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Threw my back out big time. Need relief advice until I can get to the doctor.
Naproxen 220 mg X 3 hasn't helped. I had to come home early from a business trip to rest up. My wife had to get my luggage out of the car because I can't bend anymore. Hopefully I can see my doc tomorrow. In the meantime, any home remedies you can recommend? Thanks all.
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12-02-2015, 07:09 PM
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Stretching my hams worked for me. Go extremely slow.
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Find a comfortable position if you can and stay that way.
Standing has been mine with bulged disks. The best to you.
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12-02-2015, 07:21 PM
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Fetal position usually helps me. Seriously.
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12-02-2015, 07:23 PM
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I have an inversion table in my bedroom... I find it helps me when I tweak my back....
However, if you read the results from a web search.... studies find it ineffective, and possibly harmful to people with high blood pressure, heart disease, glaucoma... I get on mine and flip... and hear a snap crackle pop and hold for a spell.. rinse repeat.. seems to work well for me... your mileage will vary
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12-02-2015, 07:29 PM
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Walking seems to help believe it or not. I will try hamstring stretches or cry in a fetal position.
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12-02-2015, 07:29 PM
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If you can't move or nearly can't move, go to the emergency room. If the pain is so bad you are seeing stars then call 911 and let the EMT's take you in as they bypass the waiting room and such. It could be a disc that has slipped or any number of things and can cause way worse issues than pain!
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12-02-2015, 07:34 PM
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I would consider the pain to be a 7 or 8. Not seeing stars and don't think it's a slipped disc. Just feels like bad muscle pain.
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12-02-2015, 07:44 PM
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I don't care what people say about its effectiveness. All I know is when I get off it I feel a lot better and go longer before I start feeling crappy again. Same with Glucosamine/Chondroiton, does not work for everyone but I'm a mess without it.
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12-02-2015, 07:45 PM
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12-02-2015, 07:47 PM
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Robaxiset (sp?) works for me, muscle relaxant and pain reliever
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BTW, I agree. This stuff works great. I get lower back spasms every now and then, and this stuff cranks it right back. |
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12-02-2015, 07:53 PM
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Ice packs, cold packs, frozen veggie packs... whatever you have.
And keep some good walking/running/crosstraining shoes on as much as possible. Walking around barefooted or in bedroom slippers or flipflops will be bad news for it.
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12-02-2015, 08:51 PM
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Yup, I'm icing and wearing my Birkenstocks.
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12-02-2015, 09:25 PM
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This happened to me a few years ago. It hurt so bad I couldn't breath. I just found a bearable position to rest in and stayed there until I could see a doc. He gave me some tall drugs and scheduled some PT. I got through the next week with the help of Vicodin ES, then started the PT. Thank god I got over it in a few weeks. I hear most people get over the acute sudden-onset pain. Its the other kind that cause life-long misery.
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12-02-2015, 09:35 PM
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I'm hoping for stronger non-addictive drugs. I'm actually feeling my age for the first time.
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12-02-2015, 09:40 PM
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Well, you got your Tylenol T-3s. The first step into opiod hell. A little Tylenol, a little codeine. What could it hurt?
My son is a research psychiatrist. Worked mostly with Chantix and Provigil over the last few years. He does not work for a drug company. His take on addiction and side effects is you have to balance the benefit against the possible cost. Most people are not susceptible to addiction from short-term opiod use, so why spend weeks in pain because of the fear that you might be in the minority that suffers a lower level of pain getting off them? On chantix he says, "Try it. If you have side effects, stop taking it. It's that simple." I may have a jaded point of view towards pharmaceuticals, with a research psychiatrist son and an opiod addict ex-wife. Plus I grew up in the 60s when we would lick toads if it would make us feel funny.
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12-02-2015, 09:57 PM
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I'm so sorry. Can only tell you what works for me.
-walking makes it worse for me -never stretch when back is in spasm, just makes it worse -don't lay still in bed, spasms get worse and I'm stuck What does work -cold pack -get on an exercise bike and pedal gently, the motion frees up hips and lower back and gets blood into the area |
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12-02-2015, 10:32 PM
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Heat, ice. Drugs, those are up to you.
I love the icy hot pads you get at Walgreens, and try to sleep. Activities don't help much for me, but if you can feel like you can do it, do it. Don't push yourself, you'll regret it later.
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