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Jul 24, 2009 | 05:01 PM

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tjc transport

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i was never a tummy sleeper till i tore both rotator cuffs around 3 years ago. for some strange reason, that is the only way i can be in bed without shoulder pain now.

Jul 24, 2009 | 05:06 PM

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CampSpringsJohn

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i was never a tummy sleeper till i tore both rotator cuffs around 3 years ago. for some strange reason, that is the only way i can be in bed without shoulder pain now.

Never tore a rotator cuff, but I can see where that would make you change your sleeping habits!

Jul 24, 2009 | 08:26 PM

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3)Walking. Builds lower back muscles, and not as hard on your back as running.

Unless you have severe pain, and you will damage it worse, rest is sometimes the worst thing you can do for your back. The exercises listed above will help with dealing with some back pain.

After my surgery, they wanted me to minimize my activity. I was back at working on vehicles within a month, and I feel I am better for it, as I am able to do most of what I could be fore within reason. Had I done as told, I am sure I would be in worse shape... I do a lot of walking and the like, and when i get sore, I generally can walk it off...

Jul 24, 2009 | 08:37 PM

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I have 5 bulging disks all of my lumbar disks...and the L5-S1 is dislocated...

I may have to look into the treatment if I ever get any money again...

Jul 24, 2009 | 09:57 PM

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The chiro that was working on me for several years was using a table that they could manually stretch my back and work it back and forth as well, worked pretty good. Nice thing about chiro docs is that they aren't nearly as expensive... the whole trick is finding one that does the job, rather than milk you for return visits. You should normally get results by 3 visits, that is the most I ever had to go for one issue. I tried to get in every 3 months for maintenance, but didn't keep up with that for the year or so before my back did fail... they were holding it off for the 12 years prior to the failure. I had back issues so bad in 95 I would have to lie down for my last break of an 8 hour shift.Three visits later, felt like I could actually keep going. I did that kind of regimen for the following years, until 2002-3 when I was working two jobs and close to 80 hours a week... it all caught up with me.

Jul 25, 2009 | 08:07 AM

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You should start to see results in 2 to 3 visits. As far as how many visits to completely cure the problem, that depends on the severity of the problem, and how long the person has put off going to a chiropractor. If you go right after an injury, it is usually pretty quick that the problem can be solved. If you put off going, what happens is that the muscles around the damaged area get used to working with the vertabrae out of place. When this happens, and then you go for an adjustment, the muscles will actually try to pull the vertabrae back out of place because they got used to working with them out of place. Sometimes a chiropractor will actually induce more pain trying to correct a problem initially.

Jul 25, 2009 | 09:52 AM

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I had dealt with the problem for 5 yearswithout treatment. The first chiro I went to had not gotten anywhere in several visits. This ione did get results in 3 after a 5 year timeframe from the other chiro.