Ouch am I hurting today! Anybody know how to distinguish what may be the cause? Muscular, skeletal or nerve?? It feels almost like there is no cushion. Bone on bone pain. Like if I’m leaning against a table holding a pet for an exam and then I straighten up, it hurts.
I put tiger balm on and got in the inversion table for a spell.
Starting to wonder if there’s something else happening. My hands go numb at night when I’m sleepin

Arthritis.

numb hands might be carpal tunnel. try wearing a wrist brace that keeps your hands straight while you sleep. if the pain in your back is not your lower back it might cause the numbness. stenosis happens to everyone as they age. discs get thinner. not much can be done about it. all just guess's but a wrist brace works when my carpal tunnel acts up. wife has trouble with stenosis.

Look up PMR.

What area? Most people grab a heating pad but trust me ice pack is your friend. If it’s inflammation ice helps

Numb hands and feet aren't normal? Hopefully you get it figured out and back to normal soon.

Definitely lower back. I LOVE ice for spasms
I’m already roasting most of the time

Go get checked out, even a chiro will know. They always ask me about numbness with back pain. Probably nerve but just a guess. I gotta be careful how I lift heavy stuff nowadays…..definitely no jerking!
The worst is when buddy helps and counts “1….2…3!” I don’t do that crap no more…lol

carpal tunnel for your hands going numb.Arthritis is no fun.Pinched nerves are bad.If you have a pinched nerve in your lower back it might be effecting your legs and feet.The easest way to find out is have someone push down on one of your feet and see if you can still lift that foot.Then do the other foot.

I definitely need to do my exercises. PT helped me before. I seem to only do them when I am hurting and not regularly. Thank u

…. Had to once …. Started with lower back pain then went numb from the waste down … that would not stand lol …went to the cowboy chiropractor in town and been good ever since

You was lucky.I was not so lucky.Good for you.Happy that worked out for you.

MRI and Nerve specialist....... get to the cause....

Had a man I knew who did daily stretches after a car crash in his teens damaged his spine. Did them every day for over 20 years without back pain and then a bad week made him stop doing them daily and suddenly his back pain from over 20 years ago came back.

Dang the MRI! I’ll have a thousand dollar out of pocket expense. Insurance is such a racket.
Money money money out the door. I know you’re right tho

The muscles need relaxed in the area of the pain. Tens unit 30 minutes. Stretch while cooling down. Your back will go back in place. Chiropractors that just adjust help but the muscles will pull it back out.

My chiropractor has really helped.

Maybe ElChucko needs to do some physical therapy.

Had bad back pain since i was in my teens. Went to the gym always and was in good shape-still had bad a$$ pain. In my late 30's finally decided to try one of those back extension machines and it fixed me up in 2 weeks. Muscle training is a miracle, until you get lifting super heavy!