Bed ridden, not as fun as it sounds

[mattadams]

Yesterday I was helping my dad prepare for moving to Africa (he is leaving Wednesday), including moving a bunch of furniture to more accesible parts of the house and moving a bedroom set, book case and a few other things... also helped move a 800+ pound gun safe. My back was hurting before I even started to help move, but I toughed it out, figured it wouldn't be that bad. Hurt very bad last night, and woke up pretty early to find I could barely move, my back was in such terrible pain I could hardly even get out of bed.
So far today have tried a variety of OTC and prescription muscle relaxants, pain pills as well as prescription pain patches and so far, still have a hard time even getting out of bed to walk around much less go up and down stairs, etc.
I feel like I"m 90 years old. i even thought "a bed pan would be pretty sweet about now..."

[Warrlord]

Sorry to hear that Matt. Back pain ain't no fun. I hope you heal real soon.

[Digger]

That sucks Matt. :( Hope you get better soon.

[Walking Eagle]

I know your pain. My back has been giving me problems since Memorial Weekend. I've been without back pain for the last few days, but still having a problem with pain in my right leg.

[Hypoid]

Aw crap Matt! If you have insurance, use it now!!!

I've heard stories that start this way, they often end with "herniated disc". Us tall guys have to remember our height works against us.

[84broncoII]

I also have a few problems latly I hyperextended My knee I use ice packs till the swelling goes down or i dont feel the pain so bad and then move around the best I can to stay loose and warm back up sometimes the swelling comes right back and sometimes with tylenol I can go for hours before I simply give up due to exaustion its alot more work dealing with sore joints and such I am very carfull not to over stress or re injure new tears I gotta do what I gotta do

[PaleBlue90]

Us tall guys have to remember our height works against us.

aint that the truth:o

[mattadams]

Yeah, we will see... last night I told myself if I can't get out of bed easily I'll stay home... well it wasn't easy but I got out of bed so I figured I'd make it into work and see how long I last... so I made it into work... in pain.

[bronc_17113]

Keep a flask in the desk it helps the pain go away

[shawns 64 F100]

Hang in there Matt, Back pain is horrible, ive had it since I was a young adult with Degenerative tissue around my discs arthritis in my neck and my ribs pop out of wack all of the time which is the usual more common problem, it feels like your spine but its the rib. My lower back used to kick my ass the point where it connected to the pelvis would shift and cause all kinds of problems, I got that taken care of for the most part. Get to a DR as soon as you can. Pain meds dont work worth a crap. Best thing to help is to relax as much as possible when your home resting

[RayLCC]

Sorry to hear about your back.
Yeah, "bed ridden" isn't really fun unless the term "really submissive swedish twins" directly follows. :)
I have problems with my back too and my advice is to get a heating pad and put it on your back, set as hot as you can stand it until the pain goes away, or at least improves. If you don't have a heating pad, you can stuff a sock with rice and sew it shut. then stuff it in another sock and put it in the microwave for 1 to 3 minutes. It'll get HOT and hold its heat for a long time.*






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[mattadams]

Yeah I was doing the heating pad yesterday with limited success. Felt ok but didn't really make it better.

I finally decided this morning to go into urgent care this morning since I dont have a doctor or anything... gave me an anti-inflammatory shot, some anti-inflammatory meds as well as muscle relaxers and pain killers. Said if it doesn't clear up in a few days to either find a doctor to schedule it, or go into ER to get some x-rays, but since there was no trauma that cause it just figured it was just severe spasm's and possibly a pinched nerve causing my leg pain. Gave me some sleeping tips to alleviate the pressure on the nerve.

[shawns 64 F100]

I know an expert Chiropractor that can take a gander at ya. if she cant help you she can send you in the right direction. just let me know if you want to pursie that, if its a joint or spine then you should go see her she specializes in this especially with recovery ppl from surgeries and stuff

[84broncoII]

Ice Man Ice its cheeper than a doc and it can be fun toto just be mindfull of the frostbite LOLwhen I injure a joint or muscle or tendon I always ahve pain and swelling the ice is also a bit painfull and soothing at the same time .first thing it takes the pain away ,,, best remdy i ever found .second I start rehabilation right away it usually is painfull but not as painfull as tomarrow LOL,LOL,LOL, thr rehilibatation cocsists of a kind of yoga where the injured person uses His remaining muscle to compinsate for the injured ones .Problem is the new muscle iisnt acostomed to the new abuse so its like running a marathon for the uninjured muscle .it fatugues quickly and is sore like tyhe end of the world tomarrow iffin You abuse it like Me LOL < LOL, lol .I interject many vitimans from the start overdosing Myself to the point of mineral toxicity lots of calc and multy vit and plenty of vegy juce and clear water more than you probly want clenzing
My systen and fruit lots of fruit makes You shit black but who sees that butt You LOLOLOLO! Iffin I start to get spasms I pray for a good massage theripist or I rely On My own inginunity I find a branch or a broom or somthing that is as tall as My injured limb and I do like a bear I rub My whole wieght aganst the point of the spasming muscle until I fatigue it and it no longer hurts Me I hurt it sounds wierd till You've done it once then it makes sence I have been working on the technice for 20 yrs and it works for me every time I have broken My neck and Back twice My butt and lower back twice I also have three broken ribs near My backbone that have never healed and still I live on and Im noit a casuality of modern surgery ."DOCTORS SURGENS SUCK"!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hypoid]

James...you left out BEER...lots and lots of BEER!!!

Just plugging for my job security. LOL

[Heath]

WTF Matt... Why didn't Urgent Care take an X-Ray??? Don't tell me they don't have one... We've only got 3K people in my tiny ass town here and our Community Care (Urgent Care Equivelant) has a freakin X-Ray machine...

