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[billazilla]

The damage in my back from trying to lift a fire safe back when I worked at Wal-Mart has been kicking me for the past few days now. Usually it only lasts a couple of days, but now it's been going on four and I'm getting tired of the surprise pains sending me to my knees at random points in the day. I walk about like an elderly man, brittle and

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[idav5d]

Ha!I have just the opposite phenomenon... My phone goes into sleep mode after 5 minutes or so. Whenever she sends a pic,it gets turned on.

Be careful with the doctors. I suffered from chronic back pain for years. I avoided the recommended cortisone shots and scalpels, and healed myself by working a core program at the gym. Research anything they want to inject you with, some of that stuff is pretty hard on your joins and ligiments

[billazilla]

I already have it on good authority that it is very likely a result of an incident working at Wal-mart over a decade ago, and it makes a lot of sense to me that it should be a purely physical malfunction rather than some sort of biochem thing. Ergo, I really doubt any kind of injection would resolve my problem, unless someone knows the formula for spinal regeneration fluids. Dr. Crusher to the Bridge!

[anonymous]

Danger, Will Robinson! I smell a "pre-existing condition" that your insurance won't want to cover.

I suggest looking into: yoga, pilates, chiropractors... Heck, even acupuncture might have some benefit -- I know folks with bad carpal tunnel that have gotten fixed by acupuncture.

[billazilla]

It's cool, bro. Whatever the case, it wouldn't be beyond the coverage to at least get diagnosis and recommendations and such, which would be a big step towards resolving this problem.

And yeah, if I thought acupuncture was available and workable, I'd try it. It worked for Hetty's mom, right. However, I don't think it will fix my problem. (see above)