Everything people have said in the thread are things to help. See a chiro....see a PT...see an ortho....do something proactive. Last resort...surgery. Get a couple of opinions too. The mindset of "it will just go away" is what gets most into trouble.
I actually disagree, while I was off work for many months when I had my second main episode I was obsessed with reading the literature on the subject. When I say literature I say the stuff in the top scientific journals like Spine, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Rheumatology, etc.
In the end this much is true according to evidence based studies-this is not theoretical stuff- it is the result of following up thousands of patients;
Most acute episodes of low back pain improve considerably/disappear within 3/4 months basically regardless of what you do. chiros are BS, PT is BS, Falcons peas are as good as all of that and cheaper
Some episodes that have a clear cause as seen by imaging or even better from your symptoms, can be effectively cured by surgery (key hole, minimally invasive, slash that back wide open- whatever- difference between them is recovery time not long term results)
The remaining end up in chronic back pain, for which statistically nothing really works, again from the most expensive chiro to peas -statistically it is the same.
However that does not mean that it wont work in you case- say peas- after which you will swearing by the peas- problem is it wont work for 99% of comparable people. So someone else will swear by traction- you can try one by one. Problem is some of them make you worse,not better. So experimentation has costs.
If possible Learn to live with it and avoid heavy opiates since they will only work for a while, then fuck you up and stop working and u are addicted anyway
PS- i am amazed with all this Charo BS- For me it either did nothing or made it worse. There is no evidence what soever chiro is better than falcon's peas
