Backpain. Flare ups.

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Since my first child 9 years ago my back flared up, I got those awful spasms where it feels like your lower back pain locks when the bit between your spinal disc gets inflamed.

Been doctors nothing but naproxen. Need to lose the weight as I'm 25kg over a healthy BMI. Problem is when I start to go on long walks and hitting 10k steps a day it impacts my back. It gets flared up if I'm not careful it could lock. Doctors give me nothing to help this. I can't weight lift. Again impacts my back. I can't do anything mildly strenuous as it impacts my back and one of my legs top to bottom almost always the back of the leg.

Wtf can I do. How do I attain a healthy lifestyle if this problem is constantly there it's driving me crazy.

I meant to say RE my leg it aches and hurts. I feel like I'm walking like a bladdy ogre. God knows what I look like to other people.

I have similar. Since the birth of my 4th child. Have you had an MRI?

No. The doctors won't even refer me for one. Every single time I have been over the course of years the only thing they tell me is to lose weight. Believe I am trying but it is difficult when being active is a struggle itself

Physio? I have back issues, currently seeing a physio and doing a lot of core exercises, is helping massively with leg and back nerve pain

Sorry to say, but having had the same issue (though not from the same cause) weight lifting and strengthening my core is what I've found fixed it. And then I have to keep going to the gym to lift at least once a week to keep it good. Starting very light and working up. It did get better for me, but took about 18mths sustained effort. And yes, it hurt for a while until the muscles strengthened and held my back in place better.

Could start with physio stretch bands, that's what I started with.

Might also be worth asking the doctors if they'll give you a little diazepam, as this has muscle relaxant properties and helps with the spasms, but they won't usually prescribe it for long, only briefly in flare ups.

Walking and running are the worst kind of exercise here because they have both impact and pelvic twist as each leg goes forward, so more likely to inflame those nerves.

Swimming would at least take the pressure off, but for the weight loss, probably a strict low carb/keto diet if you want to lose weight without being able to do much cardio... Or intermittent fasting can also be good, if it's something you wanted to try.

It's not easy, but I feel like the weightlifting literally gave me my life back again.