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[ozwinner]

Hi all
2 weeks ago I stepped/fell/tripped on some set concrete left by the concreters of the job I am working on.

My ankle cracked sooooo loud, I thought Id broken it. :eek:
I bit the dust big time, I ended up on my back.
This is the first time in 30 years of site life Ive ever taken a fall.

So for the last 2 weeks my back has been rather sore, so sore, that I was walking like banana man.
I have spent the last 2 weeks on my back in front of the TV watching B grade movies, ( the son likes buying old 1950's sci fi movies ).

Anywho, it came good today, what a releif, not 100% good, but good.

Hopefully I can go and earn some money on Monday.

Al

[Caliban]

you scared the ##### out of me Al. I thought you were going to say you're on compo for the rest of your life and sucko to the rest of us suckers who have to work.:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Groggy]

Ouch! I hope there are no lasting problems.

[Wood Borer]

It's hard to keep a good man down or is that a down man good?:confused:

Sorry to hear about your accident Al, but glad to hear you are on the road to recovery.

[bsrlee]

I STRONGLY suggest you go to a medical type & get a full checkup on that back.

My uncle had a plank dropped on him while working on a boat, knocked him out briefly & he thought no more about it. A year or two later he started getting back pain, his local said - you're old, it arthritis, take these pills.

The pain went away but some time later he started getting pns & needles in the arms & went to a different doctor - turns out he had had several broken vertebrae, not arthritis, but now he had fairly advanced cancer in all the break sites, which was now inoperable & untreatable - it took 3-4 years to finally kill him - left him paralysed in a hospice for ages & he was a keen outdoors type. Miserable way to go.

So LOOK AFTER YOURSELF!

[dazzler]

Hi Al

I damaged my back when I was young and sometimes I get bad pain in one of the lower vertabrae. PITA nothing more.

I use Dencorub Arthritis ice therapy, comes in a 220g blue container with a whte lid from chemists, and it works really well. Goes on cold and works fast.

The AIS people use it for thier athletes. You can still feel that something is not right but the pain is blocked and you can go about your business. I use it before bed sometimes .

cheers

dazzler

[Landseka]

Hi Al

You can still feel that something is not right but the pain is blocked and you can go about your business. I use it before bed sometimes .

cheers

dazzler

You obviously have some "business" planned for bedtime then?????

[E. maculata]

Bugga you Al, you've jinxed me, last night I laid another row of flooring in the hall, and when I stood up...........yep you utter utter utter barstardo.
had to drag the old back support device out to get to job done ( i nicked it off me employer after the only other time I've hurt my back 13 or so years ago ), and can feel a muscle spasm constantly ,barstrd barstrd barstrdo, bloody old guys, bloody stupid back ...............

[ozwinner]

Ostio treatment.
That is the thing.
I used a chiro for years with different success.
But with Ostio, 2 treatments and Im almost human again.

Al

[beejay1]

Be careful Al and dont assume the back problem wont recur. Once youve put your back out it rarely seems to fully recover and yet the muscles seems to compensate for the weakness by readjusting, as in my case where for years I had one shoulder slightly lower than the other. Eventually got it sorted after a course of treatment but the back is still prone to accasional give-out which usually means a couple of weeks on the floor.
Wish you well mate.
beejay
http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9

[Auld Bassoon]

Hi Al,

Sorry about the ankle, and glad that your back in action.

I thought all you builder folk went on an annual migration (not sure where to, but away from the site anyway ) from the beginning of December 'till the end of January...

Clearly this mishap was brought on by a lack of some certain species of mushrooms...

Cheers!

[savage]

Hi! Al,
Take note of all of the good advise given here by fellow woodies, get checked out, the longer you leave it the harder to fix any prob's. Be careful with pain killers, bring any pain to a tolerable level don't mask it completley so you will know when your getting close to calling it a day. Heed what your body is telling you, don't do just a little bit more or you will pay the price. I have a permanent back injury and it is deteriorating at an alarming rate, an operation is out of the question, unless a life in a wheelchair sounds good. I have not been able to work for the passed 4yrs and as appealing as it sounds, it's no fun, look after yourself, else it's a life of pain killers and numerous other med's.

[Clinton1]

Get better AL, and I still haven't tried Ostio - maybe next year.

My latest treatment is muscle relaxants. One before bed with an anti-inflammatry knock the muscle spasms on the head, so the next day I start off ok. Valium based, so I at least get a deep sleep, but they are addictive (not chemical additction - habitual addiction ? i.e. addicted to "no pain and the "I feel good" feeling") So no taking more than the doctor says.

Otherwise the spasms cause more pain, which cause more spasms, which cause more pain...
Other than that it is "do nothing", or a couple of screws and plates in the vertebra.
It is a good option for me.

Savage:
I was reading that the back operation is actually worse than intensive physio (physio, pilates, swimming, core strength exercises) and psychological support on pain management (@ 70 hours worth of treatment in total). I think the article is in the Lancet? (www.thelancet.com medical journal). Apparently the researcher tracked a large group of patients, and the surgery is worse, with the risk of the wheelchair.
I know heaps of people with back pain - those that take the psychological counselling for pain management all say it improves their "quality of life".

Anyway I'll take any chance to spread the word on back pain, cause those of us with it know THAT IT SUCKS.

Back Pain - turns grown men into bed/floor/chair bound grumps - it is not worth it:mad: