Day After Backache

[poisondwarf]

When I have a Meniere's attack, I have to stay in bed for 24 hours, after which I have the most horrendous lower back pain. I have an orthopaedic bed - please can anyone offer any advice?
Thank you

[Buenchico]

See if anything here helps:
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Back-pain/Pages/Treatment.aspx

[wolf63]

I sleep on my side but if I roll over onto my back during the night my back seizes up and I am in severe pain.

I pop a pillow (or a cat if you have one) behind me to stop me rolling over. It makes a lot of difference. During the winter the heat off the cat is quite pleasant too.

[jennyjoan]

Unfortunately over the years I have had orthopaedic beds - maybe 3 - but never again - they are far far far too hard for your back. As I said my next bed when I can afford it will be Dunlopillo -

I have Menieres coming from deafness but it doesn't affect my back just triggers off that bloody vertigo.

[Sqad]

I cannot think of an association between Menieres Disorder and backache, so i assume that the latter is due to your posture in bed.

No, I cannot suggest any bed support, except to suggest that your take Ibuprofen 400mgms as and when necessary for the backache,

[woofgang]

an expensive (and controversial) solution but I find I get much less back spasm since I started sleeping on a memory foam mattress.

[Peter Pedant]

agree sqad
I cant find an association of M with back pain

the only conjunction I could find was the statement that as you get older you tend to go to your GP with things like meniere's and back pain - but the sense is purely those are two sorts of things old people get which leads them to their GP

[Peter Pedant]

sqad _ i cant believe it - you have mentioned the wonder drug ibuprofen !

[Eve]

Posture springs to mind for me, if have to keep still and are not in the most comfortable position and when you are vomiting a lot, maybe even increased tension in and stress on your body from the stress of the attack, trying to stay so still and, again, all the vomiting.

Also if you have full on drop attacks which throw you to the floor.

Are you flat to the floor and stuck there during the worst phase, or can you move slightly up to vomit in a bowl/the toilet, depending on how severe the vertigo is for you? That sprang to mind for me in the sense of irritating your lower back, being tensed up over a bowl or something, especially if a prolonged attack and a lot of vomiting.

How severe are your attacks? Would you be able to keep down any pre-emptive painkillers/anti-inflammatories just after an attack to see if that helps? Last thing you want after a bad attack, to be in agony as well.