Back Pain
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From: Charlotte, NC
Back Pain
Ok, last year during my senior year of High School football, I suffered what the trainer said was a lower back strain. i couldn't bend down without pulling myself down or having help. Plus I was a 235 lbs offensive lineman(too small for that spot if you ask me, I was there for my speed and will according to the coach)so it wasn't exactly a piece of cake to heal it right. Me being stupid as I was, I continued playing through the pain, even though I knew I wouldn't do anything with it. Well, this "lower back strain" occured on the left side right above my waist. Now that it's getting cold again, it is starting to flare back up and hurt again. Everyone is telling me that I need to see a doctor for it, yet I still have yet to go. Does anyone have any idea what I could have done to it?
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From: Kalispell, Mt.
After a 30+ year history of numerous back injuries, working physically hard while in extreme pain, seeing chiropractors & doctors continuously .... and now functioning with only the support of pain meds .... I'd have no idea. I've been through numerous CAT scans, MRI's, X-Rays and the whole nine yards and no one can fully explain why I have so much pain. I do, however, have bulging discs from top to bottom, with the bottom being the worst and some bone spurring.I'd still go see a Dr if you don't get feeling better. The longer you go without proper care or physical therapy, the worse it could get for you as you get older.
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From: knoxville ,tn
get to the doctor, you are still young and the last thing you want is to be laid up with back problems 
. i have had two back surgeries and the doctor says i will need one maybe two more in the future. being only 37 years old , it has stopped me from doing a lot of things i would have liked to do. so do yourself a favor and go to the doc and take care of your back.
. i have had two back surgeries and the doctor says i will need one maybe two more in the future. being only 37 years old , it has stopped me from doing a lot of things i would have liked to do. so do yourself a favor and go to the doc and take care of your back.
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From: Murphysboro, IL
Go to the doc, I know it hurts the pride a bit but go.
I pinched a nerve a few years ago, hurt like heck for a few months before I ever went to a doc, he gave me a pian med that was much better than the ibuprofen's I had almost addicted myself too by then.
I pinched a nerve a few years ago, hurt like heck for a few months before I ever went to a doc, he gave me a pian med that was much better than the ibuprofen's I had almost addicted myself too by then.
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From: Eastern Shore, Md.
Go to the Doc.,He'll give anti inflamitory and pain meds. You just have to deal with it every time it happens and don't over do it until it heals. At least with me, It seems like it gets worse everytime I pull my back. I don't wish back pain on anyone.
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From: Eastern Iowa Soon Texas
In highskool I sprianed my back, and like you I play threw the pain. I am truely regretting it now. I am only 33 and wake up everymorning in pain and work all day with pain.. GET to the Dr ASAP!! Get this nipped in the butt while you are still young. Back pain is nothing to play with, it will bother you the rest of your life!! Take it from me and all the others on here in the same situation!! 
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From: Montreal Canada
i have back pain and lifting manholes and concrete rings all day doesn't exactly help. course i could stop drinking beer and lose 40 pounds and feel a lot better too. but once i'm warmed up i'll work all day no pain, no problem. it's when i sit in that big chair at night it's impossible to get me up again and in the morning i'm stiff as a board and it hurts just taking those first few steps. i'm a lot more careful now working, how i lift things so i don't make it worse. guys at work it's all the same story. either you have it or you don't but once your back gets bent out of shape it's never going to be right again. but what bugs me is new guys think they can show me how to work and do the job by themselves. goes OK for a while till the 3rd or 4th one then they begin to see why we work together.
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From: Winnipeg, Manitoba
First, I'd go see a good chiropractor. A dr will likely only give you pain medication, but not really fix the problem. I suffer from lower back pain as well...have for years. Mine comes from slinging hay bales all day, and then moving onto slinging beer kegs and other heavy objexts as a truck driver for a few years, and various other trades I've been invloved in. Ironically enough, I did my initial injury when I was 24, now I'm 31, and for the first time this year, I went to see a chiro. Turns out my hips rotated, and are pinching the siatic nerves....a few trips later, I'm starting to feel pretty good again, better than I have in years. The problem is, I left it go for so long, it's taking numerous trips to get my hips to stay where they belong. Between trips to the chiro, and trips to the massage tharapist to loosen the muscles after getting snapped back into place, things are returning to where they should be. Take my advice....don't let this wait any longer. Right now it could be something simple, that will only get worse if not taken care of. Back injuries are crippling.
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From: arizona
Listen carefully, Thru years of experimentation I have found out how to eliminate all of my LOWER back pain by a very SIMPLE back stretch.
First, stand in front of a table that is about waist high. Then, raise your leg up and put it on the edge of the table, sitting on your heel(with shoes on).
Slowly start to bend over towards your horizontal positioned leg. The goal is to be able to (eventually) touch your chin to the horizontal leg.
This could take weeks or longer to fully stretch all of the tendons and nerves but believe me unless you have some kind of structural damage you should loose all if not most of the pain.
I do this about 3x a week and will only hold that position for a count of 50......but I'm already stretched so it will take you some time.
I have what they call sciatica in the lower back. It's not severe but could get that way if I don't watch what I do.
I use to have to have to lift heavy things as a child on the farm and that's how I was injuried.
The goal here is to STRETCH all of the surrounding muscles, tendons and nerves and keep them stretched.
First, stand in front of a table that is about waist high. Then, raise your leg up and put it on the edge of the table, sitting on your heel(with shoes on).
Slowly start to bend over towards your horizontal positioned leg. The goal is to be able to (eventually) touch your chin to the horizontal leg.
This could take weeks or longer to fully stretch all of the tendons and nerves but believe me unless you have some kind of structural damage you should loose all if not most of the pain.
I do this about 3x a week and will only hold that position for a count of 50......but I'm already stretched so it will take you some time.
I have what they call sciatica in the lower back. It's not severe but could get that way if I don't watch what I do.
I use to have to have to lift heavy things as a child on the farm and that's how I was injuried.
The goal here is to STRETCH all of the surrounding muscles, tendons and nerves and keep them stretched.
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From: Gilbert
You know what also works great for back pain? Gravity boots (where you hang upside down). I know it might sound crazy but man does it feel good. I have a set and use it a couple times a day (before and after work). Great stress reliever too. Here's a link to the set I have, definitely money well spent.
http://www.gravity-boots.com/catalog/shopping/HangUps_EZ-Up_Inversion_System
Also great to do crunches on as well.
EDIT: Hey look at that, this post just made me an elder user. Sweet...
http://www.gravity-boots.com/catalog/shopping/HangUps_EZ-Up_Inversion_System
Also great to do crunches on as well.
EDIT: Hey look at that, this post just made me an elder user. Sweet...
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