Re ‘back problems’ .. deary me - no fun - none at all ! it’s only THE BIGGEST HINGE of the human body .. the SOURCE of MOBILITY .. ‘the back’ is EVERYTHING ! (as if you hadn’t ‘noticed’ ..)
My advice is firm.. & follows approx 50 years of a tenuous working accord .. since my teen years
Stand under a POUNDING shower.. hot then cool, hot then cool until the HOT WATER tank is EMPTY REPEAT.. yes I said ‘REPEAT !’ (this may take a day or two)
The idea is to beat the ‘spasms’ into surrender the muscles clenching the nerve tissues release (& now may come the time to ‘rest’ & somewhat more easily)
Two broken backs - a tombstone fell atop me in a graveyard age 3 (where else ?) & an astonishing barn fall at 13.. both had me down for the count.. all was very black a 3rd at age 33 .. (what is it about the ‘3’s ?) a Texas rattlesnake pissed at my passage, crossing a dry arroyo at dawn loud moto 350 Enduro & I.. both hit hard.. blackness immediate the NECK no like at all.. so more hot pounding shower time
College Football & Basketball aggravation Very Large Persons try rotating my head 360 degrees & turn my fingers into crooked gargoyles my back cannot tolerate a basic knee bend
Another farm related crash & burn.. hay wagon done run over me on a side hill while haying & punk driving the tractor then run me over with the baler too
At some point ya have to laugh.. if that don’t hurt too ! How we manage to beat up the spine & all connected ‘stuff’ & THE SCIATIC NERVE must be ‘Bonus Time’
Ergh.. my Sympathies Owen .. & ya gotta know when you’re beat .. could be a week, could also be a month .. or more
If Toronto O & A is still active, mebbe a referral ? Dr ‘Hammy’ Hamilton was the Orthopaedic & Arthritic guru of ‘backs’ but most of those Docs now head leading USA Hospital / Departments whether Hip, Knee, Cervical Spine, Shoulder, Elbow.. & ‘DAMN BACK’
Comparing pain is futile. Comparing blogs is not . This is a provocative blog of excellence. We do NOT have enough provocative blogs . The world of is struggling against the $$$ of other media.
I know back pain can be unbearable at times. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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You will be missed. I for one actually look forward to your daily posting. Stay safe, live life with great joy and best wishes. Mark
ReplyDeleteTake care Owen. I know about the bad back thing….it can be all encompassing. Anyong
ReplyDeleteOwen,I hope your back problem will soon be remedied. Your blog will be missed.
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Rest well, Owen. Many of us count on you to bring us important stories.
ReplyDeleteRe ‘back problems’ .. deary me - no fun - none at all !
ReplyDeleteit’s only THE BIGGEST HINGE of the human body ..
the SOURCE of MOBILITY .. ‘the back’ is EVERYTHING !
(as if you hadn’t ‘noticed’ ..)
My advice is firm.. & follows approx 50 years
of a tenuous working accord .. since my teen years
Stand under a POUNDING shower.. hot then cool, hot then cool
until the HOT WATER tank is EMPTY
REPEAT.. yes I said ‘REPEAT !’
(this may take a day or two)
The idea is to beat the ‘spasms’ into surrender
the muscles clenching the nerve tissues release
(& now may come the time to ‘rest’ & somewhat more easily)
Two broken backs - a tombstone fell atop me in a graveyard age 3
(where else ?) & an astonishing barn fall at 13..
both had me down for the count.. all was very black
a 3rd at age 33 .. (what is it about the ‘3’s ?)
a Texas rattlesnake pissed at my passage, crossing a dry arroyo at dawn
loud moto 350 Enduro & I.. both hit hard.. blackness immediate
the NECK no like at all.. so more hot pounding shower time
College Football & Basketball aggravation
Very Large Persons try rotating my head 360 degrees
& turn my fingers into crooked gargoyles
my back cannot tolerate a basic knee bend
Another farm related crash & burn..
hay wagon done run over me on a side hill while haying
& punk driving the tractor then run me over with the baler too
At some point ya have to laugh.. if that don’t hurt too !
How we manage to beat up the spine & all connected ‘stuff’
& THE SCIATIC NERVE must be ‘Bonus Time’
Ergh.. my Sympathies Owen ..
& ya gotta know when you’re beat ..
could be a week, could also be a month .. or more
If Toronto O & A is still active, mebbe a referral ?
Dr ‘Hammy’ Hamilton was the Orthopaedic & Arthritic guru of ‘backs’
but most of those Docs now head leading USA Hospital / Departments
whether Hip, Knee, Cervical Spine, Shoulder, Elbow.. & ‘DAMN BACK’
Take care Owen. Here's to your back recovering.
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Best wishes.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone, for the good wishes.
ReplyDeleteBack pain is a miserable thing to have. Take care of yourself.
ReplyDeleteComparing pain is futile.
ReplyDeleteComparing blogs is not .
This is a provocative blog of excellence.
We do NOT have enough provocative blogs .
The world of is struggling against the $$$ of other media.
Get well soon ; give the world shit!!
TB
It's taking a while to heal, TB. But I intend to return in the same spirit I began.
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