A mother living with “burning” back pain for over a year since she moved a box mere inches has been in and out of hospital since and says she feels guilty for not being capable of spending quality time with her seven-year-old daughter, who she cannot carry or play with as a result.
Stevie Rider, 31, who gets called “too polite and nice”, has been bounced backwards and forwards between doctors and hospitals ever since she hurt her back when picking up a box of clothes that “wasn’t even heavy” at the Next warehouse where she works in April last year.
Even popping to the shop or running an errand has become an ordeal for Stevie, who, despite having been for an ultrasound and MRI scan, still does not know why she is in so much pain and has to call on her neighbours for help when her daughter Eden falls over.
