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Suggest Treatment For Severe Lower Back Pain

I have had severe lower back pain for aout 18 months. I've had blood tests which have shown inflammation and have been seeing a physio twice a week to help reduce the inflammation which as of yet hasn't made much difference.

Things are so much worse at night or when i sit for periods of time.

My knees and shoulders are also starting to be painful.

I'm due at the Dr's next week, do you think i should as about ankylosing spondylitis?
Fri, 20 Feb 2015
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Thank you for the question.Good that you now seek help from an orthopedist.You may leave it to him to decide after X rays and MRI of the spine for the origin of pain and management accordingly. Ankylosing spondylitis is just one of many conditions which give trouble and certainly a not very frequent cause.It gives much more stiffness in spine at various levels.
As of now lake chloraxazone 500 mg and Ibuprofen 600mg twice a day after meals for 5 days and do hot fomentation, avoid bending or lifting heavy objects.Relaxyl gel for local application
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Lower Back Pain

Thank you for the question.Good that you now seek help from an orthopedist.You may leave it to him to decide after X rays and MRI of the spine for the origin of pain and management accordingly. Ankylosing spondylitis is just one of many conditions which give trouble and certainly a not very frequent cause.It gives much more stiffness in spine at various levels. As of now lake chloraxazone 500 mg and Ibuprofen 600mg twice a day after meals for 5 days and do hot fomentation, avoid bending or lifting heavy objects.Relaxyl gel for local application