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Help! My back aches. . . .

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Newquay Mon 17-Oct-16 15:33:59

For many years, for time to time, I've had sudden lower back pain which, after a few days of taking it easy, goes. It was Xrayed and nothing shown.
However two years ago I had a hip replacement and, since then, the pain has never gone away. I mentioned it to the surgeon who said it would go and my hips were now exactly level (which he demonstrated on an X-ray). I mentioned it later to my GP on my annual visit who sent me to the physio and I incorporate those exercises into daily life and my two keep fit classes.
It is still there and getting worse. Now. . . . Who do I see? GP useless to be honest. Local sports masseur comes highly recommended and is also an osteopath. A chiropractor I know?

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Teetime Mon 17-Oct-16 16:36:00

There is a condition called Regional Pain Syndrome which as I understand it is chronic pain without an identifiable cause. The best place to get this diagnosed and treated is a Pain Clinic so your GP would have to refer you. I hope you can control it8 to some extent with regular pain killers until you are seen.

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Newquay Mon 17-Oct-16 17:15:48

Thanks. I'm trying not to take too many pain killers as, being arthritis (I suppose) it will only get worse so suppose will need more pain relief as time goes by.
I just didn't expect to have this much pain so soon.
Ironically one SIL is a consultant anaesthetist so is pain expert but he is my dear SIL and not my medic.
At keep fit this morning our lovely teacher had me do a few moves to see if that provoked the pain but nothing extra happened so we could isolate where it is. It's just painful all the time (less on sitting down)

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Nelliemoser Mon 17-Oct-16 17:54:46

I took a co-codamol and a paracetamol at about 2:30am last night. My back was really playing up. I then had the most awfully bizarre dreams. I do my best to avoid taking two at once. I feel drowsy all day then.

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