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    #41
    I have a lot of back issues (cracked disc probs, fluid round hips, knotted shoulders etc).

    With me, I should do exercises all the time to correct imbalances (I don't, and it comes back).

    I sneezed and did a disc in year before last... only things that work (and most people have said this on here):

    -- go to a decent physio, ideally a sports one, as they are used to treating loads of injuries (if someone just hooks you up to the electric mains system don't go back, they're generally tulip and will have you coming back for 10 sessions that aren't needed)
    -- if you can't get one via recommendation have a look online for a clinic that says it treats sports people
    -- don't start doing hot/cold until they have advised you, depending on what you may have done they do different things (think warm is for muscle, ice for other stuff)
    -- lean backwards if you sneeze, I do it all the time now, yes you look like a muppet but it stops you pulling your back again
    -- a physio should give you exercises to strengthen your back, make sure you do them

    Things that really bugger your back up are sitting down for too long (taxi drivers get bad backs, and office workers) as it puts pressure on your discs, lying on the sofa etc, as well as lifting incorrectly, bad posture. I didn't engage my glute muscles properly which caused me hip probs.... if you see someone good they may help you sort stuff like that out. You shouldn't have to go back for weeks on end, it's usually the exercises that help if you do them regularly.

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      #42
      I must admit I used to think people with bad backs were pulling a fast one, in order to get signed off sick, etc.

      Until last year that was. Half a day hardly able to move convinced me :-)

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        #43
        Originally posted by bobhope View Post
        I must admit I used to think people with bad backs were pulling a fast one, in order to get signed off sick, etc.

        Until last year that was. Half a day hardly able to move convinced me :-)
        I remember all those idiots, when I was young, saying 'dont pick it up like that, you'll regret it when you are older'

        yeah, like I am ever going to be a decrepid old f@rt like you


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          #44
          Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
          Yesterday afternoon I was getting up from my armchair. About 25% of the way to an upright position I sneezed, and my back locked up
          About a week before our first kid was born, I was putting finishing touches to our new kitchen and one of the very last jobs was to line the washing machine up in its place. No idea what I did, but I managed to do something exactly wrong because my back completely locked up. I was only about 23 at the time, but it was like I was an old man on his last legs. I ended up spending about two days solid laid out on the sofa while my 9-mths-preggers missus did all the running around.

          Of course, she's never mentioned it once in all the years since then. Well, unless the day has a "y" in it, that is.

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