back pain - Page 2

rjwood_uk · 01-02-2008

well to give the Chiropractors credit, he is a doctor (well he has a phd, not sure what in though :S) the treatment is only 3 weeks long, so anything that troubles me after that or if this dosnt go away then i will go to the doctors.

i would have gone to the doctors today but knowing they would just refure me to a chiropracters anyway.

dynamite25 · 01-02-2008

Hi richard have a read of this as it will tell you what a tens machine is and does.

TENS Machines for Pain Relief Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - Patient UK

alan2525 · 01-02-2008

That TENS machine sounds a bit like a cattle prod or a police Tazer!

tag · 01-02-2008

Quote:

anyone ever had a bad back?

Yep mate sorry your suffering but unfortunatly your not by yourself I have been laid for close to 20 years sometimes I have to go back in the wheelchair the hardest thing is accepting the words "Thats the way you are now accept it and get on with life" but its still not easy
Just do what you can when you can then ask for help with what you can't do
But dont struggle and hurt your self more

maxidad66 · 01-02-2008

I wouldn't start panicking yet, RJ. If you get a back problem you are not necessarily gonna be stuck with it for life (though judging by parlous state of the backs of the other contributors to this thread, you'd think it was non-recoverable).

My wife suffers periodically from pretty bad back pain. As someone else said, a good mattress is a wise investment and trying to maintain good general posture is important (watch out while your watching the telly) .

I'm sorry to hear that you other guys are suffering so badly - I wish you all well!

alan2525 · 02-02-2008

It sounds like a lot of the members on here are falling to bits!

I hope it isn't a symptom of being bent over a desk painting those little 1/72 Airfix pilot figures with a 000 sable paintbrush as children!

Dingo · 02-02-2008

I haven't suffered from back problem in that way but I have had them caused by a bad mattress

got rid of it bought a new one and back problem gone all I've got now is a stomach ulcer.

dynamite25 · 02-02-2008

I was diagnose with Ankylosing spondylitis and lumbar stenosis and when I was young the Doctors kept saying it was just growing pains but yrs later I found out that I had juvenile arthritis.

rjwood_uk · 02-02-2008

my mattress is pretty good, although i cant sleep unless i am on my front, something which i have changes over the last few nights!!

on my back only now, and hopefully done turn over in the night. one friend said to sleep with a pillow between your legs as it stops you from rolling over, its bloody uncomfortable though!

tag · 02-02-2008

Sorry for 2nd post but I forgot to say about mattress'es I don't want to advertise for anyone but the very expensive Foam mattress'es are so amazing the have really been so much help to me and the my better half who by the way has also had a serious disc problems brought on by her moving me about in the wheelchair