Cure for back pain

[DirtyOldMan]

Farewell Angelina
The bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits
I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles
And the trumpet play slow
Farewell Angelina
The sky is on fire
And I must go.

There's no need for anger
There's no need for blame
There's nothing to prove
Ev'rything's still the same
Just a table standing empty
By the edge of the sea
Farewell Angelina
The sky is trembling
And I must leave.

The jacks and queens
Have forsaked the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies
Now file past the guards
In the space where the deuce
And the ace once ran wild
Farewell Angelina
The sky is folding
I'll see you in a while.

See the cross-eyed pirates sitting
Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans
With a sawed-off shotgun
And the neighbors they clap
And they cheer with each blast
Farewell Angelina
The sky's changing color
And I must leave fast.

King Kong, little elves
On the rooftoops they dance
Valentino-type tangos
While the make-up man's hands
Shut the eyes of the dead
Not to embarrass anyone
Farewell Angelina
The sky is embarrassed
And I must be gone.

The machine guns are roaring
The puppets heave rocks
The fiends nail time bombs
To the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like
I will never deny it
Farewell Angelina
The sky is erupting
I must go where it's quiet

[vetran]

I found

Keep moving.

Ibuprofen.

See Physio.

Swim.

Jacuzzi.

Back exercises as perscribed by physio.

Gentle weight lifting when it is better.

don't push it.
If it hurts stop and try something else.

[BlasterBates]

The most common cause of back pain is when the disc bulges, not a prolapsed disc which actually bursts. Anybody who walks to the surgery hasn't got a prolapsed disc, the patients with prolapsed discs are generally on the floor at home unable to move.

[snaw]

Yoga - worked for me, had chronic back pain for years, to the point I'd wake up most nights in pain and have to swallow some neurofens. Figure it was down to tight hamstrings due to lot's of sports.

A major episode that saw me shacked up for a week plus a friend of mine who does it finally reluctanly persuaded me to give it a go for a month to see what happens. After two weeks it was gone - been doing it for four years now and not had a single nights sleep interrupted and no incidents since.

There are a tonne of side benefits as well, my flexibility is incredible compared to four years ago, I no longer have hammy strains every few months and I can pull tricks on a snowboard I've not been able to do for years. Plus the burds are well fit.

If yga is a bit too new age (And it doesn't have to be, I hate all that sh!te too) then maybe pilates will float yer boat.