Thanks for the information both very informative.

The aches and pains Ive described are the most recent type of aches and pains Ive had in a 8 year long history of back pains and other problems.

I have a Leg length discrepancy - right side is slightly longer. (this is corrected when my im lying down and my hips are shaken) The LLD returns as soon as I stand up. (Ive known about this for 2 years)

My right knee has very noisy crepitus which I hear when going up stairs or crouching down. This has a mild pain under the knee plate. (this has gradually got louder over the last 18 months - the mild pain under the plate for the last 4 months)

Im also conscious of locking my knees out when Im standing still.

ITB on my right side snaps quite loud over my right hip when I flex and then extend my leg,. (I only notice this when lying on my back) (Ive known about it 18 months)

I have mild scoliosis - with mild rib hump on left side. (I noticed it about 18 months ago)

I have over pronated feet, with fallen arches,.(I noticed them about 18 months ago) (Ive recently had a podiatrist make me some orthotics)

I get very stiff back - In the middle of the night when I get up for the toilet or to see the babies it takes me a short while to stand up straight because of a sharp pain to the right of the spine above buttock. ( 18months)

ALSO theres the back muscle aches which I describe in my first post...

NOW
My most regular and consistent pain for the full 8 years is a sharp pain on the right side of my back 3 inches from the spine above the crest which also sometimes radiates some pain to the top of the right buttock especially when I KEEP passing through the initially sharp pain. E.G If I have to bend down quite alot in a short space of time EVEN with WHAT I THINK is good posture.

Just to say I had a GP who for 6 years just kept giiving me anti-inflammortory drugs. I now have a different GP who yesterday sent me for an x-ray on my right knee and on my lower back so ill see what they show next week.

18 months ago my new GP reffered to a specialist surgeon for an x-ray- unfotunately the surgeon felt I didnt need one and just commented on my poor standing posture, sway back, hyper lordosis. Since then Ive been very pro-active with my posture also since that meeting with the specialist Ive started to notice all the other problems Ive described above.

Unfortunately for 5 of the last 8 years I was a plasterer plaster boarding ceilings and carrying things on my shoulders etc. ADD these physical activities to the fact that Ive been doing them with a pelvic tilt posture and its understanderble why I have had the consistant sharp pain...
( I just want to say at this point that Ive had the sharp back pains before becoming a plasterer)

When I HANG down legs straight and reach for my toes I have a dull ache at the base of the spine.

My main concern now is the fact that the crepitus has gotten louder over 18 months and the knee has slight pain, the stiff back in the middle of the night, The aches I describe in my first post are also worrying. I seem to be getting a new ache or pain to deal with every 6 months.

I used to do swimming quite alot about 3 years ago. NEVER had a problem with the back when swimming - and now this, so to be fair Im really gutted... especially as everyone says this is the one thing that helps bad backs....

I saw a nhs physio last year who I didnt think was really helpful but he did say my bottom few vertabrea at the bottom of my spine were not moving when i Leaned over forward.

IF you have read this then thanks and good on you. I aggre with pelvic dysfunction of some sorts, this is something Ive been looking at recently... Possibly also some disc problems over the years. Im just now concerned with how things will progress from here.

What is passive stretching and manipulation?

Any more advice is welcome.
Thanks