Bad back suffering

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

who on the forum get's a bad back? ,how did you originaly do it ? how long does it last,? how often,? how do you protect your back when working,? is it a family thing ? do you take medication ? or have you had surgery ? is your doctor any good ?

 

[Deleted member 9966]

feeling the pain today dave? :smilewinkgrin:

I get a bad back when gardening or doing DIY usually. For me the back ache is always there now and I just take pain killers as and when. I also have problems with my hips and headaches, as well as blood pressure, so I rattle quite nicely with pills.

Your back needs protecting and knowing how to bend, lift etc certainly helps. If I can, I tend to sit on the floor and work if I'm working low to the ground, rather than crouching or bending. I also have an appalling posture in the office at work too.

So for me it's watching what I'm doing, stretching when I need to, exercising to build the muscle strength around my stomach and back and making sure I lie on my back in bed.

I'm hoping to get back into swimming too

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

yes me to Liz I've got a hot water bottle on it today ,lower back i think it's muscle spasm, i get it about five time's a year for about 2-3 day's until the muscles relax i used to take pill's dicolafenwik three a day but they were so good at stopping aches and pain's that i became addicted to them so i had to stop., swimming is a great way to exercise the body!!! funny i was thinking about going swimming this morning i will have to do something about it

 

[Deleted member 9966]

get ya trunks on then chucky egg and don't forget, we like pics :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

that's a point , id have to go buy some speed-o's ,you can't use a camera in a public pool anymore i try-ed to take a pic of one of my kid's swimming when they were younger, and three life guards came and told me NO so that was the end of that,to much political correctness IMO anyway ya len's steam's up :smilewinkgrin:

 

[doug boardley]

I don't suffer with a bad back, but my left knee gives me a helluva lot of grief, due to lack of cartlidges, which is due to rugby, athletics,football, scrambling about on riverbanks etc. The specialist says I need a knee replacement but I'm too young to have it done (46):mad2::mad2:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

I'm dreading them telling me I need a hip replacement... I'm avoiding seeing a specialist until I'm old enough Doug

Anyway, I thought you were 64? :lol:

 

[heavytrevy]

Buggered L 4/5 disks.
200 - 400 mg of tramal every day.
Tiling not good for my back , but i ve love doing it .
looking at a op maybee in the near future see how long i can put up with it.

Trev

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

yes my knees have good day's and bad day's to, and I've worn pad's all my life

 

[Ajax123]

Bad back...Bad back - don't get me started.....
When I was 14 I started doing medieval re-enactments which for the next 10 years softened me brains and and kept me incredibly fit. Got Married and all that mallarky stopped for a while. I then started working in the Theatre in Am Dram as a stage hand. Second show in I twisted and picked up a stage weight and popped a disk out. Had nowt but problems since. Now suffer with arthritis in my upper back as well which resulted in an op last year and 12 months of physio later it's still no better....Me knees ache from years of grovelling to the mrs and the odd bit of floor screeding which has knacked me elbows and me fingers. Always flares up this time of year with the cold so as I work from home I try to hibernate in my nice warm office but it don't always work. Bin doing some excercise lately which is helping no end so will probably keep that up. Seeing a cardiologist in January to see if me ticker is going to last longer than me back and me knees :yikes:......43 now and fallin to bits......I'm awfully well though for the shape that I'm in :lol:

 

[macten]

Exactly the same as you Gooner - muscles spasms in the cervical/thoracic region about 4 times a year and can put me out of action for a week at a time. Diclofenac and Diazepam helps.
First time I got it was when I was 13 years old - my dad suffered too but he grew out of it. I grew quite quickly and my physio said that my back muscles didn't keep up with my spine and are slightly too short and under tension.
Used to workout in the gym all the time to increase the muscle mass and for 5 years never had a twinge.
Luckily I've suffered so long I know the warning signs and can take appropriate action to stop it going full on spasm.

 

[doug boardley]

I'm dreading them telling me I need a hip replacement... I'm avoiding seeing a specialist until I'm old enough Doug

Anyway, I thought you were 64? :lol:

cheeky mare

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[White Room]

Lower back for me, just seems when I'm walking the left cheek knots up then travels to the lower back and tightens the whole lot, tried a spray called magnesium oil which soaks into the skin and allows a certain amount of relief.

Also tried Glucosamine gel plus which when rubbed into the muscles which are tight tends to loosen, do take Glucosamine sulphate one a day when I remember

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Reading posts so far has made me feel healthy - Thank you!

 

[Colour Republic]

My knee gives me problems now and again. I can limp around for weeks, the physio says that even when I haven't got the pain the problem is still there so I need an op, only problem is that will mean not working for 3 weeks. Touch wood it hasn't played up for 3 or 4 months now