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I have lower left back pain, and sometimes I get pain in my upper leg.  
Has anyone else dealt with this? what was the end issue?  
I sit cross legged ALOT and work sitting down for 8+ hours a day 5 days a week. so I am wondering if maybe the continuous sitting cross legged could be a part of my problem. I probably drink a little more than the average person. I have no knowledge of organs and where they are, I have tried to google it but none of it makes sense.  
Just looking for ideas of what might be causing it.  
 
DO NOT TELL ME TO GO TO THE DOCTOR! If I could go right at this moment I would.

If you're not interested or able to go to a doctor, why not work on your own health to see if you back pain improves? Try not sitting cross legged, drink less, go for a walk on your lunch, move more, stretch, eat healthier, drink lots of water. Good luck

Could also be pain from the sciatic nerve.  
Feels like lower back pain (almost like a knife being driven into the lower back) and can cause shooting pains down into the leg as well.  
Sitting is pretty much the worst when sciatic pain is present. Standing or laying down are the only times it tends to lessen.  
Google stretches for sciatic pain and do them several times a day. If the pain does not go away then chiropractic or massage therapy are the other options.

dueindecember said "If you're not interested or able to go to a doctor, why not work on your own health to see if you back pain improves? Try not sitting cross legged, drink less, go for a walk on your lunch, move more, stretch, eat healthier, drink lots of water. Good luck "

 
 
Edited by NameChanged, 2015-11-23 10:33:14

For all the ideas and opinions.  
The pain mostly occurs when I am sitting and laying down, although it is sometimes there when I am out walking or standing in one spot.  
Pretty much the only time it is not hurting is during a workout, or right after.  
I will take all of these recommendations into consideration!

I know you don't want the doc, but what about the chiropractor or massage therapist, both can help tremendously. It could be your sacro-iliac (SI) joint is a little jammed up, and there are some specific exercises to release it, but it is stubborn. The exercises are too hard to describe here, so you do need to google it (sorry, Adam). Good Luck!

I know you don't want the doc, but what about the chiropractor or massage therapist, both can help tremendously. It could be your sacro-iliac (SI) joint is a little jammed up, and there are some specific exercises to release it, but it is stubborn. The exercises are too hard to describe here, so you do need to google it (sorry, Adam). Good Luck!

DON'T sit for longer than 30 min in one spot. You have to get up n walk around office and maybe stretch. Start now and this problem should not get worse.  
 
Many health professionals consider 'sitting' is replacing 'smoking' as the number 1 health problem. I believe it.  
 
Stop crossing your legs when sitting. You are cutting off blood flow to your legs and feet. Not good.  
 
If your are getting shooting leg pain I can guarantee it's the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve get worked up when another part of your body puts pressure on it.  
 
Take it for what it's worth. I just had a fusion n disc replacement. Successful!!  
I battled the Evil nerve pain for 3 years. Years of wear n tear on the back is the reason I got. I done everything from hard manual jobs to sitting jobs.  
Sitting jobs are the worst.  
 
Go to physio as well

i think it would help to try and get into the dr, they can help you line up physio or whatever you need and also help you know exactly what the issue is, then you can work on it correctly  
 
until you can get in tho it sounds like you need to move more and do some stretches, that should help after a bit  
 
good luck but please make time for your health

Go see Kayleigh at harvest chiropractic, I had the same issue for ten years and she's the only one out there that has helped, totally different chiropractic ways( no cracking of the back) I am amazed of the results and haven't seen her for 3 months now with no pain in my back!

I suffered the same thing, and I have been able to baby step myself to pain free with lots of stretching and core exercises. Everything from the front extends to the back, so believe it or not, stretching your quads often eventually helps the back area. And building core by plank stretching too has helped. Just the other day I commented to someone that I can't remember the last time I felt my back, sciatic area! And get up and stretch many times a day

I had lower back pain that felt like sciatic pain. My core had gotten weak and once strengthened back pain disappeared.  
Good luck !!  

Collie said "I suffered the same thing, and I have been able to baby step myself to pain free with lots of stretching and core exercises. Everything from the front extends to the back, so believe it or not, stretching your quads often eventually helps the back area. And building core by plank stretching too has helped. Just the other day I commented to someone that I can't remember the last time I felt my back, sciatic area! And get up and stretch many times a day "

Same for me. Had left back pain going down the leg. Went to physio and got set up with basic core exercises, plank, extensions and now only feel the pain if I really overdue something or lift something too heavy but nothing the same. Was doing daily exercises but now less.