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Severe Low Back Pain After Standing?

Not sure where to post this, but I'm getting worse with this problem.  I get severe low back pain after standing or walking.  It's been like this for a few years, but lately, I can't stand more than a couple minutes without feeling the need to bend forward to alleviate the pressure on my back.  I've mentioned it to my doctor and my chiropractor and both of them just sort of blow it off as nothing - but it's seriously affecting my quality of life.  Even grocery shopping is difficult anymore.  Any ideas?
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I'm almost 65 and haven't been able to go on walks like I used to for about 5 years.  I attributed it to my weight (which I'm focused on getting off (by starvation, if necessary), but now I'm not sure.  It's getting to the point where I can't stand in my kitchen and do the dishes for more than 10 minutes without severe pain in my lower back.  I'm going to try yoga and stretching and am hoping for the best.  But this is no way to live.
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omg, I was literally looking all over the internet trying to find some sort of resolution to my back pain and stumbled on this thread. im 19 years old and have been experiencing this pain for eight years now after a car accident I was in. your symptoms sound exactly like mine. I hope you are able to get some sort of resolution, hopefully you don't mind sharing. unlike most others this pain occurs under my feet as well. I don't go anywhere or do anything out of fear of the pain. my doc said its back spasm but provided no long term solutions to my problem.
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I have the same problem. I am 44 yrs old and have dealt with this pain almost a year.But have found out that it is all due to my SI joint. Nothing so far has worked so the next step is surgery. Normally I would be against this, but I am at the point that Iam willing to try it just so I can finally get relief!
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I have exactly the same issue. For now,when I get the pain in lower left side of the back,i stand with my feet a foot apart and pointing straight ahead. Then keeping my legs straight,i lean forward keeping my arms straight and grab my knees with both hands and hold this position for about 12 seconds. When I stand up,the pain is considerably better but only lasts for about 8-10 minutes before I have do do it again.So u can imagine when I'm out shopping how I have to cope. Doctors just give me ibuprofen. Also i find if I sleep on my right side with my right hand placed under my right cheek and left hand between both my knees,this helps me get through the night. Stretching exercises help but for limited time and pain is back again. Sitting down also lessens the pain but I'm a goer not a sitter.
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Hi I am 30 years old i first started feeling this kind of pain when I was 24 years old the pain would pain would come and go I struggle to walk long distance or on a incline or stand up for to long I get a shooting pain from my foot up to my lower back it gets to a stage where I have to sit down for a few minutes the strangest thing is I am able to lift weights and train at the gym but as soon as I walk a long distance or I am on my feet for to long the pain comes I have been to doctors and have received no answers it is very frustrating I am just lucky that my job requires me to sit down at a desk or I would fin it very hard to find a job
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I have exactly the same issue. For now,when I get the pain in lower left side of the back,i stand with my feet a foot apart and pointing straight ahead. Then keeping my legs straight,i lean forward keeping my arms straight and grab my knees with both hands and hold this position for about 12 seconds. When I stand up,the pain is considerably better but only lasts for about 8-10 minutes before I have do do it again.So u can imagine when I'm out shopping how I have to cope. Doctors just give me ibuprofen. Also i find if I sleep on my right side with my right hand placed under my right cheek and left hand between both my knees,this helps me get through the night. Stretching exercises help but for limited time and pain is back again. Sitting down also lessens the pain but I'm a goer not a sitter.
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I am thankful to have found that I am not alone in the pain I have been suffering for months now. My problem is very similar to other posts here minus one exception. My pain starts this way:  I'm a side sleeper but for months I have woken and find myself on my stomach and my lower back is killing me. It takes me a few minutes to roll to my side and get out of bed. Once out of bed and walking around the pain is much reduced, almost gone. My morning routine before work is a quick one and I don't spend too much time standing, except while I prepare my lunch at the counter where the pain in my lower back creeps back in. This is such a short period of time and once I'm moving around the house again it again subsides. Then it's. 30 minute drive to work, no pain, a little stiffness but nothing to bothersome. Once at work if I have to stand still for more than a few minutes the pain comes back, and the longer I have to stand the worse it gets, unbearable really, and I have to force myself to sit. Initially this hurts as well. After sitting for a bit I am able to get back up but I have to be moving-no standing still. This is easily accomplished due to my job requirements. And then it's done for the day. No more pain. Standing in one a lot doesn't bother me for the rest of the day. And then it starts all over again the next day. It's like I have to work up to being able to stand in one spot. Yesterday at the grocery I ran into a friend who was long winded in a story, I couldn't get away from the conversation, or the fact that I had to stand the whole time to listen to her go on. The pain came, shifting my weight from leg to leg did nothing to help the problem, I didn't want to be rude and walk away so I stood there, better than 30 minutes. It was excruciating! Finally when we parted, the walking helped but I could barely lift grocery items into my cart. It took much longer to work out the pain with walking. Probably because I did not have the benefit of being able to sit. I almost left the store and went home. I know I am overweight, I'm 5'4", 200lbs, age 44. I did have a Lowe back sprain when I was 20, and occasionally have problems with sciatica. I have yet to see the dr, after reading everyone's posts here I don't know that it would do much good. I think my first and best bet would be to lose some weight, this makes sense to me since I have other lower joints starting to bother me.
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Hey I read your comment and I want to let you know you are NOT alone. I am currently going through the same thing. My lower back tends to hurt while walking and standing the most and I can feel it in my hips and upper buttock area. When I arch my back I get pain too and depending on how I'm sitting it can be bothersome too. I haven't gone to the dr because I am terrified. I really don't know what to do and have been searching for other people's experiences. whenever I go to the stores by the time I'm there and shopping I'm ready to leave cause the pain is bothersome. Anyways let me know if you have any updates and I hope all is well.   ----Kelly
I'm 44, for the past 3 years I had unbearable pain especially in my lower lumber region, upper buttocks, hips is unbearable. Standing, walking and sitting is almost impossible and so painful. I have had Fibromyalgia since I was 19. I think I have Undiagnosed SLE Lupus or possible another autoimmune disease along with the Fibromyalgia. I have tried to explain to my doctor that I am stiff upon getting up and instead of being able to walk it off, it's like my back twists itself tighter and my hips lock. I lean forward, sometimes it helps other times no relief. I literally cannot move and have to find somewhere to sit. The spasms don't go away then either. Yesterday, we took our daughter to Chuck E. Cheese. I couldn't even walk around with her and play games. Sitting was uncomfortableness when I got up to walk out, I was hunched over like a 90 year old lady. I was in tears the whole way home,  the only relief I get it laying down But even then it's still hurts. My hip pain radiates down my legs into my feet. I flip and flop all night. I have no insurance. I need an MRI and a specialist. My doctor won't do anything because I'm too young and just need to lose weight.I am a curvy girl but not huge.  I cannot even walk, I can barely stand without extreme pain. I do stretches and all. I cannot do anything like housekeeping, grocery shopping, basic stuff. I am just at my wits end.  Hope we all find out what is causing our pain. Stacey from MS Gulf Coast.
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