Yep, I'm with you. Back braces don't ease back pain, IMO, but they do drastically help you avoid getting it in the first place. Remember folks, lift from the knees.
If I just looked at a 100kg sack, my back would start crying.
Wouldn't worry me. My back would know that I wouldn't even be attempting to lift it.
Sorry to hear that, hope get better soon.
Well it and the bladder woke me up.the pain is still there but most of the numbness has gone.
It is hard to generalise, but any persistent symptom probably deserves attention. The chief emergency is saddle numbness, ie where you would be in contact with a saddle, which can indicate involvement of the nerves affecting bladder and bowel and a lifetime disability if not treated.
I once rang 111 because of pain in my legs and ended up with an ambulance on my doorstep with the crew checking for something called cauda equina - which is damage to the bunch of nerves emerging from the bottom of the spine, and which control the bladder and all sorts of other things. Fortunately, it wasn't in my case, but any pain or numbness in that area is to be taken seriously - it can have major consequences. Because of my history of back trouble, I have been carefully coached about what to watch out for. Equally fortunately, I had a very successful operation to relieve pressure on the nerves in my spine (minimally invasive lumbar decompression).
Not necessarily. I have had those symptoms a long while, seen every expert in the book and been told repeatedly it’s not an emergency.
