What Causes Back Pain When Diagnosed With Kidney Stones?

Posted on Fri, 10 Jun 2016

Question: I have middle back pain. I have 2 vertebra at the top and 2 at the end of my spine cracked.. Been to urolgist, kidneys ok. One. Kidney has 1 kidney stone, not blocking anything and stabilized, would not cause pain. Pain below kidneys and no lower back pain, help. YYYY@YYYY . XXXX

Answered by Dr. Ishu Bishnoi (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Management of spine pain

Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for asking from HCM.

I can understand your concern. Before advising treatment about backspin, I need to know few answers

What was the reason behind cracked spine?
Have you ever been evaluated for osteoporosis?
Do you have kyphosis or scoliosis?
Do you have any focal deficit along with pain?

Your back pain due to cracked spine can be managed by medication and surgery both, but treatment differs if cause is osteoporosis or traumatic fracture !!

You can follow few steps to relieve back pain

: Avoid forward bending
: Avoid weight lifting. Do not lift weight more than 5 kilogram.
: Stretching of back muscles under supervision of physiotherapist
: Apply painkiller gel like Diclofenac sodium after proper prescription
: You can apply warm compresses twice a day
: Further treatment can be advised after getting answer of above questions

Hope it will help you. Thanks, take care.

Dr Ishu Bishnoi

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Naveen Kumar