Back Injuries
Posted: July 11th, 2013, 12:47 pm
Thought I'd start a thread since there are a lot of us old guys here.
Personally, I've had 2 events I'll share, first, about 17 years ago I had some pretty good pain in my arm, the type you know about if you had older siblings or you inflicted if you are the older, it was like pushing on the pressure point right above the elbow. short story, MRI, 2 weeks later 3 fused vert, 4, 5 & 6, 3 months later good to go, I have not had any other issues.
Now I have a bulged L5 with sciatica, this was intense, at times it felt like a broken leg, other times numb and pins and needles. physical therapy, did not help, chiropractor, did seem to help, I think the biggest thing that helped was listen to your body, if it hurts, don't do it, for me driving was a killer, I was fortunate to be able to take the train for a major part of my commute, then driving my truck was more comfortable than the car (more expensive too!) I found that ibuprofen did almost nothing and then tried a prescription Dicaflenec, for me this really helped. Right now I can live with it and that means being able to ride, if I couldn't I'd be looking at alternatives.
Personally, I've had 2 events I'll share, first, about 17 years ago I had some pretty good pain in my arm, the type you know about if you had older siblings or you inflicted if you are the older, it was like pushing on the pressure point right above the elbow. short story, MRI, 2 weeks later 3 fused vert, 4, 5 & 6, 3 months later good to go, I have not had any other issues.
Now I have a bulged L5 with sciatica, this was intense, at times it felt like a broken leg, other times numb and pins and needles. physical therapy, did not help, chiropractor, did seem to help, I think the biggest thing that helped was listen to your body, if it hurts, don't do it, for me driving was a killer, I was fortunate to be able to take the train for a major part of my commute, then driving my truck was more comfortable than the car (more expensive too!) I found that ibuprofen did almost nothing and then tried a prescription Dicaflenec, for me this really helped. Right now I can live with it and that means being able to ride, if I couldn't I'd be looking at alternatives.