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Question:
But I'm curious if anyone has experienced lower back problems from this. I
ask because 5 years ago I experienced a severe lower back problem that left
me bed riden for 3 days, while undergoing Chiropractic theropy. The
chiropractor mentioned the biology of female reproductive organs and their
effect on the lower back and later that evening my period started (how
coincidental). Since that time I routinely have lower back pain just prior
to my period.
Three days ago I woke up with the same lower back pain/pressure for no
apparent 'physical' reason, (after my mini-period). Nothing seems to help
(muscle relaxent, tylenol, ice) It's gradually passing, but I can't help
but wonder if this isn't related.
Am I reaching or is this something?
Answer:
had *huge* lower backaches during peri, first for just a few days prior to
my period, then as time went on, for the full two weeks prior to a period,
with the first day of a period producing the worst lower backaches. It was
difficult to remain standing for very long while those backaches were in
force: had to either sit, or bend over forwards.
Now, in post-meno, the
lower backaches sometimes show up when I can tell there's a hormone shift
going on. It reminds me of how much I don't miss them! Btw - a friend at
work also complained of the same lower backaches, right before her periods.
In the years when I was having cramps, they *always* started as severe
lower back pain before moving on to the more usual uterine cramping. And
yes, sometimes it was bad enough to send me to bed.
It's not at all unusual for women in peri to experience a change in
cramping -- people who never had cramps may develop them, and some lucky
few (like me) find that the cramps we had all our lives have vanished.
We've also heard here from women who have "phantom" periods,complete
with PMS, cramps and other symptoms, but no bleeding, during this
transition.
For what it's worth, I've found that gentle heat is more effective than
ice for lower-back pain, whether from cramps or sitting too long at the
computer. It's one reason I continue to sleep in a heated waterbed
(which would not be a good choice if I had certain other back problems).
I assume you've seen your doctor to make sure there's nothing
organically wrong that might be expressing itself as back pain? I also
see a chiropractor for skeleto-muscular problems, but I stick with my
family practitioner for other issues, because I believe she's better
trained to diagnose and treat them.
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