WARNING: LONG, BORING, WINGING POST!!!!
I have had a 'bad back' for 12years, basically what nearly everyone has when they say ' bad back' .....
is a medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) of an intervertebral disc (discus intervertebralis) allows the soft, central portion (nucleus pulposus) to bulge out
that was cut & pasted from wicki to save me typing, so this bulge is poking out and pressing on a nerve which is causing the pain.
I have watched every video on youtube, i have spent evenings sat in front of the tv doing stretching or 'core stability excercises' I've visited every complementary health practitioner there is, inc:
osteopath
chiropractic
check practitioner
yoga
pilates
sport masseuse
acupuncture
all of them said they were the answer and they all told me a similar story..... one of their 80yr patients who came to them unable to walk..... but now they are in the 2012 GB gymnastics team!!!
and then when it does'nt work its was my fault for not commiting to the treatment or missing appiontment, it was never becuase they were a bunch of robbing quacks.
the one person who made the most sense was the sports masseuse who told me the bulge doesn't go back into place, minute pieces slowly break away and are absorbed into the body, what breaks the little pieces are movement, it you rest it does'nt happen. you need to move.
another thing that is worth concidering is how your mind and body react to the problem, I had a really bad time once, i found it hard to move until our lass was screaming in the garden I went from an invalid to Linford Christie in half a second another time the alarm went of in the morning on full volume, I was out of bed in a shot........ both times no pain at all. but try and wipe my arse after a crap and i was screaming for help. I think if you are expecting the pain your body tensing up to prepare for it and that can make the problem worse
so the only advice i can give is keep moving.