Severe Lower Back Pain, anyone else going through this?

Hi. I have damage to my lower back after injuring my spine in a car accident. I have found that electric heat pads are great to lie on to relax the muscles and I have invested in a good quality TENS machine. I tried a cheap one available from Lloyds chemist and it did nothing. The Boots TENS machine has even managed to numb my lower back while a cocktail of over a dozen prescription meds couldn't manage the pain. Painkillers have limited success in the long run; you may benefit more from a muscle relaxant such as diazepam or baclofen. Best wishes xx

thanks for advice. It started years ago actually in the 1990s, but eased off over the years, after seeing various people. I would get odd back pain here and there. but 2 wk ago it came on again as if when it first began, then and I could not move, I was holding onto wall shaking with pain. hosp gave me painkillers. gp refer me physio. but have to wait nhs till oct for it. now feel like got a stone stuck inside my foot underneath at back part of main foot when I walk, feel like I am walking on hard stones and it hurts.

physiotherapy, like most of medicine, is useless playing with effects. the cause is likely in the upper neck from cord pressure due to a subluxated atlas vertebra. the degenerative effects in the low back seldom are a secondary cause of symptoms. see an hio method chiropractor.