Pulled back muscle after brewing. Recommendations?

[TheCADJockey]

WOW, that's harsh. I have been to a couple different chiropractors, neither one promoted "voodoo herbal crap". They did more for my bad back then several "regular" doctors; who only wanted to prescribe more & more meds & surgery. I take the "spine benders" because they make my back feel better.

I'm in favor of both chiropractic care and the ignorantly coined "voodoo herbal crap". My chiropractor is one of the few people that has made my life more comfortable; the other being a certified natural health professional. The latter has also helped my grandfather live a happy life to this day, after medical doctors told us he wouldn't live to see Christmas... ten years ago. Just because you don't understand how an herbal remedy or supplement that can be found in nature works, doesn't make it voodoo.

I'm in an office of 80 people who are constantly sick, coughing, dripping and taking days off all while shoving "medicine" down their throats. You can keep that. The "voodoo" has kept our family healthy for a long time and I feel much better knowing I'm ingesting something that I can go outside and find, rather than something I can't even pronounce off the back of a label.

 

[Howhownow]

I feel your pain... in fact, I have posted here about your pain.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=501505

By the way, the beer turned out fantastic.
My back does still hurt a bit, and I actually get a little pang of pain every time I visualize picking up the full kettle of cooled wort.

It will get better, take the advice already given. Heat, then ice (ice helped me the most), with anti-inflamatory medication.

 

[Paradigm]

I never really thought of chiropractors in a good or bad way, but I didn't really think they'd ever be able to help.

Until one day, I really hurt my back and I went in. The chiropractor is this tiny little woman, about half my size. I thought, "Yeah right." She had to basically jump on me to do it, but there way this one point when my back went crack and it was the best feeling ever.

 

[kombat]

She had to basically jump on me to do it

Sounds like a legit medical procedure.

You guys can believe what you want, but I'm a scientist, and I believe in evidence, statistics, and the Scientific Method, not anecdotes. I hope we can all still get along.

 

[stpug]

Sounds like a legit medical procedure.

You guys can believe what you want, but I'm a scientist, and I believe in evidence, statistics, and the Scientific Method, not anecdotes. I hope we can all still get along.

You ride that pony! Giddy-up!

 

[Paradigm]

Sounds like a legit medical procedure.

You guys can believe what you want, but I'm a scientist, and I believe in evidence, statistics, and the Scientific Method, not anecdotes. I hope we can all still get along.

The disagreement is fine, the hostility in which you purvey it, however, is interesting. You're pretty kombative in your posts.

I don't believe it cures diseases, but they can, and do, fix small spine issues. I had a slipped disk and they popped it into place. No voodoo, just pressure at the right place.

But I'm here to brew beer, not argue.

 

[Warthaug]

I usually stay out of these things, but as a life-long backpain sufferer (life-long = since mid-20's; close enough for government work) I just want to point out a few things.

The efficacy of chiropractic adjustments is well established - it's pretty poor: no evidence of benefit for any disease, although it can offer temporary and mild relief of back-pain.

However, there are a number of confirmed cases where chiropractors have killed or seriously injured patients during these manipulations, through tearing the carotid or vertebrobasilar arteries (example). There's also a growing body of evidence showing that a certain type of rare stroke appears to be greatly increased following chiropractic adjustments (example), meaning that these kinds of injuries may not be 1-off cases of malpractice, and rather a real risk of common chiropractic practice.

If you suffer from backpain/injury, get your MD to refer you to a quality physiotherapist or rehabilitation therapist. A few days of treatment and training (training = mix of lifting techniques & strengthening) will do far more to treat - and prevent occurrence - of back-pain. I made the mistake of seeing a chiropractor for my back - he actually did more harm than good. Three visits to a physiotherapist (which consisted mostly of training on proper lifting techniques and strengthening exercises) took my backpain from a chronic issue that frequently interfered with daily life to a rare issue that only crops up a few times per year - and usually after I do something stupid.

Bryan

PS: To the OP: a $10 back-brace (sometimes sold as "lifting braces") can save you a lot of pain.

 

[cannman]

From someone who has a chronic back issue and cash-credit at the chiropracter's office for exceeding my yearly co-pay responsibility, I have implemented:
1: Back Brace
2: Brew Haulers
3: Hot wort pump (leave the kettle where they boil, the pump will take the wort to the carboys etc)
4: Co2 transferring to secondary and bottling bucket and or KEG.

I haven't had a brew related back issue since! Now from work... different story...

Play safe!

 

[Natdavis777]

However, there are a number of confirmed cases where chiropractors have killed or seriously injured patients during these manipulations, through tearing the carotid or vertebrobasilar arteries (example). There's also a growing body of evidence showing that a certain type of rare stroke appears to be greatly increased following chiropractic adjustments (example), meaning that these kinds of injuries may not be 1-off cases of malpractice, and rather a real risk of common chiropractic practice.

My ex-girlfriend's older sister (early 30s) was rushed to our ED a few years back after a chiropractic session after experiencing stroke-like symptoms. He dissected her right vertebral during a manipulation. After speaking with one of our neurorads about it, he said he sees a few cases annually of this exact incident, induced from a chiropractor.

I too, suffer from chronic back pain, and once sought chiropractic help. Didnt do much help, but I dont hold that against them. What threw me off was how one of them claimed chiropractic saved her life. She was going on and on of the ancillary benefits (not just back pain relief) like blood pressure regulation, immune system benefits, etc. It was like she was pitching a sale to me. Not saying all of them act this way, but Ive heard of chiropractors making similar claims from other people.

 

[kombat]

My ex-girlfriend's older sister (early 30s) was rushed to our ED a few years back after a chiropractic session after experiencing stroke-like symptoms. He dissected her right vertebral during a manipulation.

But hey, you know, you can't judge, right? Some people choose naturopathy to treat their cancer, others might choose chemo and radiation (we call those ones "cancer survivors"). Different strokes for different folks. It's all equally valid, right?

 

[rjolin01]

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[Kiknjville]

Didn't see this in the thread so here is another option. I have had chronic muscle issues with my back since I worked at UPS. Just cut your batch in half. I started with 5 gallons and had to drop down to 2.5 due to constantly straining my back. Buy a 3 gallon carboy and possibly a smaller boil kettle and you are set to go. I actually want to brew more now that I don't have to worry about straining my back. Two adjustments i had to make. I had to buy a smaller boil kettle because the bigger one was boiling off too fast (height to diameter ratio.) I now add rice hulls in my mash because I started getting stuck mashes due to the size of my cooler (another height to diameter ratio I think.) You still get close to a case of beer and it's more fun!

 

[ArcLight]

I use these:
http://www.midwestsupplies.com/the-brew-hauler.html