Oh my aching back....
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Well, those shoes I ordered are unfortunately taking forever to get to me, so in the meantime I've been taking lots of advil and doing ab strengthening exercises before I go to work. I've seen some marginal improvement, but nothing to write home about. I would definitely like to try some pilates classes soon.
I have had back pain for many years but have found many ways to deal with it. Stretching and yoga are both good suggestions. There are very specific stretches and excersizes aimed at strengthening and stretching different parts of the back. A visit with a physical therapist to learn these excersizes would be a good idea.
A good friend of mine is a belly dancer who had crippling back pain for two years. She said reading the book by John Sarno called Healing Back Pain fixed everything for her. I have heard this from other people as well.
Good posture and stretching and excersize work best for me...
A good friend of mine is a belly dancer who had crippling back pain for two years. She said reading the book by John Sarno called Healing Back Pain fixed everything for her. I have heard this from other people as well.
Good posture and stretching and excersize work best for me...
Try swimming laps twice a week. It's the best, most inexpensive and easiest back treatment out there. (I speak from experience.) And it's good for you.
What i use to do to get rid of it was:
Swim, stretch and then back/abs exercises...
swimming is good b/c it strengthens and it also decompresses the area since the whole time you're in the water your not loading it in the vertical compression.
Stretch your legs as well b/c the posterior chain is...well a chain so it all is effected.
Two things that have greatly improved my back are doin crunches while laying back on a Swiss exercise ball and using a gravity inversion table.
The ball gently reverses the curve of your spine helping to realign it, and the inversion table allows you to safely hang upside down and rest the spine completely. I use the ball every morning, and the table two or three times a week. My mattress sucks but doesn't bother me anymore.
The ball gently reverses the curve of your spine helping to realign it, and the inversion table allows you to safely hang upside down and rest the spine completely. I use the ball every morning, and the table two or three times a week. My mattress sucks but doesn't bother me anymore.
So I did something really stupid this weekend and now I think I've fucked up my back even worse than the dancing already did. I was drunk at a pool party and decided it would be awesome to belly flop off the diving board onto a floating pool chair. Somehow when I landed my back crunched backwards really severely and now it hurts just to move. Is this something that will just get better on its own after a few days?
So I did something really stupid this weekend and now I think I've fucked up my back even worse than the dancing already did. I was drunk at a pool party and decided it would be awesome to belly flop off the diving board onto a floating pool chair. Somehow when I landed my back crunched backwards really severely and now it hurts just to move. Is this something that will just get better on its own after a few days?
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So I did something really stupid this weekend and now I think I've fucked up my back even worse than the dancing already did. I was drunk at a pool party and decided it would be awesome to belly flop off the diving board onto a floating pool chair. Somehow when I landed my back crunched backwards really severely and now it hurts just to move. Is this something that will just get better on its own after a few days?
I am glad to know that I'm not the only one who does stupid shit when I'm drunk though.
Feel better,
Dave