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!!

[Nicole1039]

CindiK...This is my first time posting, ever! I am so relieved that I am not alone, but at the same time I couldn't be more frusterated! I have had bloodwork, Xrays, seen a Chiropractor and tried a new mattress and NOTHING has come close to helping. I thought the Chiropractor visit was helping after my first visit, then as time went on I realized it was not at all. I also feel like it's my kidneys. It blows me away with all the comments on how when you urinate in the morning, there is slight relief. I thought I was crazy when I discovered that myself. I was thinking it could be my ovaries, but 2 yrs ago I had a video laperoscapy that came back normal. I am 39 yrs old and have been dealing with this pain for 2 years now. I don't even know what else to do or where else to turn at this point :(

[CindiK]

Can someone please find a cure? How is it going? Even the psoas stretches are not helping me at the moment. I am tossing and turning every 14 minutes from about 4am and its agony just to roll over ... I must admit that going to bed at midnight and getting up a 5am is better! So its definitely more of a problem when sleeping for longer than 5 hours! Hey, this is tough! Honestly feels like colon or kidneys, I think I should visit a chiropractor!

[Grizwold]

I have anterior wedging in my lower back. My hips in  the middle of the night feels like some one has them in a vice squeezing them:( can ANYONE HELP ME???

[SJoanne]

I have this exact problem, and had it about 10 years now. It started when i was 14/15 fairly mildly but over just a couple of years quickly progressed to a horendous pain. Like you said, i am unable to predict which mornings this  will happen but when it does sometimes it wakes me in the early hours, other times i just wake up with it. A huge pain radiating from my back, its so hard to explain. I have also notice that I cannot sneeze, cough  or take a deep breath in the mornings as this causes an extreme stabbing pain. Since the age of 16 i have been goin to see doctors and had the following at least twice to try and diagnose: Blood tests, X-rays, cat-scans, MRI's, Physio, Chiropractor, Osteopath and Acupuncture. Eventually I was refered to the pain clinic because they didn't know what it was.........   Please Help! x

[tayciesoma]

I to have had this pain for about a year,  I started useing a memory foam mattress and that seem to help for a bit, but it is back now.  I wake every morning with the pain in my back it wraps around my rib cage and into my ovarys.  When I urinate it seems to get alittle better.  Then as the day goes by walking around seems to help, but its back every morning, so discurouageing.  Wish i could just sleep in one day but cant because of the pain, I have to get out of bed.  Any advise please.

[MattyBoySykes]

The ANSWER:!!!!!!

I have/had the exact same problem as described on this forum! Wake up about 6am every morning with a large dull pain to my back, sometimes lower, sometimes middle but always uncomfortable and ANNOYING!.  I've tried doctors (head against brick wall scinario), i've tried tablets, ive tried a new mattress etc etc etc etc....

I took it upon myself one morning to sit and research possible reasoning behind this sodding issue and found it to be fairly common.  The ANSWER (for me anyway) - a CHIROPRACTOR!!! Not sure if you lot of heard of back 'manipulation' but it is DEFINATELY worth looking into on youtube etc.  For whatever reason (there are hundreds of reasons) our back is out of line, whether it be posture, bad mattress, old injury bla bla bla it will not improve unless reset by a professional.  Once reset (which is a very relieving procedure in itself) you can look to increase muscle around the spine by working out...swimming, weight lifting etc.. this gives as much support to your spine as possible and makes recurring issues less likely..but the beauty is, just go back again & again & again getting the 'manipulation' procedure because it works!!

What i will say though is that chiropractors 'usually' are not included on the NHS (best to check with your gp).. i have private health care through work with BUPA so that was me sorted.  If you dont have this luxoury i think the average session costs about £50 a pop.  But to be honest, i'd pay half my wage for a decent nights KIP!!!

Hope this helps.

Mat