I've got a bad back, its been bad for years and am on prescripton painkillers for it. I never used to go to the doctor about t but have found that we've mine its just been getting worse and being dosed up on all my medication on Sunday I still ended up in a+e because of how unbearable the pain was so yeh, get to the gp asap if you can. Is it a general back pain or is it in a specific area- like a specific joint hurting? With backs it can be something very minor which can cause a lot of pain or it can equally be something major causing obviously a lot of pain too! You're problably best off gong to the gp, if t is more generalised then its very unlikely to be a slipped disc. There can be loads of reasons for back pan and only a doctor and possibly a physio or someone in that sort of profession can work it out totally. I'm bsdcally saying see a gp whilst ts going through a bad phase, get pankillers *if* you need them and maybe see about a referral to a physio +/- a back specialist. Its better to get it sorted sooner rather than later, I've had it for years and no-one knows the cause of mine yet, at the moment I'm on 3 types of drugs and walking is still hard, so yeah, go to the gp. (By the way I'm not trying to say yours wll get this bad, I'm just highlightng the fact that not going to the gp may not be a good idea).
If you want you can PM me if you want more info about what they might do and stuff
Last edited by Animad : 10-10-2007 at 02:38 PM.
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