Please note that I have no relationship with the products or services I describe here. I developed this site partly to encourage me to put more effort into fixing my own back, but also to inspire others to go take control of their own back care.

Hopefully you may find some of the ideas here useful, and maybe can discuss them with your doctor.

If you find mylowerbackpain.com useful, please add a link to it from your website or blog.

Thanks, Steve.

Worried 
I've suffered from back pain ever since I had a bicycle accident 12 years ago. At the time it really wasn't that bad, but in the following months I noticed ...

Ongoing back pain 
This is more a question, wondering if anyone has suffered the same.

At the age of 30 I slipped a disc L4/L5 which kept me on my back for a while. Ever ...

Massage Tips for Bad Backs 
I am a practising massage therapist and allied medical student, qualified in four different types of bodywork, including Deep Tissue. I come from a Personal ...

In agony but determined to get better 
I am a mother of two, 40 years old, mature student and currently in agony, but determined to get better. I can't remember what it feels like to be pain ...

Joshdala 
My story is just beginning. I am a 46 year old woman and I have had back pain for years and have been on pain medication for it. I recently had an MRI ...

Retired Massage Therapist: You BET massage helps everything!!! 
OMG! I have to disagree with you to a certain extent! Here is my story in short!

Years ago, after a severe fall, I was sent to therapy. That therapy ...

Exactly how you explain it 
I have this problem woken up at 4am every night with lower back pain, then cant sleep and tierd all day, been to the docter they were not any help at all....

My prolapsed discs 
Well done for setting this site up and sorry to hear about your back problems. I am 30, and have prolapsed discs at L3/4 and L4/L5 from sustained heavy ...

Degeneration of the spine 
I have degeneration of the spine. My first surgery was when I was 28 years old, to try to 'fix' my L5 vert. as it was slowly crumbling away.

Then when ...

Backfriends in Cars 
I too love the Backfriend. However the degree to which it helps in a car is variable: like you I find that my head is up against the roof when I use the ...

I saw your bad back pain site and had to write to you. 
My husband is 50 now. When he was about 36, he injured his back somehow and was put on meds and sent to physical therapy. He recovered and was his self ...

27 years old and back pain for 15 of these... 
As the title suggests I'm 27 years old (well very soon anyway) and have had recurring acute and chronic back pain since I was about 12. I don't know what ...

Twenty years of pain 
I was in a car accident when I was 16. My sister was driving and unhurt but I twisted vertebrae in my lumbar spine and have pain on and off for the last ...

Occasional Issue 
After reading some of the stories from the contributors on this page, I feel very fortunate. There has only been a couple of times I've had problems. I ...

Backfriend is great! 
I am a 37 y.o. petite woman, who ran into the Backfriend 10 years ago. I was driving every day 1h each way to work, and using the clutch aggrivated my ...

posture and pilates 
Your description of your back pain is very similar to mine. I've never sought help for it because I'm a nurse (in the U.S.) and I know what would be advised:...

Hyper mobility syndrome 
My bad back started when I was 15. But then it only lasted for two months. It was my birthday when I started experiencing awful pain in my back. My ...

Talking about it  Not rated yet
Just thought I'd share something...

About two weeks ago my back started playing up again. It has been pretty good for six months now, and I was a bit ...

My story  Not rated yet
I think the idea of having a place where back suffers can tell their stories and find new options is a very good idea.

My story isn't that long....I ...