Bad Back

[chef]

ok, so I did a lot of heavy lifting over the weekend and now I have a large amount of pain in my upper back to the point where I look like a robot whenever I turn.

Should I goto the doc's, get a massage or just sleep on it tonight and stop moaning?

 

[Mich the Tester]

ok, so I did a lot of heavy lifting over the weekend and now I have a large amount of pain in my upper back to the point where I look like a robot whenever I turn.

Should I goto the doc's, get a massage or just sleep on it tonight and stop moaning?

Lie down for a while on a hard surface (i.e. floor) before you go to bed. Sleep tonight and if it's still bad tomorrow get a massage. If that doesn't help within a couple of days go to the doc.

I am a qualified fitness trainer but not a qualified physician so my advice is well meaning and based on experience but is not a professional medical opinion so do not consider my advice perfect etc because if you sue me I will beat your f**king head in.

 

[norrahe]

Take some ibuprofen and take it easy, if it's still giving you hassle in a day or so, go and see an osteopath.

If you go to the docs, they'll just give you painkillers and send you on your way.

 

[Wilmslow]

ok, so I did a lot of heavy lifting over the weekend and now I have a large amount of pain in my upper back to the point where I look like a robot whenever I turn.

Should I goto the doc's, get a massage or just sleep on it tonight and stop moaning?

I have a bad back, and have ever since I fell over in a sauna hitting L3/L4 on the wooden bench.

Best thing to do is take ibuprofen, meanwhile, book yourself a physio appointment which will take around 3-4 days to get sorted. If you see physio when raw, you will not get the benefit.

All being well time and ibuprofen will sort things out, but well worth getting a once over from a physio.

Do NOT go to a chiropractor, you need a more gentle approach first before you get your spine manipulated!

Also worth trying spending the evening with a hot water bottle to your back.

Edit: Well worth taking a couple of paracetamol as well - although poo-pooed ad not any good, with ibuprofen they can take the edge off.

Whatever you do, don't sieze up and do nothing - do cat stretch and gentle side to side movements to keep as mobile as you can, but don't do anything daft like weight lifting! Gentle jog may be what you need to keep mobile though.

 

[sasguru]

I have a bad back, and have ever since I fell over in a sauna hitting L3/L4 on the wooden bench.

Best thing to do is take ibuprofen, meanwhile, book yourself a physio appointment which will take around 3-4 days to get sorted. If you see physio when raw, you will not get the benefit.

All being well time and ibuprofen will sort things out, but well worth getting a once over from a physio.

Do NOT go to a chiropractor, you need a more gentle approach first before you get your spine manipulated!

Also worth trying spending the evening with a hot water bottle to your back.

WIS.

 

[DaveB]

ok, so I did a lot of heavy lifting over the weekend and now I have a large amount of pain in my upper back to the point where I look like a robot whenever I turn.

Should I goto the doc's, get a massage or just sleep on it tonight and stop moaning?

Get g/f Chef to go on a diet or stop trying to do it standing up

 

[BlasterBates]

You don't need to do anything. It'll get better. If the Dr sees you walking into surgery he''lll know nothings wrong, because slipped disc patients don't walk, they just lay on the floor in agony.

 

[Mich the Tester]

You don't need to do anything. It'll get better. If the Dr sees you walking into surgery he''lll know nothings wrong, because slipped disc patients don't walk, they just lay on the floor in agony.

Slipped disc isn't the only possible back injury.

 

[Spacecadet]

ok, so I did a lot of heavy lifting over the weekend and now I have a large amount of pain in my upper back to the point where I look like a robot whenever I turn.

Should I goto the doc's, get a massage or just sleep on it tonight and stop moaning?

What were you lifting to cause the back pain?

 

[Mich the Tester]

ok, so I did a lot of heavy lifting over the weekend and now I have a large amount of pain in my upper back to the point where I look like a robot whenever I turn.

How heavy?