Back Pain

[williamrjomes2 147]

Anyone's back pain increase after surgery? I origanally had 4 herniated disc. I lost 140 lbs and my back is bothering me more now that I'm thinner. I recently had another Mri last week and my results say that my back has improved compared to pre surgery. I was in PT a couple days ago and they say its fairly common with wls patients to have increased back pain after surgery. I guess from the body adjusting to such a drastic change in weight. Surgery date was Jan 7 2013. I'm down 140lbs +/-. Anybody experienceing this or have any input?

[marfar7 1,533]

I had my 1st of 4 back surgeries in 2000 (at about 200 lbs). I've had 3 spinal cleanouts (RAQS procedures) since. I';ve been taking narcotics for 13 yrs. Thought losing 100 lbs would take the pressure off my back and it did for a little while. Lately (the past year) I've been having worse pain. Afraid to tell my dr for fear he'll think I'm a drug seeker.

Walking on the treadmill and weights seem to help a little. I notice on the days that I don't do much activity, my back seems to hurt worse. So, yes, my back pain hasn't improved much since the weightloss.

Good luck!

[Firëfly 39]

My back pain has improved but on the days when I over do it, I really pay for it now since I'm not allowed to take Ibuprofen. I also seem to feel the pain more in my hips, upper thighs and butt. I think it has to do with less padding around the spine and/or like you posted, just my body shifting and everything working together differently.

[devonn 12]

My back pain was not severe ie. Not taking daily pain meds. I did have daily pain that I kept saying was from my bad mattress...couldn't possibly be from the weight:-D since I've lost 105lbs my back rarely hurts me.