Back pain

Back pain? I have it, strong lower back pain, middle back pain, upper back pain and sometimes headaches, that can be related to my back pain. Lately these headaches were so bad, that in 30 minutes I was knocked out. First I just felt, that my lower back begins to hurt, after that my upper back, after that the back of my head, after that my implanted tooth (how?), after that my eyes and bummm the front of my head, it hurt so much that I could not get up. The painkillers? They didn’t work. I tried some sports. In the last months it got better. Thanks to yoga. I still have pains, but it is better and I hope it keeps getting better and better.

The whole thing has begun six years ago. First I just had pain in the back of my left thigh and in the side of my left butt. I thought if I would make my exercises further, then it would be better. But no. I went to a doctor, got two injections into my thigh. But no, it did not get better. Then X-Ray. The doctor did not see anything, so theoretically I had nothing. It was still hurting… More injections. It was still hurting. Meanwhile in the calf and the toes. Then MRT. Result? Lumbar herniated disc. Super. At least I had something. One more injection into my back. But no, it did not get better. Physiotherapy. No, still not better. It was awful. I could not sleep. As I laid down, I had so strong pains, that I had to get out the bed. For 2 months with daily 2-3 hours sleep with permanent pains? I wasn’t myself and my big son was 2 years old and really, really active. We had spoken about a surgery. But I didn’t want it, I hoped I would find some solution. Somehow I felt, that the muscles in the back and leg were so in stress, full muscles knots. Through friends we found a sports medicine doctors. I didn’t know how he did that, but after seven therapies (mostly massage), I could walk again in a normal way and begin to do my exercises to strengthen the core and back muscles. I began swimming again. The pain was there, but it was tolerable. And then came my second pregnancy. With my first child I had to stay in the hospital for four weeks (from week 30) with preterm contractions and after that bed rest (my dear husband drove daily two hours just to visit me in the hospital). That wasn’t good for my back either. Wit my second child, I was 23 weeks pregnant, preterm contractions, again. One week hospital, then bed rest. At the 30. weeks once again to the hospital, once again one week there and then bed rest again. Preterm contractions all the time, they were irregular. So no panic… I remember, as we were on a CTG control in the hospital and I had contractions in every 7. and 8. minutes. Our midwife looked at the paper and hesitated a minute. Finally she said, it is irregular, no panic. But she was in panic, I saw that… So still bed rest. Awful… But everything for my child. I tried to relax. I began to learn french, I couldn’t do that a for long time, I couldn’t concentrate. The contractions, all the time. Maybe an online android programming course? I began with that, but after two weeks I was so irritated from the whole thing… And then I’ve decided to learn to knit and to crochet. I bought some yarn, knitting needles, crochet-hooks, then saw some tutorial videos. I’ve knitted and crocheted, knitted and crocheted. Some scarfs, figures, but I don’t know, who made it up with this whole thing being relaxing. It is far far away from relaxing. Always the counting and at the end something just didn’t fit. I was so frustrated… I just can’t concentrate on one thing…After that I just kept reading and reading, lots of eBooks… I couldn’t wait for the end of the pregnancy. After the birth of my second child I always had and have back pain. I slowly began with the recovery exercises and I did every day some exercises to strengthen the belly and the back. I saw a doctor, he thought I should do some physiotherapy. Thanks, I know that and do that. It wasn’t helping. Somehow the muscles are so stressed and stiffened. And if it is better, the whole thing comes back. I hope swimming and yoga would help.