Lower Back pain started day after lifting, bike ride, IF it is a herniated disc,!
Question:
Lower Back pain started day after lifting, bike ride, IF it is a herniated disc, wouldnt it be felt instantly?
Thursday: bought and lifted bike into truck,
no pain felt, went on bike ride same day all okay then , next morning pain was felt in lower back. Been ice/heat with not much success after a week. Hurts worse when i sit, and is better walking. Have slight tingling off and on in inner side of knee just above calf, but no "Shooting pains" down leg or butt. Does this sound like disc or muscle and is a week still to early to be worried?
Answers:
The shooting pain sounds like something (probably the disc )is pressing on the sciatic nerve. If it is a herniated / slipped disc then the only cure is rest, ice/heat and meds (pain/muscle relaxant). There is also chiropractors, massage therapy, ect.. but unless your properly diagnosed I wouldn't go those routes. It takes 1 1/2 to 2wks for the intense pain to go and it takes 6mo's + for a herniated disc to completly return to normal so even after the pain is gone you'll have to be cautious in what you do. Once healed you can concentrate on strenthing your core muscle esp the abdomin as these take a lot of stress of your back.