changing life's directions

[doug the slug]

Thanks to all who have given advice, be it medical, business or woodworking in this thread. I'm receptive to all the info received and the majority of it reassures me that im on the right track. The collective wisdom of this site is amazing.

From the medical perspective, its early days yet so im sticking with the chiropractor at least till she has had a fair go. I had a rather lengthy debate with myself as to whether to go to a chiro or a physio before i chose the chiro. yes she is good at making the next appointment or two but she is also good at releiving the pain.

as for the business/woodwork side of it, i will start out following up the contacts i already have and cultivate a few more. I will keep the products unique to only one outlet each to avoid commpetition between outlets. I might even do the local markets if time permits after that. the triton gear and woodrat are both very capable of being set up for mass production and the jointer and thicknesser will keep cost of stock down, by dressing it myself.

Anyway its great to know i have so much support from everyone, i gotta get up now and walk around before my back seizes up.

[ozwinner]

From the medical perspective, its early days yet so im sticking with the chiropractor at least till she has had a fair go. I had a rather lengthy debate with myself as to whether to go to a chiro or a physio before i chose the chiro. yes she is good at making the next appointment or two but she is also good at releiving the pain.

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They were my thoughts exactly about Chiros, until I went to an Osteo, I wouldnt touch a chiro now even with your back, never mind mine.

And this is after 7 years of chiro.

Osteo's are much better at back problems I should know with all the problems Ive had.
The biggest thing is dont forget to go, even when everything is feeling fine.

Al

[E. maculata]

Well ive got a unique item that i think will be my flagship, so to speak. details classified for obvious reasons, too many copy-cats out there. theres a retail outlet swears they can shift 20 tomorrow. and they approached me!!!

Doesn't come any better than that for opportunity knockin' Doug, go for yer life IMHO .

[doug the slug]

Doesn't come any better than that for opportunity knockin' Doug, go for yer life IMHO .

Thanks Bruce, weare going into full production as soon as my back is well enough to get the workshop into shape. meanwhile (funny how this stuff happens just when you need it) ive had an expression of interest for commercial quantities of one of my items from a business in an interstate capital city.

meanwhile my chiropractor is helping a lot, but i still cant do too much yet or i will negate all her goodwork, so justmaking contacts andplans at the moment and hopefully will beworkingon the workshop next week

[John Saxton]

go slug 'em Doug, er when the backs better...hope all goes well with your hopes and dreams with new ventures.

Man's gotta look afta his back afta all it's gonna hafta keep him upright and at it it least 3 score & 10.

Take care and do it all on a gradual basis....lifes got a lot in store for you still, with whats ahead with time and health.

All the best foremost with the back and secondly with the new enterprise.

Cheers

[Groggy]

As a few of the forum members who i exchange PM's and e-mails with will know I have been laid up for the last 8 days with a bad back. I've had back problems before but never anything i couldnt fix in a couple of days with the right stretching etc. This time its different, nothing I can do has made any impact on it at all so I went to a chiropractor this morning.

She says that I will recover full strength and movement and the pain will go away eventually, but she also said that if I keep doing the things I'm doing its just going to get worse over time. I guess that my spine has had a rough life, 20 years in the army followed by 8 years running my concrete garden edging business with all its heavy lifting and bending. I always said i didnt want to be still doing concrete edging when i was 50, but i'm only 46.

Geez Doug, I read that heading and thought you were in for a gender bender - whew!

Backs are a serious issue and a common ex-military guy problem. Land the wrong way with a heavy pack and you can snap your spine, most are lucky and just compress a disc.

Have you looked at warm-up routines prior to working for the day? I don't mean 200lb guy doing cinderella routines, but stretching and general muscle loosening. There are a growing number of businesses getting advice, especially where heavy lifting is involved with older guys. In other industries with younger guys (removalists) they hope they move on before the problems become apparent.

Now I've done it, I've got a mental image of you in a tutu :eek::eek::eek: aarrggghhhh (runs away).