Most people, at some time or other in their lives, experience lower back pain. Many of these folks just have a little back pain occasionally, like if they worked too hard in the garden or helped someone move into a new home. Some folks however go through all or much of their lives in constant lower back pain. The pain can range from a little annoying hurt in the lower back to body-racking agony. I unfortunately, fall into the second group.
I have had lower back pain since I was young man. In the best of times it's no more than stiffness across the back from hip to Pilates For Dummies Video just above the butt. But, there have been times when I could not get out of bed without screaming and crying. But good times or bad - some pain is always there. I first experienced it as a young man of about 25 or 26. Every few weeks I would suffer from substantial lower back pain for two or three days. Then everything would be fine for another few weeks. Meanwhile, I lived a pretty Winsor Pilates Circle Dvd In Store life and played handball two or three times a week. Handball requires a lot of turning, twisting, bending and sudden movements and that may have been a part of the problem.
I've always been kind of a nervous twit; sort of a low-grade Type A personality and frequently cannot relax. I'm sure this was at least a contributing factor. One chiropractor told me that he thought I had sustained a back injury sometime in my youth but I can't recall any such incident. Anyway, things went on like this until my mid-thirties.
Then it hit me like a linebacker hitting a quarterback. It got so bad that I could barely get out of bed without screaming and crying. When I did get out of bed, I could hardly stand up straight or walk. So I went to see an orthopedist and he gave me some painkillers so I could function. I started taking the pills on a Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, I still felt terrible and thought the pills were not working. Then on Saturday morning between 10:00 and 10:30, in one simple half-hour, all the pain disappeared.
The doctor also gave me some exercises to do to strengthen my back muscles. I did them for about thirty years. I still had some pain, but at least I could function - even kept playing handball and skiing. Finally, as few years ago, the pain started up again. I saw three different orthopedic surgeons and none of them could do squat for me. All I heard was "There's nothing I can do - live with it!"
I tried Yoga and meditation and these disciplines helped to some degree. Finally, I hit the jackpot and found a highly recommended chiropractor. This man some pain back there and probably always will be, but my back feels better that it has since I was young. So much for the "Miracles of Modern Medicine". I have diabetes, arthritis, hearing loss and a bad back and there's nothing the doctor's can do about any of them.
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