Working With Back Pain....

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I'm not a medical practitioner and do not profess to be able to help you or anyone else with any medical problems.

All I can say is what has helped me over the last four decades.

I originally did my back in when I used to manufacture large concrete pipes.

This would involve shoveling concrete into a revolving tube, and twisting the shovel to stop the concrete forming a bump.

This was a 12 hour a day job, 6 days a week.

Enough on that.

I've had numerous x-rays, tried acupuncture, chiropractors, physiotherapists, pills, lotions, potions, you name it.

I finally spat the dummy with a chiro; that left me unable to stand up, so I actually left his "practice" in worse condition than I arrived.

No more practicing on me.

Losing weight and doing body stretches have done wonders.

I now have a remedial masseuse, that I now see less & less each year, she was absolutely brilliant, but you need a GOOD ONE.

I also have an inverter bed that I can strap my ankles in and slowly suspend my body upside down.

This re-aligns my spine, (which, like my mind apparently, is bent).

I'm also using this much less now.

I think the major improvement though, was coming off of the rotary machines after thirty years, and getting Big Yella.

This has stopped my twisting and turning, lifting and lowering of the rotary when working, as well as purchasing ramps and not being ten foot tall and bullet-proof by always lifting my machine in and out of the van.

In effect, my lifestyle change has reduced my back pain enormously, even though my pelvis is tilted forward and the extreme lower section of my spine is twisted slightly.

I take NO MEDICATION for my back pain at all, I'll book in for a massage twice over three days, and no more problems.

Over the next couple of weeks after this, I'll use the inverter bed to keep the spine stretched, if you like those words.

Sitting in front of the computer for to long gives me a pain in the back.

Hope this is of some use.

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