Anyone's back pain increase after surgery? I origanally had 4 herniated disc. I lost 140 lbs and my back is bothering me more now that I'm thinner. I recently had another Mri last week and my results say that my back has improved compared to pre surgery. I was in PT a couple days ago and they say its fairly common with wls patients to have increased back pain after surgery. I guess from the body adjusting to such a drastic change in weight. Surgery date was Jan 7 2013. I'm down 140lbs +/-. Anybody experienceing this or have any input?

I had my 1st of 4 back surgeries in 2000 (at about 200 lbs). I've had 3 spinal cleanouts (RAQS procedures) since. I';ve been taking narcotics for 13 yrs. Thought losing 100 lbs would take the pressure off my back and it did for a little while. Lately (the past year) I've been having worse pain. Afraid to tell my dr for fear he'll think I'm a drug seeker.

Walking on the treadmill and weights seem to help a little. I notice on the days that I don't do much activity, my back seems to hurt worse. So, yes, my back pain hasn't improved much since the weightloss.

Good luck!

My back pain has improved but on the days when I over do it, I really pay for it now since I'm not allowed to take Ibuprofen. I also seem to feel the pain more in my hips, upper thighs and butt. I think it has to do with less padding around the spine and/or like you posted, just my body shifting and everything working together differently.

My back pain was not severe ie. Not taking daily pain meds. I did have daily pain that I kept saying was from my bad mattress...couldn't possibly be from the weight:-D since I've lost 105lbs my back rarely hurts me.