r/germany • u/thecatsfighting • 7h ago

back pain because of the cold?

hi everyone, i recently came to germany to study and i was born and raised in a tropical country so ive never felt temperatures this cold before. starting late september ive been having really bad lower back pain which i think is from the temperature? my heater is already on to the highest setting and im still cold :( what else can i do to keep warm and decrease my back pain? is it worth investing in one of those electric heated blanket that you can wrap around your back/stomach?

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u/thecatsfighting 7h ago

im barely 20 :( and ive never really had back problems before, even if i sleep on a hard couch

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u/george_gamow 7h ago

Have you been doing any new / intense sports lately?

Try a Wärmeflasche (Rossman definitely has them) to see if it helps

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u/thecatsfighting 7h ago

no i dislike sports, thank you for the suggestion

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u/george_gamow 7h ago

As the others have suggested already though, go to a Hausarzt to check it out anyway. A "really bad" pain can mean a number of things, and it might get worse when heat is applied