I just thought i'd share what's going on with my back lately. Last week I was moving some furniture around to have space to put the christmas tree up, and I think it's what caused my lower back to have a muscle strain, because when I was putting the tree together itself (its fake) I felt very bad low back pain and had to stop. It hurts too much to bend over and sit, and getting up and sitting down are quite a task. It started getting better, so I canceled my doctors appointment for earlier this afternoon. Then around 4pm, I stood up and had a horrible spasm in my lower back. I got myself over to the couch to sit down, but once I was down I could not move, the pain was too intense. So when my boyfriend came home, he took me to the urgent care clinic where the doctor told me it was probably a muscle strain. He put me on tramadol and a muscle relaxer (it has a long name). I have taken both but the pain is still as much as it was before. It hurts sooo much! Booooooo!