Back trouble

[oteps]

I tried an inversion table and didn't like it. I put a bar up in garage to hang from(not around my neck!) but like u were doing a pull up. It helps and some times I just use the corner of kitchen counter to lift my upper body on, just use the weight of your legs to relieve the tension in lower back.

[spareparts]

welcome to the club, I've been dealing with it on and off for 15 years. I'm on my second surgery. Good PT will help, bad PT will hurt. Look up exercises for sciatic pain. I went thru over two years of PT, two years of shots, had an inversion table. Tried acupuncture and a chiropractor(***** tried to kill me). It still hurts. I find sleeping on the couch helps, keeps me from twisting too bad while sleeping. Bourbon works as good as anything. PM me if you have any questions

[cfelton]

Yeah I thought about an inversion table, wondered if it would help. I've been sleeping on the couch and in the recliner with the heating pad. Seems like the cold pack helps for a while. Been using Biofreeze and that helps for a little while. Cant get but a few hours sleep, pain wakes me up. Slept on the floor a few nights, woke up stiff as a board. Walking around helps. It feels like something in my hip joint more than my back. Ive had muscle spacams in my lower back muscles on and off for years, felt like knots in the muscles but always went away after a week or so. Working my last 12 hour night tonight, might try some George Dickel tomorrow! Maybe the Docs can figure it out. The specialist I'm going to on the 8th is supposed to be the best anywhere around. Thanks guys!

[spareparts]

as good as the heat feels now, cold is better, youve got to get the swelling down. ibuprofen helps.

[scook]

I was just down for 3 weeks - pain was so bad I was on the brink of throwing up, couldn’t eat much, so the Ibuprofen really made my stomach worse to where I couldn’t take it any more. Be sure to take it with food.

If you can find a good Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Specialist, an MD, you may be able to get a shot of Cortisone directly into the problem area. That is a way to calm the swelling with the smallest dose of steroid.

My PT suggested using ice, which helped a fair amount and alternating cold and heat - cold to reduce swelling and heat to stimulate circulation and healing. The heat caused pain, so I didn’t do it but sometimes it can help.

Spare is definitely right, you need to find a PT (and doctor) who know what they’re doing.

[bradford]

Several months ago I pulled something in my lower back and woke up the next morning and couldn't move. Told my wife to pull me straight up to get me out of bed no matter how much I yelled out in pain. I was walking around like Frankenstein. I don't have a doctor and don't take medicine generally. I YouTubed yoga for lower back pain and found a video from some chick from a channel called psychetruth that helped a ton. All of it was done while sitting in a chair and after a couple weeks the pain was gone. The video wasn't that long and I did it a few times a day and felt better everytime I did

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by bradford

Several months ago I pulled something in my lower back and woke up the next morning and couldn't move. Told my wife to pull me straight up to get me out of bed no matter how much I yelled out in pain. I was walking around like Frankenstein. I don't have a doctor and don't take medicine generally. I YouTubed yoga for lower back pain and found a video from some chick from a channel called psychetruth that helped a ton. All of it was done while sitting in a chair and after a couple weeks the pain was gone. The video wasn't that long and I did it a few times a day and felt better everytime I did

so what did this chick look like?

Watching video, while seated, several times a day? You need to control yourself