Oh yeah, Jeff, if you go to the doc ask about siatica... If thats what it is, its a bitch... Sounds like what you described though...

[84broncoII]

:D James...you left out BEER...lots and lots of BEER!!!

Just plugging for my job security. LOL

Beer with tomato juice and plenty of fresh fruit sounds expensive but if you wanna play you gotta pay LOL LOL LOL

[mattadams]

WTF Matt... Why didn't Urgent Care take an X-Ray??? Don't tell me they don't have one... We've only got 3K people in my tiny ass town here and our Community Care (Urgent Care Equivelant) has a freakin X-Ray machine...
They had one, I guess the doctor felt it likely wasn't anything skeletal an dif it was muscular or something with the discs, they would need a cat scan rather then an x-ray anyway. She said if the pain doesn't go away after taking the relaxants, anti-inflammatories then to come back in for more thourough tests. I appreciate her trying to save me money, my health insurance sucks! It's better then no health insurance, but not by a whole lot...
Anyways, still hurting today, but not as bad as yesterday, which wasn't as bad as the day before. It comes and goes. One minute I'll get out of a chair with minimal effort and pain and a few minutes later get up from another chair and have to lean on something, great deal of pain etc.

[Heath]

Well, slow progress is better than no progress right...

[bassdude]

is it your back? you said leg. the reason i ask is, if it starts right about kidney height and goes down through your groin and toward your knee on the inside of your leg thats probably your sciatic nerve.
it sucks bad, i had that a few years ago.
no amount of pain killers would touch it. i ended up getting deep tissue massage that was the only thing that helped.

[mattadams]

The pain is definately in my back, but occasionally get a sharp pain in my right leg as well. Not sure if it is associated with or not but they both started around the same time. Yeah I remember Heath bitching about his siatica from time to time. I figured it was just an excuse to get out of work, or to invent new swear words when he dropped the cooler!

[MMPC]

Damn man! Hope you feel better soon. I've also had my share of back pain over the years and it sucks. You never realize just how much you use your back on a given day until it's giving you pain...

LOL at the Heath-Cooler episode. I'll never forget it... :D

[Heath]

You guys sure have a lot of laughes at my expense...

[MMPC]

You give us the ammo...

[Heath]

You make it sound like I do it on purpose!!!

[MMPC]

No, but you do give us the ammo...

[Heath]

Don't make me kick your ass...

[MMPC]

You have to catch me first...

[Heath]

Thats not as hard as you think...

[MMPC]

I'm eager to see you try... :D

[Heath]

I know where you sleep...

[MMPC]

I have a security system and a big-ass Maglite...

[mattadams]

I know Heath is pretty slow but I'm pretty sure that he could get into the house, beat you up and be out of the house by hte time the cops were even dispatched :). Would have to get past Tonka of course...

[MMPC]

Would have to get past Tonka of course...
Exactly. That's why I sleep soundly at night. Nothing's getting past Tonka...

:rolleyes:

[Heath]

Tonka likes me... I have two big ass maglights and whopty doo about the security system... Doesn't stop the truck from coming in the front door... Unless you have so super force field that I don't know about!!!

[RayLCC]

Don't worry about Heath. If he tries to jump out of the truck too fast, he'll pinch his siatic nerve and be down for the count before the alarm system goes off. :)
As for the massage, I would say give it a try... But you have to remember to ask for the "special massage" in a subtle way or she'll think your a cop and kick you out. :)

[Heath]

Ohhh, one of my favorite things as part of my physical therapy for siatica was the electro shock stuff... They put little electro doohickers on your back and ass and send some electricity through there... That helped relieve pain quite a bit I thought...

[1freaky1]

How the back doing? Best of luck with it I know how bad those back troubles are.

[MMPC]

Yeah, Matt, how's the back now?

Ohhh, one of my favorite things as part of my physical therapy for siatica was the electro shock stuff... They put little electro doohickers on your back and ass and send some electricity through there... That helped relieve pain quite a bit I thought...
It was just that after you asked them to attach the electrodes to your junk that they asked you to leave and never come back...

[mattadams]

Still in pretty good amounts of pain, it comes and goes. Sometimes I feel almost no pain and sometimes I can hardly stand. It doesn't just vary by the day but practically by the minute.

[84broncoII]

I've had spasms like that for years .I broke three ribs when I was 17 and still have a gap between them and My spine so no support there for about 1.5inches along My spine .A really good massage therapists can show You how to relax the spasming muscle .I taught My wife how to do it for Me .saves Me a little money on therapy ( Im so Cheep LOL) Those electrodes work problem is they dont really make them in a portable model and so they are never around when You need them also they require You to lay down and relax.cant really do that on the trail or in a meeting or standing on a ladder .

[Tilt168]

old ppl....im scared how my beat up body is going to be when i finally join all you mothballs

[84broncoII]

old ppl....im scared how my beat up body is going to be when i finally join all you mothballsIt's really not as bad as it sounds I have learned to deal with things .I can imagine people who never learn and are in constant pain Im not one of them .I found a mettle hinged brace for My knee it only cost Me 40 bucks @ wallgreens My knee felt so good I went riding up along Rampart range road .Had a blast and no big problems .Also found out Ive been kicking My bike too hard trying to start it starts with a really weak kick :eek: Go figure:D .

[Maranda]

You know I do billing for a pain specialist... if you want Dr. Shell to take a look give Brooke or Maureen a call and tell them I referred you. I don't think the wait list is too long. He sees all kinds of back pain stuff from work, auto accidents, old age. :)

303-772-3698
http://theshellcenter.com/about.html I worked on this website years ago and it is basic because I don't have skills, but it tells you about him.