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@medz don’t have one of those… The wife has a vibrator though.

@OnionSoup duct tape it to a stick to reach back

@medz thanks, I’ll ask my wife if I can borrow her vibrator when she gets home.

@medz @OnionSoup But isn’t she gonna need it if you threw your back out?

@lichme @OnionSoup tell her to buy batteries

@lichme @medz @OnionSoup I think @shahnm can probably solve the battery issue.

@Kidsandliz @lichme @medz @OnionSoup I think that most people who would invest in a personal enhancement product of that type would probably figure out satisfactory power options with no help from me…

@rockblossom yeah… colourful curses help

… though it did make the wife laugh at me when I was yelling in pain on kitchen floor… (Maybe because it’s out of character for me).

I didn’t appreciate the laughter then… But if it weren’t for her help afterwards I’d probably still be on the floor. Times like this I’m so glad I’m not alone, or I’ve no idea what I would have done.

I’ve seen some of the strtches online. I might try them once I’ve started to heal but I wouldn’t be able to do that yet. I do have some anti inflammatory cream from something else… Good suggestion, I’ll use that (or get the Mrs to use it on me) once she gets home.

@OnionSoup I’ve thrown my back out before, and living alone, it was pretty much just, “Now seems like a good time for a nap on the floor.” After a few hours, I was usually able to move a bit to help myself. Pain sucks - hope you get better soon.

And science has shown that chiropractors can help with that once you can move enough to get to a doctor.

@CaptAmehrican
/giphy throw back Tuesday

@kdemo weed not legal and employer does regular checks.

I called my doctor to ask if there’s anything they can prescribe me, like a muscle relaxer without seeing a doctor in person, but call goes straight to voicemail and they never call back. Probably think I’m after drugs for recreational purposes.

Good news is, I am semi mobile now, I can slowly move around the house with crutches when I need… Not going to risk driving myself in case my back spasms whilst driving. But the Mrs doesn’t work on Thursdays, so can probably get her to take me somewhere tomorrow… Although getting past the stage of needing the drugs now.

+1 on the inversion table

@macromeh another +1 on the inversion table (exactly as described above + ask your doc before using one - with my condition my doc said I can’t do extreme twists).

@phendrick hmm, I’m going to have to stop laughing at all those typically ignored recycle-value-priced inversion tables I keep seeing at Estate Sales.

@RedOak I got my “Teeter” from Woot many years ago and I often see them for under $250 there. I think you can find them on the Teeter site under the “used” page as well. My woot was “gently used” but looked new. Teeter tables are monsters and if you can find one at an Estate sale grab it.

There are more things than just stretching upside down. Laying horizontal with gentle rocking does something to the brain - so relaxing.

@aetris Can’t stress those stretches enough. I found them online after the doc suggested I do that. There are a bunch out there. I did them laying on the bed and felt so much better after stretching. Now any time I feel it starting to tighten, I go stretch immediately. That’s in addition to doing them on a regular basis now.

@pitamuffin - Believe it or not, the wallet-in-the-front-pocket thing is also a HUGE back pain issue. Has something to do with throwing off your body balance.

@aetris @pitamuffin

Has something to do with throwing off your body balance.

Can’t imagine that being an issue with my wallet. Too thin!

@lseeber I agree on a good chiro. Finding a really good one is the challenge. I rarely need a MD, but a good chiro is a necessity for me. I even had a problem where something was wrong with my knee. Felt as though I had a permanent rug burn. I could walk and stand with no problem, but as soon as I put my knee cap on the floor I went thru the roof. It even put me out of yoga for a time. I dealt with it for about a year. Saw my doctor who wanted to refer me to an orthopedic surgeon who would of just sent me for extensive expensive testing. Instead I mentioned it to my chiro. He checked a couple things and said what it was (I forget). He did a couple of manipulations in one session and two days later the knee was completely healed.
It’s funny because I found a number of threads online describing exactly what I had, but not in one of them did anyone ever give an answer to what it was or detail any treatment that ever helped. Something was just out of place that shouldn’t have been and wouldn’t go back into place on it’s own. It was fixed for less than 1/2 price that the first appt. would have cost me seeing a specialist. Money well spent.

@mfladd I hear ya. I had vertigo for almost 2 yrs. Went to doc, they sent me to ENT, then sent to Neuro. It was miserable and they couldn’t find the cause. My chiro said… let me check something with an xray and turned out it was a couple of twisted vertebra in my neck. He fixed it almost immediately. Same thing when the ulnar nerve rolled out of the slot in my elbow joint (that was excrutiating!) he fixed it. Wasn’t fun, but he did. I told him he was never allowed to retire.

@lseeber I agree on a good chiro too. My “good” one is 700 miles from me. I get to see him 2x a year going 1000 miles to visit my mom. I make a 90 mile detour, spend the night at a friend’s house and keep threatening to kidnap him to have him set up shop here. Unfortunately he is retiring. His daughter is taking over his practice but she isn’t all that good. I’ll still make the detour to see my friend, but not necessarily to see his daughter. Maybe she will get better over time. Who knows.

@Kidsandliz Yeah… my guy has his son with him now. He’s almost as good but one of the things I need he doesn’t do as well as his dad so for now, they tag team me.