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I'm zoe, im 17 years old and work with horses. so i do a lot of heavy lifting and awkward lifting, i often get really bad lower back pain, ?

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Lets review you are : I will ned to ask a few more questions to help you with your issue of low back pain. What is the quality of pain? sharp, dull, aching? Does it radiate? what makes it better? worse? Do you have any leakage or loss of control of bladder or bowel? Do you lift properly using your leg muscles versus your back? Does ibuphrofen hel the pain? Do you get muscle spasms? Most people get back muscular proble

Answered 7/11/2015

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Dr. Qamar Khan answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Spine Pain Options: This pain in the distribution as you suggested is the result of an irritated nerve or facet joints or other injury typically in the lumbar spine (low back) which are caused by herniated disks, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease, etc requiring further evaluation by a spine specialist and may be candidate for facet injections/radiofrequency ablation and epidural steroid injection.

Answered 7/15/2014

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