$%@!?& Back!!!

[PirateJohn]

Ugh, yesterday morning I threw out my back yet again.  All day yesterday I was barely able to move from the couch, and today I haven't been able to stay up for more than about a half hour at a time.  I need to do grocery shopping but I'm not sure if I'm quite strong enough for it yet.  But I'm also getting rather sick of ordering out for pizza...

[ChristineF]

You need to sit in a jacuzzi for an hour or so..... I messed up my back last summer when I wiped out my mountain bike. The jacuzzi seemed to do a lot more good for me than the Vicadin the doctor prescribed for me..... 

at least when I crashed the bike my friends gave me high ratings on the dis-mount and subesquent landing....

[nakednudists]

I tend to have alot of lower back problems and a simple visit to the chiropractor solves my problems, at least for awhile anyway.  When I am not going to the doc, I keep it iced for 20 minutes at a time whenever I can.

Unfortunately, back problems will never go away.  You have to learn to live with it.

[Nudly]

ouch, and double ouch.

[jessie4289]

I go to the chiropractor once a week and to see my massage therapist too, once a week. It really solves my back problems and my insurance covers it. Its totally worth it.

Jessie

[youngjoe]

^That's some awesome insurance.
Daily stretching may help some, I know that it used to work wonders for me during football season. Just be careful only to stretch just a little past what is comfortable, overstretching can be worse than not stretching at all.

[PirateJohn]

Well, I bought some naproxen today, so hopefully that fixes it.  It's doing better overall, but it still hurts to bend.  I was hoping to go to the gym this weekend since I haven't been in a while (my brother was in town then I caught a cold), but I think it will be a few days before I'm ready for that.