Hello, my name is Jay and I was working out about a month and a half ago and my lower back started to accutely hurt. I'd had this happen a couple of times before as well, twice in the last 3 years I'd say. I went to the doctor and he got me some blood work done and said that he ruled out Lupus and Ankylosing Spondylitis. However that my ESR rate was slightly high (13) and CRP was normal (5). He put me on Naproxen and told me to take it for a month once a day and get another blood test to see how I was doing.



It's been about a month and a half and the pain is much better, I'm still not 100% however I'm able to do things much better than before. However my blood tests state that my ESR is a bit higher (16) and now my CRP is a bit high as well (14).



He's referring me to a specialist to see, however that could take weeks/months to get a chance to see him, I'm wondering what this could be, as my levels don't seem extremely high however they are moderately high and as I said my pain is BETTER than before, however still there somewhat.



Please advise, thank-you.