Kidney Stones Dull Lower Back Pain. Kidney pain is felt higher and deeper in your body than back pain. The pain may be felt immediately after consuming alcohol or after you ve stopped drinking.
You may feel it in the upper half of your back not the lower part. It can be so bad that people have compared passing a kidney stone to childbirth. Left kidney pain may feel like a sharp pain or dull ache on your left side or flank.
You may have an upper backache or the pain can spread to your stomach.
Unlike back discomfort it s felt on one or both sides. Pain that is related to a pulled muscle ligament strain or disc damage can be anywhere up and down your back but it tends to be around the lower spine a k a. You might feel kidney pain or discomfort as a dull one sided ache in your upper abdomen side or back. Pain on one side of your lower back or on the sides underneath your ribs general back pain on the other hand can be felt anywhere on your back.