Back spasm!

[Grapes]

So this is what one feels like!

Apparently the simple act of getting dressed this morning was a bit too much for my back to handle. Something went TWEEEEAK.

Now most people would assume that, this being the case, doing semi-physical labor while wearing a 10 pound (15 when wet) vest would also be a bad idea, but I soldiered on, finished getting dressed, got onto a bus aaaand...

.. got off 5 minutes later and caught a bus going back home.

No work today. How long is this going to last?? And why couldn't it at least have happened half an hour into my work day, so I could get compensation??

[Grapes]

OMG it hurts to live.

[wum]

sounds like you need to work your core muscle group.

[Kelster]

last night i was watching the 'voice of BC' or something rather boring, i refused to change channels cause i'm a lazy fuck but that only lasted 15 mins till i jumped up from bed to change the channel. either way i got up kinda funny and my shoulder blade muscle cramped up.

weirdest feeling ever! never had a back cramp before :/

[NinjaBoy]

Having suffered through this several times, my advice: Tiger Balm. That and hidding the pain till you get to work...

[Grapes]

sounds like you need to work your core muscle group.

Sounds like you need to get stuffed.

That and hidding the pain till you get to work...

Hide it until I get to work?! What kind of bloody advice is that?!?!

This incident has sure turned me into a cheery individual :-/

[charly]

best advice EVAR!$%!


no, but seriously.

just take it easy. get someone to pick up some robaxacet for you, and you'll be good to go till it gets better.

hope it doesn't last too long :)

[crookedking]

just remember this...there's pain





























then there's MOTRIN PAIN!

[Grapes]

This was Motrin pain, but now it's just pain.

Thanks for the good advice Charly :) A couple of other people also recommended that stuff, I think I'll try and get some.

[crookedking]

when i hurt my back i also had warm showers.

edit-oops! i means baths!

[Grapes]

PS Ninjaboy I just figured out your advice about hiding it until I get to work. Sorry to be such a crabby bitch, that actually was a pretty good idea.

[neoh]

in 03 I broke my back.
last night I fell down a flight of wooden stairs and think I may have re-broken it.

Though I had a $500 back brace to ease some of the pain.

sleeping sucked.

remember: it could be worse. :(

[Grapes]

Holy shit dawg. Hope you're ok. Yeah I appreciate that it's nothing that serious.

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by neoh

last night I fell down a flight of wooden stairs and think I may have re-broken it.

ouch. fuck, you are hereby banned from stairs until further notice.

[neoh]

I'll be fine, back pain is nothing out of the ordinary for neoh, it's like wearing glasses, it sucks, but you have to live with it.

I appreciate your concern.

It was really weird, I didint slip or anything - my legs just gave out like if they went numb both at once and I just.. fell.

Maybe it was like God pushing me down the stairs.

[sweet~kandy]

its so weird, this morning I woke up and my back somehow just had some weird spasm. Still hurts lots but I never get anything like this. And the fact that as soon as I logged onto fnk I saw this thread, weird...

[neoh]

it's a SIGN!

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by neoh

I'll be fine, back pain is nothing out of the ordinary for neoh, it's like wearing glasses, it sucks, but you have to live with it.

I appreciate your concern.

It was really weird, I didint slip or anything - my legs just gave out like if they went numb both at once and I just.. fell.

Maybe it was like God pushing me down the stairs.

He's punishing you for what you have done to ashes!

[Sue Bitch]

Oh I have a terrible back from working at the airport
and even after i have quit it still kills sometimes when i have a bad sleep
personally i think it is something more then just a soar mussel as they say so i am going in for some x-rays this week
oh and thank good for pain killers

[mapleleaf4ever]

Originally Posted by crookedking

just remember this...there's pain





























then there's MOTRIN PAIN!

I was going to say something along those lines... DAMN J00!

[neoh]

Originally Posted by crookedking

He's punishing you for what you have done to ashes!

jesus hates ashes.

[Dr. Doom]

Doom woke up feeling fantastic this morning, in fact he helped push a car out of a ditch on his way to work, what an awesome back he has.

[Grapes]

I once dragged Myra's couch up five flights of stairs, as an exclamation point on the rest of helping her move.. nothing, no back pain whatsoever.

But apparently putting on a T-shirt was too much for it.

[Grapes]

Oh man. Never ever try to deal with a difficult social situation when you are in sharp physical pain. Things get really ugly really fast.

[tvmann]

I used to get those back pains every winter, but now I have exercises & can prevent it. Most important one being lie on stomach on floor, then raise shoulders & legs from floor. Called hyperextensions(?)

The pain was so bad I had to crawl around for a coupla days, then the back muscles would go into spasm & make it far worse & I couldn't move at all. In a strange way it was almost fun, it was such a trip! If it gets this bad you might need to get a muscle relaxant injected into your back.

It's probably not a pinched nerve, but an injured ligament or tendon that that becomes inflamed, Robaxacet or Ibuprofen (anti-inflammatory pills) might help.