Help for lower back pain

Hi! I'm new to this forum and I just got confirmation today that I have HS2. I had my first outbreak a couple of weeks ago. Today I finished my 10 days of valtrex and the sores are healing but I still feel very tender. I assume that's because it's still healing. Two days ago I started getting an intense pain in my lower back. I still have shooting pains down my legs. I'm assuming this is just the virus taking over the nerves but my question is what can I do to relieve the pain? It's constant and makes it difficult to work out and very uncomfortable to ride horses which I do several times per week. I am just trying to deal with all of this without letting it define me. Thank you for any advice and I apologize for rambling :)

Hello AshleyW

Welcome!

I'm not at all sure that this is Herpes. I'm a Massage Therapist by day (when I don't have my Forum Mom Cloak on ...LOL) and it sounds like you may be dealing with a disc/sciatic problems. The shooting pains (as opposed to general pain) is where I would wonder about the connection.

That said, if it's the herpes (and it is possible because some people do get similar symptoms) you may want to try B-12 vitamins - this is standard supplementation for regular nerve pain and it often helps some people. You may also want to add L-Lysine to help combat the virus.

You may also want to keep some valtrex in for future OB's. I find if you catch it early and hit it hard you can often keep the OB's to a minimum.

(((HUGS)))

Thanks so much for the advice! It seems to be doing better today so I'm hoping as the outbreak is clearing that these symptoms will get better also. I already take multivitamins daily as well as a b vitamin complex and vitamin c. I will definitely try the lysine though! Again, thank you so much!