The symptoms or the type pain you feel can be used to identify the cause of the back pain you feel on the lower right side of the back. Is the pain a stabbing type pain or perhaps a sharp electrical type pain, or is it more like a sore muscle ache type of pain you would feel from over worked muscles?

If the pain you are experiencing is more of an ache, like you would get from over worked or strained muscle, or perhaps a sore muscle or tightness like you would experience with a muscle pull type injury then, heat can be used in either case to ease the pain.

On the other hand, if the pain is more like stabbing, burning, tingling, or electric shock type of pain then, the problem can most likely be traced to a problem with the sciatic nerve. If you are experiencing this type of lower back pain for the first time, it would be to your benefit to visit your doctor.

The first step in dealing with sciatica, (the term used to characterize lower back pain caused by the sciatic nerve) is to determine the underlying cause. This is where a doctor can be very helpful, since treating sciatica will depend on what is causing it to begin with. So, as you can see finding the underlying cause is an important first step, regardless of which side you feel the pain on.

Keep in mind, even a visit with your doctor may not give you the reason for the pain as sciatica can, at times, be like a master of illusion. The pain can shift from one leg to the other, it can run all the way down one leg to feet, or it can run down both. The pain can go from severe to numbness with no warning, or disappear completely for a short time only to return more severely.

Because I have been there myself, I can tell you that your doctor will tell you, after he determines it is a problem with a pinched or inflamed sciatic nerve, that bed rest for two weeks or more is the only thing that will help. If you suffer from a sore muscle or other type of muscle ache, a heating pad will help ease the pain but, to treat a problem with the sciatic nerve will take finding the underlying cause first in order to determine the proper treatment option. Bed rest is not the only option you have, regardless of what the doctor tells you.

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