Lower back pain

I have nagging lower back pain that won't go away.
I had a DaVinci TLH on Nov. 13th.
I am doing light housework and cooking now.
I rest in between things but rest doesn't seem to help.
I am not lifting anything over 10 lbs as per the doctor's orders.
Tylenol and ibuprofen don't seem to help.
I did see a chiro. once per week prior to surgery: maybe that is why I hurt in my back.
What works on an aching back? Do a lot of sisters have a nagging lower back pain? No amount of pillows or anything seems to help.
Any suggestions?

the only thing that worked for me is a heating pad. I even went out and purchased an adapter so that i could use it in the car. This is the first week of 7 that I have not had to use it daily so hopefully things are looking up.

They put us in some pretty uncomfortable positions according to my doc. My shoulder was really messed up.

Hang in there,

Ditto on the lower back pain. I'm 3 weeks post-op from DaVinci LAVH. It comes with the swelly belly and is the signal to rest. I am sleeping with pillows under my legs and have pillows behind my back when sitting. Try to spend a day or two mostly resting, and pace yourself during the day. We are using back muscles more now, so if we do more, it's straining our back muscles.

I have read elsewhere here on the site that many of us have some low back pain in/after a few weeks. Yesterday I started having some aching too, and I'm not quite 3 weeks post-op. Quite normal apparently! I've moved my heating pad from my tummy to my back now.

I started having back pains as well. I am 1 month post op and I started feeling the aching in between week3 and 4. I take my Motrin for it. I hope this doesn't last much longer

Any new or increasing pain, either way, should be discussed with doc's office.

I"m 3 days post-op and the lower back pain is much worse than anything else!

am 1 week post davinci. right side ribs and lower back pain, plus difficulty taking deep breath (am asthmatic). seeing doc. next wednesday. any stretches i can do to help myself?

I have that too. I was told I'm overdoing it, I had a LAVH with rectecele repair on 11/23/09. The heating pad definately helps, they have these Therma wraps you can buy that activate once exposed to air and you can wrap around you and they last 8 hours, or a heating pad works too. Ibuprofen also helps.