Bad back

[malvolio]

Touch wood, Mal!

Quickly...

Can't - me back's gone and I can't get out of the chair....

[lukemg]

the painkillers were to enable me to sleep for the first time in 3 days, not so I could do gymnastics....Combined with anti-inflam's and spasm reducers I was able to relax for a day which improved things 70%, it was sorted a few days later (obviously muscle related rather than disks etc).

[BrilloPad]

physios/pills/doctors

My Physio recommended pilates. But I didn't bother. Fortunately my problem has not come back since I stopped seeing her.

But anyway, the reason for posting is that the answer is to find a good Physio. This problem will not get better any other way. The physio will help you with the short term problem and should tell you what is wrong with your posture to have caused it in the first place.

Taking pills to stop the paid is a dumb move (unless you really can't live without them). You will simply allow yourself to continue using your back wrongly in the short term and will end up permanentyly crippled in the longer term.

tim

usually I find physios very good (over 20 years) - but my last few episodes of pain (2 years) physio did not help much. In the end I needed an MRI scan and my bottom 2 discs are knackered. I guess it depends on what is wrong.

I agree over the pills. I am fairly immune to painkillers and I got into alot of arguments with the doctor. My uncle is lecturer in pharmaceuticals so I knew what to ask the doctor for(just as well as they kept giving me the wrong drugs) but the painkillers were almost ineffective.

Doctors are no help atall for backs. 1 doctor told me to bend at the knees - when I said my knees were bad she said "well you are in a bad way then". Another doctor said swimming was good - except one stroke - except for breast/back stroke - she couldn't remember which.

[hyperD]

I found a poor seat and posture exacerbates mine so I bought one of these:

Posturite Chairs

Been fine ever since. In actual fact, when the back feels a little twingy, a couple of minutes relaxing on this works a treat.