Since about September last year ive been watching what I eat and managed to loose 2 stone also been smoke free for 3 months!
Thats all good but when the weight loss stopped falling the next step was giving up the car for work - So now I walk in now ive moved from Frome to Bath.
Been walking into work for about a month now and had a bit of an issue over the last couple of days that seems to be getting worse. Its a pain ive had in my back before and its happened on and off for years.
The walk is about 1.2 miles each way .. one way down hill the way back - up hill.. but really up hill!
Now what happens is the more I walk the worse a tightening and dull pain in my lower back just above my arse gets - I feel my body shifting its weight backwards to compensate the pain ( looks stupid - like more of an S shaped spine) - it gets worse and worse and the pain is also felt in my hamstrings and calf's - the pain is pretty excruciating and once it kicks in I can only walk about 200 yards at a time before having to stop and basically stretch out my back - or sit down ....the moment I sit down the pain goes - It almost feels like a lactic acid build up but it isn't!
I know im pretty hefty but im not that unfit and while this is happening my heart rate isn't high nor am I out of breath the only reason im stopping is because of the pain.
I dont wanna stop losing weight however i dont wanna damage myself if its gonna cripple me... - yet i feel if i goto the drs im gonna be told "loose weight fatty" - err... im trying!
What is the cause ? - is it just the fact im carrying extra weight ? or my body adjusting to the new work load every day after being a car jocky for quite a while!?
Any good exercises for training the lower back that anyone knows ?
Now - If i google the shit out of it - ( never a great idea but you know ....)
possssible cause: Isthmic spondylolisthesis
" Pain that radiates into the buttocks and back of the thighs (also called sciatica or radicular pain)
Pain that worsens when bending backwards
Pain that feels better with sitting, especially sitting in a reclining position
Tired feeling in the legs, and possibly leg numbness or tingling, especially after walking
Tight hamstrings, making it difficult to touch toes"
^^^ I have all those symptoms
Isthmic spondylolisthesis occurs when a vertebra in the low back slips forward on the disc space below it. It is most common at the l5-s1 level and can cause low back pain from instability and nerve root pain due to compression of the nerve root. The fracture occurs in childhood, but normally does not create a lot of pain until a patient is in young adulthood.