Husband hurt his back three weeks ago, is it better to walk

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Or are there magic exercises

What did he do to it? Has he seen a GP, and if so, what did they recommend?

What has his physio recommended?

He has not seen anyone

There are probably exercises that will benefit him, but he needs to see a physio who cs assess his injury and prescribe the appropriate exercises.

Yes definitely walking about helps.

Via a gp?

NHS physio will likely be slow to access. Phone a couple of private ones for prices and availability.

He needs to see his doctor. He has no idea whats wrong with his back and doing the wrong thing might make it worse.

What gamer said. A friend of mine hurt her back in October by lifting things. Thought it would be ok to walk, exercise etc. She ended up nearly irreversibly damaging her spine, and has literally just come off crutches, having spent most of November laying flat on high strength painkillers.

You can generally self refer

You can download exercises for a mechanical back injury.
www.whittington.nhs.uk/document.ashx?id=3038

Far better to keep moving through the pain. Unless he has a cauda equina (incontinence, saddle anaesthesia) then the only effective treatment is anti inflammatory drugs for pain - Ibruprofen and moving. Swimming is good.

The GP will tell you exactly the same although in some areas you can self refer for a physio assessment to tell you the same too.

I've had mechanical back failure (aka you keep coming back to us crying about your pain and it's clearly problematic but there's nothing we can see to fix) and I've found Pilates offer some relief.
When j was younger and hurt my back lifting etc I found an oateopath could help.

I would recommend a chiropractor if his doctor cannot help. What has your husband been doing for the past three weeks? Is he mobile at all? He has my sympathies, I was laid up (sleeping on the floor) for a week and throwing my back out. A mixture of chiro, PT and Pilates is helping a lot.

Thanks so much, will look at those exercises

He is barely mobile but says he is getting better

Ice and anti inflammatories should help - e.g. ibuprofen.

How did he hurt it? Did his back 'go out' or did his back get bashed by something?

I fell off a treadmill and jarred my back to point where I couldn't move, next morning I got back on the treadmill and it inlined it back thankfully, a year previous I had slipped a disc so I thought it was that again