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Could Back Pain Be Due To Epidural Taken During Delivery?
24 5ft7 11stone 3 children i have server back pain all the time i had a child at the age of 16 and had epidural which was put in the wrong place as it had to be taken out and redone after that the epidural worked. the epidural was put in at around 1 in the afternoon i had my baby at 5 but the epidural wasnt taken out till 11 at night because the midwife had forgotten to take it out is this the reason for my constant back pain. my back hurts consintaly all day and all night it affects me sleeping as well
Fri, 21 Nov 2014
Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist, Swarna Mishra's Response
hi you can use hot water pack and moist heat use wet wash cloth and make sure that it's not too hot that it can burn you and do back strengthening exercises and you can use diclofanic gel after moist heat and then cover the part that will relief you try it before sleeping this is helpful you and take physiotherapy it will help you
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Could Back Pain Be Due To Epidural Taken During Delivery?
hi you can use hot water pack and moist heat use wet wash cloth and make sure that it s not too hot that it can burn you and do back strengthening exercises and you can use diclofanic gel after moist heat and then cover the part that will relief you try it before sleeping this is helpful you and take physiotherapy it will help you