Low Back Pain

Stiff, Fragile, Aching Low Back: Pain Patterns, Causes, Self-Care

Stiffness in the low back can come from several larger muscles like spinal erectors, latissimus dorsi, and psoas. Fragility in the low back usually comes from a joint problem in the vertebrae. The two patterns play in concert to create a pain pattern that is a combination of the two. This post is a collection

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Pain Along One Side of the Low Back

Want to skip ahead?Here’s a link to my post about getting relief on your own. The patient with this pain runs their hand up and down along one side of their low back and says that it hurts there. They often say that they have pain along one side of the low back when they get

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Pain Through the Hip Joint when Standing on One Foot

People complain of hip pain when they stand on one foot. Some people describe it as feeling like the SI joint is unhinged. Others will complain that getting out of the car or standing up from a chair is difficult. So instead, they tend to turn and stand on both legs. This approach is more

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Pain in the Sacrum or Crest of the Hip When Sleeping on Side

These people reach back and put a fist on the sacrum in the center of their hips, just below the beltline and say. “It hurts right here.” They go through explanations of wanting to sleep on that side but wake with aching pain in the middle of their hips. They often explain that they have

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Wide Band of Pain Across the Top of the Hips

Band over Hips These people complain of a band of pain across the top of their hips. As usual, I ask them to be specific. Is it all the way across your hips? Is it a small strip in the middle? Several patterns in this area produce similar pain patterns. They open their fingers a few

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Stiff Low Back with Pain in the Lower Buttock

Overview This is one of several posts about a stiff, fragile low back. This particular pattern also involves pain in the lower buttock. A stiff low back is usually a combination of a binding intervertebral joint with more than one muscle involved. If you have a stiff low back, you should compare these posts. These people

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Fragile Low Back with SI Joint Pain

These people complain of sharp pain in the low back, as well as pain in the sacroiliac joint.  This combination makes the low back feel fragile and unstable. This pattern is a combination of trigger points in two different muscles that become activated together. On the one hand, multifidi creates an intense, fragile feeling in the vertebrae.

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Sharp Pain Across Top of Hips

Want to skip ahead?Here’s a link to my post about getting relief on your own. Tough Getting Up These patients complain of sharp pain across the low back when getting out of bed, out of a car, or standing up from a chair. They may also be slow to rise from a seated position. Stooped Walk People with this condition also tend

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