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Fred, something to keep in mind is that rotation and lifting is a multitude higher strain.

You mentioned shoveling. You were putting things at much higher peak loads with the shoveling.

I am self conscious of my posture when shoveling and loading wheel barrows.

Now the strange thing, I have had back pain from when I was a teenager.

I thought when I switched to working in engineering it would go away.

It didn't.

What was the cause? The seats in my Porsche 944 did not fit me.

i discovered accidentally when I bought a Jaguar, and if I drove it instead of the 944 my back pain went away. Drive the 944 for more than half an hour and for two days I'm feelin' it.

Wish I'd learned that at a younger age.

Be careful with the ibuprofen, the inflammation is a natural protectant in that it makes you not want to do the things that caused the injury in the first place. There is nothing wrong with getting the inflammation down, it can help.

Just be aware that because you feel fine doesn't mean you should go right back to what you did.

What the ice does is it promotes circulation, allowing the negative build up in your muscles to get carried away. Targeted massage helps spread those negative points out across a greater portion of the muscle, also making it easier to carry away.