Lower back pain, Bottom Rib Cage pain
 

Hey all - it's been a while since I've been on here, but maybe I can get some shed light on the situation I'm going through. I have not seen a doctor about this, but I am scheduled to see one this coming Friday.

I've always had back pain in some form, but however, for the last few weeks especially, there has been horrible pain. To explain where the pain is, the major part that has a lot of pain to it, it like on the right side of my lower back, and I can feel something in there when I lay down on my back especially, something throbbing, and when it twitches really bad, it is almost like a shock. I can feel something near my spine when I twist and turn as well that hurts. I have to be careful how I move a certain way, because the pain makes me jerk a little bit. Another example of this is I had to go to a job interview where you had to go through a physical. The nurse told me to lie down on the bed there, and then she took my right leg, bent it at the knee, and slowly pulled it to the right. As gently as she did this, my lower back hurt a lot when she had done that. There was one time about 1 one week ago where that pain in my back seared up a little bit, and then went down my leg, almost felt like maybe the sciatic nerve was pinched or something. But that went away, but the pain in my lower back is still there.

Now, I do have a hunch back. I always have, and its growing worse. I'm overweight too. I've been sick for the last year, and haven't been able to drive or work. I am going out though this month with a friend to make some money doing low impact work. I sit at my computer, scrunched over yes, and its hard to remain straight. This makes the bottom of my rib cage hurt so much if I sit this long of a time. It feels like something is missing in there somehow.

To give you some stats on me:

I'm 25
Height is 5 foot 11 inches
Weight is 272 pounds
Belly is big lol, chest is small.
My grandma told me the other day i looked like I was pregnant :confused:

I have some other issues I want to talk about, but its not appropriate here.

Hope I can get some kind of guidance. Thanks all.

Hi skywalker,

Same pain you mentioned about a month ago? Like Hopeless said then, it could be a lot of things.

I think if it were a kidney stone, it would present quite differently—and more severely. :yikes:
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone or goggle it and see what you think.

I'm not sure what anyone could tell you that your doctor couldn't; you may need some type of imaging. You can goggle things like sciatic nerve and dermatomes (click on images) to get an idea of what nerves might be involved. "I can feel something near my spine" and "right side of my lower back" are a little vague on this medium. You can show your doctor.

How to talk to your doctor about pain

You might try a few symptom checkers.

You might also post something on the spine forum—might ring some bells there.

Doc