Dear all,
i m a first timer and having pregnancy of 27 weeks.i am experiencing pain in left side of my upper back from 4 days which has now extended even lower side also.sometimes i cant even walk properly.my doctor said it is a muscle pull and recommended me to apply Volini gel.but i am worried due to the pain as there is no improvement till now but the pain has even worsened.can anyone out there help me on this?
eagerly waiting for the reply. Anshu replied. Hi
There is nothing to worry, related to your back pain, since as everyone would have told you its quite normal!!
I have also got pain in my upper back and have sleepless nights due to this..but taking complete bed rest mid of the week does help..
If you are working I suggest take a leave on wednesdays and try and keep lying down on bed for the whole day.
I hope it helps.
Take care
Anshu soni replied. Hi ,
Back pain are so common during pregnancy i am one of the victim like you.I do some streach excersice and apply ointment to relax my muscels.I also do breathing excersice to relax myself .

Sometime even the baby's position is such that their leg sometime pushes your muscels and give you pain i have that too i message and it goes off.My baby is in such a position right now that he/she kicks my right side most of the time and i am in pain due to that but with pain comes the good time.
Sciatica i don't think so since sciatica pain flows from buttuck down to the leg.
Take care i hope you feel better.
soni Geeta replied. Shailja - since the pain is in upper back pain I think it's a muscle pull. Its very common to have back pain due to bad posture in pregnancy since the bones in our back shift quite a bit. So there's nothing to get worried about. A warm massage is what you need. When my upper back would pain in the pregnancy I would put a warm towel on my back for a few mins and the muscles would relax. Ointments are a good, but last resort.

Re: pain extending in to lower back, I do think it's the aching muscles that are paining. Check with the doc to see if its Sciatica - again very common in pregnancy. Doc shd be able to tell you a few mild stretching exercises for legs. If not, google Sciatica. Plenty of info is available.