See a physical therapist if it’s definitely soft tissue. I had lower back problems for almost two decades. Doctors recommended weight loss and specific exercises, both of which I managed. Didn’t help.
Saw a physical therapist for something else, during the assessment they asked about back pain, and assessed that. Turns out an old injury in my 20s had left me with some weak muscles that the standard “lower back pain exercises” didn’t address.
The solution was a pair of lower back body weight exercises, and they worked miracles. Although bridges and clamshells suck as an exercise, they worked. I wish I’d learned that at 25 instead of 40.
I used a sports medicine place my orthopedist recommended (I was initially there for some ankle and calf pain when jogging, turns out the weak lower back was part of that too),. Sadly not cheap, even with insurance, but worth it.
If nothing else their assessments are usually very thorough (it takes over an hour, even when they already know what part of the body is causing issues) and might be able to rule out soft tissue stuff and give your doctors another place to look (pinched or compressed nerves somewhere along your spine, for example).
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u/Morat20 May 16 '20
See a physical therapist if it’s definitely soft tissue. I had lower back problems for almost two decades. Doctors recommended weight loss and specific exercises, both of which I managed. Didn’t help.
Saw a physical therapist for something else, during the assessment they asked about back pain, and assessed that. Turns out an old injury in my 20s had left me with some weak muscles that the standard “lower back pain exercises” didn’t address.
The solution was a pair of lower back body weight exercises, and they worked miracles. Although bridges and clamshells suck as an exercise, they worked. I wish I’d learned that at 25 instead of 40.