Severe back strain... Any tips?
Puff_Dougie
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So, went to the church today to help strip and clean floors. Got down on my knees to scrub along the baseboards. Felt the muscles in my lower right back ball up like a fist. Couldn't stand up. Worst pain I've ever felt. A couple people eventually helped me to my car (passenger seat) and drove me home. Been resting it, doing gentle stretches and applying heat and ice intermittently, but it's not letting go. Walking like Quasimodo. Anybody have any suggestions?
"When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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I'm icing mine after a long day/week now.
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I have nothing to useful to add that hasn't been said above.
In a few days when, hopefully the pain is not as bad, while laying on the floor with knees bent, tightened up your abdominal muscles causing the small of your back to press, gently, toward the floor. hold for about 10 seconds and release. Called a pelvic tilt.
I've gone the MD and Physical Therapist route. I went 2 or 3 times a week for 5 weeks and haven't been back since. that was about 18 years ago.
I used to take Ibuprofen, too.
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It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
if not you’ll just just f*** it up more. Your injured and probably walk-in sideways, been there many tines, let the doc fix before doing stuff while your injured resulting in more being injured...
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I hate to be "that guy." But I'd never had back pain until one day I was buying bags of mulch...
I've never been the same since.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.
Ginger and turmeric tea is a good native pain reliever.
But you will want to add some flavor to it. I prefer honey and cinnamon.
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Yeah, it's robaxin. Can be hard on your stomach. I had never heard of anyone having withdrawals. When I first hurt my back I took 1000mg/day for 5 years, quit, nothing. Not denying your experience at all, everyone's different. By the time I had my knee replacement I was up to 40mg oxycodone a day just to be able to walk. After it was 80mg/ day for a couple months. As the pain resolved I took less and less, now I take a 7.5 hydrocodone maybe 2 or 3 times a month with a Robaxin if my back gets too bad. No problem. I've known lots of people who couldn't do that.
Funny, when I quit cigarettes I definitely had withdrawals. Sweats, tremors, IRRITABILITY on a grand scale. Yet, if I can't have a cigar for some reason, no problem.
YMMV.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
For a number of of years I couldn’t ‘sleep in’ on a day off because of extreme pain in my hips. One day, on a whim, I decided to try a chiropractor. Long story short, he laid me on my side on the table and ‘cracked’ my spine like you crack your knuckles. I’ve had no further problems sleeping-in ever since. Seems I had a vertebra out of place.
So i’ll recommend the good ones and tell the others to look for another line of work......
Went to Wal-Mart this morning for some office supplies. Only needed a few items, but took a cart and used it as a walker. Getting old sucks!
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It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.