten equally which causes a sort of twist to our frame.

It would take too long to describe the stretches here but I'm sure you can easily find them online.

It is natural for those muscles to tighten but it is enhanced the more you sit because they are in the shortened position while sitting, (meaning the hip flexer muscles). We sit at work, sit in front of computers, tv, on bikes, etc. Then we stand and the muscles say "no you won't either"!

Good luck. I am confident this will help.

 

Good post Fmshiner,right on the money.

I was starting to have some left posterior hip/back pain,was worried that it might be a herniated disk,bothered me a lot when seated for long periods of time.

This past summer I drifted away from off road mountain biking and back towards running.I'd learned a few years back and all over again last summer that cycling although fun and a decent workout....really is an inefficient way to maintain fitness.You have to ride hours on a bicycle to acheive the benefits of a 30- 40 minute run.

Without really thinking about it I noticed towards the end of the summer that my hip/back pain had disappeared 100% Running's a "whole body" excercise,and in this case it whipped some slack abdominal/pelvic and back muscles of mine into shape and now I'm pain free. 2nd best option:eliptical trainer- easy on joints,can do it indoors all year long,almost as good as running as a whole body workout.

Mostly quit the cycling,a quick run does more for me overall and leaves a lot more time to ride the Train....

 

Thanks for all the encouragement and information guys. Sure makes me feel better. nmfxstc, thanks for your offer to help me out. I'll take it into consideration!

 

wholly crappp.... mention disk prob's and everyone pipes in,,,Mine was in the cervical area,, had 1 removed and a fusion done,,,
I heard the lower back is much worse,,. I think the problem most of us have is ,we want to excercise,,, but actually DOING it!?
I always said " when I feel like excersing,, I lie down till the feeling passes"!!!.