You may have hurt your spinal cord. Back pain is accompanied by nausea, vomiting, fever, muscle weakness, pain down an arm or leg, or bowel or bladder disturbances, or if pain is unrelieved by 2-3 days of rest. Pain lasts longer than seventy-two hours, if the pain radiates into the legs, or if other symptoms such as unexplained weight loss occur, consult your health care provider. You have pain in one side of the small of your back, feel sick, and have a fever, see your physician immediately. You may have a kidney infection.
Intense pain makes movement impossible.
A tumor could be putting pressure on the spinal column and causing pain. Pain is felt in both thighs when walking. This can be a symptom of spinal stenosis, the formation of bony growths on the vertebrae that cause the lower spinal canal to narrow. Acute back pain is accompanied by changes in bowel or bladder habits. Pain is worse at night, and there is a history of cancer in your family.