Intense Low Back Pain for 3 Years

[j_stape]

After lifting a heavy object about 3 years ago, I developed low back pain. I have had MRI, PT, non-invasive surgery, and injections. NOTHING HELPS! For the past threes nights I have awoken to intense pain in my groin area to my knee on the inside of my left leg. My back pain had been concentrated to the right side. This pain is intense and the first night I law awake for 3 hours in tears because of the pain. For the past three days I have taken tramodol, advil, or tylenol. These meds will knock the sharp edge of the pain, but it never goes away completely. I have been to numerous doctors and no one knows how to be of help to eliviate my pain. It becomes very discouraging. I am going to a new internest next week and have high hopes that perhaps I can get some relief. Why, when we live in the 21st century cannot someone discover why I am in so much pain? I use to be an active person with many interest. Now, I have the interests, but have become a sedintary obese individual who experiences pain almost every day and I am tired of living like this.

[ryder100]

For unidentified cause, the pain is no less, but aggregated with the question as to the origin of the chronic back pain status and so picking and selecting from the distinct kinds of back agony remedy choices becomes all the more hectic for them. For critical situations of chronic back agony, health well being practitioners offer surgical remedy alternative, but for moderate situations and even for those who worry going under the blade, there is no shortage of non-surgical chronic pain treatments, for example inversion treatment and acupressure etc.

[Tuckamore]

Hi J,

Welcome to the Pain Mangement Forum. I am sorry that you are in so much uncontrolled pain. It is discouraging when no one can find a reason.

I too went years without a diagnosis. The pain in your leg, knee and groin may be referred pain from your sciatic nerve. Do you also have buttock pain?

It was a Internal Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy that finally found the reason for my pain when multiple specialist and my PCP thought I must just have a low pain tolerance or be imagining this pain. I have sacroiliac joint (SIJ) dysfunction. Have your physicians consider that possibility? If you have no buttock pain it is probably not your SIJ.

But don't give up. There is a reason for your pain. It will just take the right physician to care, listen, beleive and investigate the possibilities. Imaging is not 100%. You may benefit from some repeat tests.  

There are medications that are stronger than what you are prescribed that can help control your pain. You deserve to be more comfortable as they search for the answers.
Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing. We are here to support you. Sometimes just sharing and knowing that you are not alone can help.

Take Care,
Tuck