Back pain

UncleWillie

UncleWillie

Rarely serious.
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Dec 29, 2010
Location
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I have been hard at it the past couple of months. We did relief work in WNC, cleaned out a 12,000 sqft building, hauled so many loads of scrap, hauled many more junk cars, and my back was fine.

Then we spent a week with my folks in TN where I mostly sat on the couch.

Friday we were hooking up trailers at home. I was backing up my pickup with Nick in my lap. Step was doing the hookups. On the last trailer I got out of the truck, and nearly dropped Nick because it felt like someone shot me in the spine. I pinched a nerve.

After some quality time on the back swing
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it finally popped. Now I just feel like I was beat with a bat.

Out of all the stuff I did it was getting out of the truck that got me. 54 is going great.
 
I feel ya. I have had 3 back surgeries (2016, 2017, & 2018) on the same disc. What I have learned is exercising to make a strong core is important. A strong core keeps everything in the correct place.

I used to have an inversion table. I sold it a few years ago because I no longer needed it.
 
VortecJeep said:
I feel ya. I have had 3 back surgeries (2016, 2017, & 2018) on the same disc. What I have learned is exercising to make a strong core is important. A strong core keeps everything in the correct place.

I used to have an inversion table. I sold it a few years ago because I no longer needed it.
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I've had one back surgery. My back hasn't hurt this bad since before the surgery.
 
It's usually bending down to tie your shoes or sneezing too hard that does it...

It never seems to be the strenuous, manual labor 🤦‍♂️
 
doc said:
I have always been curious about inversion tables...
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I have one it works wonders for me but it doesn't help the wife's back problems. I use it once or twice a year now. I learned when my back is starting to give me problem's and i slow down and give it a break to get better.
 
Monkeynono said:
I will add , yoga is great for your spine. I have 2 damaged vertebrae in my lower back and morning stretching is a big help
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Stretching has always been huge for me. Since I was 16 years old I’ve had disc issues (I’m sire 20yrs of football didn’t help)…never wanted to do surgery, so I just power through. About every 6 months since I was 16 I was flat on my barely able to breath for about a week. I did physical therapy, I did pain killers, I did chiropractors and massages…but the biggest things that have helped for me is stretching, strengthening my core and losing weight. Not sure which one helped the most, but haven’t had an issue in about 2 years…and when my back does start feeling a little tender, I just up the stretching.
 
Croatan_Kid said:
It's usually bending down to tie your shoes or sneezing too hard that does it...

It never seems to be the strenuous, manual labor 🤦‍♂️
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Yep! I can pick up engines and transmissions throw them in the truck. Couple months back a piece of paper was in the driveway, bent to pick it up and was out of work for a couple weeks. Crazy shit lol
 
First rule is don't let anybody cut on your back. Success rate is only 10-30%, depending on your source and the definition of success.
 
I laugh, but it does suck!

Luckily, all my discs are fine. Mine is just facet joint arthritis. Which still sucks because it'll make my entire body hurt depending on where the arthritis flares up and what nerves it decides to pinch. It masks other problems because I don't know if it actually hurts/has a problem or if it's nerve pain from the arthritis.
 
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