Oh my aching back!

[mrk305]

The chiropractor I go to uses a tool to move your discs instead of cracking the heck out of everything you got. I forget what he calls it, but he puts in on the disc and it just kind of pops it back in place. New school chiropractors aren't like the ones I went to in the '70's.

 

[Hippie]

I got wrestling around with my work partner the other day and got pretty f'd up. We were in the back of a box truck and I had him in a side headlock when he was able to get me a little off the ground and drove me into the side wall with his arm around me. I heard a bunch of pops and dropped to the ground having trouble catching my breath (no deep ones). I kept working through the day in a ton of discomfort, then had a three day weekend consisting of mostly bed rest.
I worked the next monday (out of state road trip) feeling minorly improved and by end of day tuesday I felt wonderful. That night we went out and I tied one on, and slept on the bad side, reaggrivating it, then pushed it at work the next day. Yesterday wasn't bad, excepting some spasms after coughing (stuck in a work vehicle, unable to stretch it out), but last night was horrible. My bed needs replacing, as it isn't supportive and makes my body carry the load. At 3:30, I rolled over and it felt like someone stabbed me. I have had decent discomfort today, but when I sneezed earlier, it was one of the most agonizing things I may have ever experienced , which is saying something!

Oh well, thanks for letting me vent, I think tonight is mattress on the floor and happy thoughts of tuesday past as I think alot of the problem has to do with my bed, as shown by being virtually pain free one day after using a good one on the road

 

[JnJ]

I've been dealing with 3 herrinated disc for years. Well since July it has been really bad so I finally went back in. They did x-rays, MRI, and gave me vicadine and flexeril that dont do crap for the pain. So they get the MRI results and send me to Nerosugery. One of the disk L4/L5 has colapsed. So they want to try PT (which has never helped me) and pain management (injections, which I want to try) for 3 months but the surgeon said he believes it will require surgery, and not one of the minimally invasive ones, no I need the spinal fusion. I'm going to put it off as long as I can because I don't have enough sick leave to be layed up for 6-8 weeks........

 

[Hippie]

Good luck to you man! I'd go with option 1 and get a second opinion, having that kind of work done could ruin you! My buddy had that sort of thing happen, and he is in constant, often debilitating pain.

I am feeling much better. I changed my sleeping situation and am feeling improved for it. I am paranoid of coughing and sneezing still though. I carry cough drops and start chewing at the first tickle no more relapses and I should be right as rain

 

[JnJ]

I am paranoid of coughing and sneezing still though. I carry cough drops and start chewing at the first tickle no more relapses and I should be right as rain

Oh ya, sneezing kills. Laughing hard does too.

 

[aekdbbop]

OOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!! Now that's a thought!








Just kidding aekdbbop.

f.u. 5678910


(jk)

 

[the_Roqk]

f.u. 5678910


(jk)

Well! Ahem... GFY too!

 

[Danny013]

Well, you do carry morphine on the rescues...

Best of luck to ya, man! I'm just starting out my EMS career, I'm sure I'll have back problems eventually - if not from lifting then from leaning over and starting IV's for years and years. At least you have good insurance!

Take it easy, have a few extra homebrews. Always works for me