So, Two weeks ago, I (26m) lhurt my back at work. I am a blue collar worker. And reported the incident. Last week I spent the week sitting in the work truck, icing and stretching my back. This week I spent at home, paid, icing, some heat, and stretching my back. It got bad enough at one point I couldn’t walk one night.
Sometimes it hurts a crap ton and other times it doesn’t hurt much. I’d describe the pain as labour, exhausting, and sometimes sharp. The pain is in my lower back up to my mid back and radiates into my rib cage on the right side.
Anyways, tonight it hurts to breathe. I feel like they don’t want me to go to the doctor and just rest it out, but it’s been two weeks now. Should I give it more time? They said I should just rest and not go in. That’s why I spent the last week at home.
I don’t want to get anyone in trouble, they said that if I went to the doctor on my own a lot of people could get fired. What should I do?
Edit: I stayed home from work today and did not expect this to blow up. I shall be checking comments.