The kidneys are located above the waist and to the sides. Kidney pain radiates outward to the sides of the ribcage .. the so-called flank area. If you're experiencing low back pain, it's not kidney related and more likely to be muscle strain of some kind, as the others have noted.

Please have a read through this post .. http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=179021 for more details about this, and some suggestions for relief.


hth,

Doreen