timwilky |
31-01-06 06:27 PM |
I suffer badly with my back. For the medical people it is a narrowing of lumbo-sacral disc spaces with facet joint sclerosis. For the non medical it can at times f***ing hurt. When suffering normally I use Tramadol and a couple of time over the past 10 years of pain had to resort to morphine.
The strangest bit being the pain in my legs is actually my back.
I find riding my fully clothed SV is therapeutic if I adopt a concave back profile. Don't support my fat body on my arm/shoulders/wrist. But, instead take my weight from my hips and bend my body up. This then tends to push the lower discs back into shape. Although there are times when you need someone to apply a firm sharp push the offending part of the spine.
I have had loads of physio on my back, stretching etc. but there is always the nagging worry that if I do something I can end up on a heap on the floor screaming in agony. It is funny to be carried into an ambulance. them saying you will be home in a couple of hours. Get the Morphine. have a puke and hobble out a few hours later. Still it is nice to then get a few weeks off work as you are petrified to drive incase your back goes again.
Backs, I would not wish one on my worst enemy.
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