Back pain getting worse

Hi, Dawn. You haven't said much about where in your back your hurting or rather or not you have done any imaging studies to determine if there is any obvious problem going on...if you have done this and there was no obvious issue....I would strongly suggest you look into posture related pain... I believe everyone should look into this when visits to physicians have  not resulted in an answer to someone's unexplained pain. Posture related pain will not show up on imaging, however you may see the consequences of it on imaging such as bulging disc, degeneration, etc., Muscles particularly the fascia  have a great deal of sensory receptors that when overworked can create a lot of discomfort. Posture related pain can get so bad it can make it difficult to even lay down comfortably. I, myself, have personal experience with this. The questions one must ask self is why are the muscles of the back in spasm? Maybe if they don't, I will fall on my face perhaps. What am I doing everytime they begin to really tighten up? Am I looking down? Do I have my arms out in front of me forward rounding my shoulders and hunching my upper back? When I raise my arms up over my head do I have an excessively arched lower back? Am I most comfortable laying flat down with no pillows under my head? If I back my heels butt and lower shoulder blades up to a wall is my head touching the wall or do I have to lean the head back to get it there....if your answers are yes and no one can explain your symptoms then there is a good chance you have bad posture that needs correcting. In this situation, you would need the help of a physical therapist who is very experienced in muscle imbalances particularly forward head postures with upper/ lower cross syndrome patterns. Best wishes!

Dawn,

     I have come to realize that doctors sometimes overlook the fact that pain does exist and sometimes just a tylenol or ibuprophen doesn't do the trick and that we need relief from what pain we suffer. I think it's like they don't care if it's not them in pain it doesn't hurt them and they act like sometimes that you just want pain med's to get high or some crap like that and that just infuriates me that so many people use pain medications for pleasure of the feeling it gives them when there are those out there that really do have pain and need these med's but have to suffer because they don't want to give us what we need in order to manage our days but on another note I guess I should quit rambling and get to my point. There are those of us who are in pain and need help and we shouldn't be punished or put aside saying that we're not urgent and can wait, pain is pain and their definition of urgent, how do they know how urgent we are they are not us and don't walk a day in our shoes and your right it's not fair that they don't treat people as equal because they don't know what we are going through. I hope you do find someone that will give you some relief. There are only a few hand fulls of doctors out there that really realize what kind of pain we are in and help the best way they can. God Bless you and keep you is my prayers and keep us updated to what is going on with you and I hope you find relief soon...