Back Pain: Who get's any?

[Zak33]

Who get's back pain...and where? (I'll bend you over if you answer..."in my back" )

Just wondered...cos lots of people are mentioning it at work.

[Grm]

I get it alot in the bottom of my back. And im only 18. I did a year of removals and since then, i've had problems with alot of things. Shoulder clicks when i do certain things which is quite painful and my joints click alot. Not nice

[megah0]

I've had it in my lower back for the last couple of weeks after a mishap training, making a chiropractor appointment to get it looked at though.

Got a lot of sympathy for those with chronic back trouble after the last fortnight. Training has been....challenging!

[Steve B]

Shoulder clicks when i do certain things

i get shoulderclicks when i do lat pulldowns, seated row, or freeweights at the gym. It can get quite painful too, but its usually nothing major.

My lower back sometimes aches, but after a good press with my fists to crack my vertebrae back in, everythings fine

[Hans Voralberg]

My lower back sometimes aches, but after a good press with my fists to crack my vertebrae back in, everythings fine

That sounds scary you know

[htid]

I get it in my lower back after a few hours sat in front of the pc sometimes.

Shoulders also click when doing tricep extensions and press-ups...I don't like it, didn't know if it was causing damage so stopped doing tricep extensions.

[ACiD303]

I used to have really bad pain, mainly in my lower back which did me no favours for sitting, sleeping, or even standing. I had frequent muscle spasms as well and when I had my spine x-rayed, it was a proper mess (not just the lower back, from the base of the spine to the top of my neck!) - misalignment, trapped nerves etc. etc. A few sessions at the Chiropracter sorted it out....but you gotta look after yourself otherwise it just returns.

I took a bad fall this time last year in training and I didn't quite break my fall as I was supposed to. Back to the chiro's.....

Sitting at your desk, especially with a PC can easily give you back pains - very good idea to walk around, take regular breaks etc. etc.

[JPreston]

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Shoulders also click when doing tricep extensions and press-ups...I don't like it, didn't know if it was causing damage ...

I think it's completely harmless, nothing to worry about. Fluid being squeezed out of the joint or something. Hope so anyway; if I've been writing or something for a while I can click every joint in my hands when clenching a fist, then my wrists, elbow, shoulders and neck on both sides

[Moby-Dick]

Zak you know how bad mine was - It was chiro + the finest painkillers I could lay my hands on at the time.
( oddly enough the pain manifested itself mainly in my leg , but the root of the problem was a herniated L4 / L5 disc )

getting a decent office chair was the most important modification to my workplace I've made.

[atrull]

I've got a 40cm rod in my spine if that helps ease your pain. had a twisted spine (upper lumbar scoliosis) when I was 14. No bike riding/contact sports for me baby.

I am enjoying the herman millers at work tbh.

[GrahamGarside]

I used to get really bad back aches and if I go a long period without exercise it can bother me but I've found I rarely get any grief since I began regular exercise.

Deadlifts are a great exercise for strengthening the lower back. You basically pick a heavy weight up off the floor. I started off doing it with light weights and after a year or so I've not had any back troubles apart from the odd bout of stiffness from sitting on something without support for a long time.

[shelley bda]

Having kids messed my back up, I was told that pregnancy had stretched the ligaments in my lower back and pelvis... did have physiotherapy on it, which was lovely for a couple of hours but the pain always came back, can't stand up for too long, just use painkillers and hot a hot water bottle now, thinking of trying a chiropractor.

[wombar]

getting a decent office chair was the most important modification to my workplace I've made.

Exactly!! I started working from home about 2 years ago which was great at first. However, I'd bought myself a £30 office chair and last year I started to get lower back pain after sitting in front of my PC all day, even with regular breaks it was still there by the end of the day.

In the end I sucked it up and bought myself an Aeron(with the Posture Fit option). Yes they're horrendously expensive, but my back has never felt better. I used to REALLY slouch when sitting at a PC(SIT UP STRAIGHT YOU LOT!! ) and I literally can't do that in Aeron because of the posture fit.

I figured that I'd rather spend the money on an ergonomic chair now than on Chiro sessions later on down the road.

[Zak33]

chairs are so often forgtten.... which is a shame.

They are also horrifically expensive!

[moogle]

i usually sit straight in a chair. or try to lean back as much as I can to avoid a hunchback. luckily on my pc i got a sofa to sit on

[Lee H]

Nope no back issues for me. I suppose it's one of those things I'll have to look forward too while I get older along with grey hairs, hearing issues (my hearing is bad atm - must see someone about it) and middle-aged spread