My lower back has been absolutely killing me today. Does anyone know of any remedies I could try to address it? I’m trying an ice pack and fixing my sitting posture right now, will be sleeping on my side to relieve pressure on it tonight, but is there anything else I could attempt?

  • AveragePigeon@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    This might be on the more extreme end of pain than what you have, but since you mentioned trying to correct your posture, I thought I should share what helped me.

    I have degenerative disc disease in my entire spine and was having a sudden bout of horrendous sciatic pain that nothing else would touch. I sit for 8 hours a day in a desk job, and it was pure agony, even with a gel seat cushion and lumbar roll.

    What finally worked for me was getting a posture correcting seat. This one in particular, but similar ones would probably work, too. Not to sound like a shill, but I started using that as soon as I got in the car after buying it and the pain was instantly gone by like 90%. I’ve been using it regularly for a few months now as much as I can and rarely have any back pain anymore. Might be something to consider!