how it happened 
It was when I was in year 10 (15 years old) I was working in a nursery near me and I picked up a plastic box and my knees gave way and I fell on the plastic ...

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....

magic or what 
I was suffering from severe back pain from 1 year I have done my mri also. My l3-l4 and l-5 disc have got bulges, also narrowing of the canal.

I have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lower back and legs  Not rated yet
I have had lower back pain due to an injury in 1994 which has gotten worse over the years and developed into pain in both legs to the point where some ...

Can't walk with pain  Not rated yet
It's so bad it takes my breath away. It even hurts my legs - I used to walk a lot now I don't it hurts so bad sometimes.

I can't sit and get up and ...

Very pleased with the Springzback  Not rated yet
To the inventor of the Springzback:

I am writing this letter of appreciation for saving both my back & my livelihood. I am a self-employed Bayman, I ...

Years of Discomfort  Not rated yet
It was by a change of life events that caused me to end up sleeping on a 5" folding foam mattress ($200). After a few days I noticed my back was no longer ...

Degeneration of the spine  Not rated yet
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 ...

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 ...

Laser Surgery  Not rated yet
I have been suffering with back pain since I was 18 and now late in my 40's it got so much worse, pretty unbearable. I have tried everything but surgery,...

Backfriend is great!  Not rated yet
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 ...

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 ...

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.