Lower back pain only in morning

[SJMCRAE]

I wake every morning with horrible pain in lower back (kidney area) that radiates to the front of stomach (rib area).  I have had battery of tests and found nothing.  I am only able to sleep 5-6 hours before pain wakes me, also unable to take a deep breath until I get out of bed (very painful just to roll over), once I stand and get out of bed the pain almost immediately starts to ease.  After about 20 minutes of walking around and after first morning void, pain disappears for remainder of day.
Could this be a pinched nerve or nerve compression?  Had MRI of lower lumbar which showed normal...chiro recommends stretching excersises, something serious has to be wrong with this kind of pain.  If anyone has any ideas it would be GREATLY appreciated!!

[Johan187]

I had mid back pain in the mornings for the past few years.  It only hurt in the morning until I got up and after 30 mins or an hour I felt nothing.

I hypothesized it had to do with posture, so I started laying on the floor when I watched TV.  I did this for a couple weeks, and now the pain is gone.

I think it had to do with posture, especially sitting on the couch at my home. I haven't felt any back pain in months now.

Also i'm 5'8" 135, very healthy young man.

[theo_9999]

Had lower back pain every morning for 5 years, now every night before bed I drink two lemons squeezed into a half a glass of filtered water and no pain now and it;s been 1 month pain free!!!!!

[aclaes]

I have had this problem before,  and the times that I don't have pain in the morning are the nights that I wake up and go to the urinate in the middle of the night. Maybe the bladder gets too full and causes pain in the kidneys. I never saw a doctor about it, but it wouldn't hurt to try setting an alarm to use the restroom half way through the night.

[mrscmb12]

I've been having problems with morning back/hip aches and stiffness on and off for approx. 20 years now. When it first started back in my 30's, it took me 15 min. to inch myself out of bed most mornings. I felt like I was crippled for a half hour, and worried if I could go to work or not. Then like magic I was back to normal. I went to the doctor twice complaining, and all he said to me was to take advil! I was very dissappointed that they couldn't help me.
Then all of a sudden I didn't have morning problems anymore for about 10 years. Now the problem came back a few years ago, but not as bad as in my 30's. I've noticed that on the weekends my back/hip pain is worse. So I'm thinking it has to do with drinking port wine, and trying to sleep longer than I do on the weekdays. Also if I haven't pooped the day before, it can aggravate the situation. So, I try to drink Metamucil everyday and eat a high fiber diet, and drink lots of water. I should start drinking less wine(1glass instead of 2+), and try not to sleep more than 7 hours. One thing I need to do is to start exercising again.....I think that would help a lot! I thought of buying a firmer mattress pad, but listening to some of the comments, they said it didn't work. I love to sleep, and it's so frustrating to wake-up at 3 or 4 in the morning with pain, and you can't find a comfortable postition wether you're on your back,sides or belly. I hope we all find a cure one of these days!

[hopetosleeppainfree]

Same symptoms here... Frustrated. Flank pain after hours of sleep, fatigue, abdominal pain, uti. Like symptoms, kidney pain, bloating, belching,muscle pain, body aches, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, ovarian cysts,.... I currently have a gyn, urologist and soon to be seeing an internist and possibly an endocrinologist. It is a muscle, skeletal, kidney... Whole body issue.... I have been suffering with this issue for years and i am tired of it. Not only is it my health that is being affected but it is affecting my family's as well.. I have been searching all the Internet .. And I keep getting steered towards an adrenal gland disorder..., the flank pain is a build up of toxins in the blood stream caused by the adrenal glands not working properly, producing too much cortisone or not enough.... This in turns affects your other body systems.... I really hope this is the cause.... Worth a chance to get tested!! All my labs and basic test that are run rutinely are normal. I'll let you all know how it turns out.

[hawnsun]

I just started using the grid foam roller on my thighs.  I lie face down on the floor with the roller under my thighs and my entire weight on the roller.  Slowly I roll up and down my thighs and concentrate on the knotted areas (where it hurts the most).  I also do the same on my calves.  Seems to be alleviating the morning groin and lower back tightness.

My rolfer also mentioned that she recently started having groin pains in the morning and recommended that I start taking Boneup by Jarrow along with vitamin D3.  She claims that the groin pains subsided in a few months.

Also, hadn't been following my own advice by stretching my calves regularly (overextended in my daily life).  However, I have the feeling that my thighs weren't getting the stretch it needed so I'm working on that area now that my life has calmed down a little.

How are you doing?