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Lower backache 7 weeks hystectomy A&P vagina repair

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carole62889
carole62889

Hi there.......I am 7.5 weeks post op for the above repair.   I feel good now and most pain abated. I still take things really easy but am doing a little more (not strenuous).  However my lower back is aching like mad esp when I walk.    I have a deep down feeling it is the way I am walking as I am now tensing up pulling in pelvic floor, and realize that I actually don't quite know how to walk!!  Doesn't this sound really daft. I am tensing my lower back in a way as well. However I just want to check to make sure if anyone else has had this same thing with their lower back?

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  • phyl_40063
    phyl_40063 carole62889

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    Hi carole,

    Sounds like you are doing great. Lower back pain after walking usually means you have overdone the walking and need to rest with feet up.

    At 34 weeks post op I till get awful lower back pain after I have been on my feet at work for more than a couple of hours.

    I had problems for a few weeks when I was really busy at work on checkout , lots of cases of water and soft drinks going through and as I can't if them and have to push them across the scanner I was doing the squeeze and lift pelvic floor exercises then pushing items through. I think I really overdone the exercises as I went really tight to the point of spasms, and couldn't do the exercises for days afterwards, and again had bad lower back pain which I thought might be due to over exercising pelvic floor muscles.

    Have stopped doing so many PFE, and has righted itself. Hope this helps , just a little progress and see how it goes and you will be fine.

    Take care,

    Phyl x?💖

    • phyl_40063
      phyl_40063

      Posted

      Meant 'I can't lift them '.

    • carole62889
      carole62889 phyl_40063

      Posted

      Thankyou Phyl.   So glad you came right....what a relief for you 😊  Take care for the Christmas period. 

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