Suggest Treatment For Severe Pain In The Lower Spine Area

Posted on Thu, 23 Mar 2017

Question: I have extreme pain in my lower spine. Also considerable pain on both sides of my spine, The worst being on the right side about where i figure my right kidney is located. The pain is the worst when I wake up and after walking around for an hour or two the pain eases but continues. Thank you

Answered by Dr. Neeraj Kumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Get investigated as advised

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have gone through your question and understand your concern.
The back pain at this age may be due to disc related or local spine pathology.
Increased pain at rest and improvement with activities suggests joint involvement.
You need to get mri of lumbosacral mri.
Take pain killers with muscle relaxant like aceclofenac or etoricoxib with thiocholchicoside or tizanidine.
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Do get back to me for further queries.
Regards
Dr N Kumar
Neurologist

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy