Saturday, May 21, 2005
Back Better
As I mentioned on Thursday, I pulled a muscle in my back. It was painful. Grit your teeth, eye-watering pain. But it's getting better. The first day I used my back brace, cold packs and took Naproxen. On Friday it was a little less sore. I switched to a heating pad. This morning my back was still stiff but less painful. I still feel some twinges when I bend certain ways, especially ducking my head to get into the car. But I'm on the mend.
Everyone has their Achilles' heel. For me, it's my back. Fortunately, my back problems aren't chronic. The last time was in 1999 when I had sciatica. I had X-rays and an MRI done which showed a bulge on one disk that was pinching the sciatic nerve. My physical therapist took a look at one of the X-ray images and said "See there? That's vertebral arthritis". I responded, "I have arthritis?". She said, not to worry, everyone starts to show signs of arthritis in their back, starting around 30 years of age. I guess we really weren't mean to stand upright.
Everyone has their Achilles' heel. For me, it's my back. Fortunately, my back problems aren't chronic. The last time was in 1999 when I had sciatica. I had X-rays and an MRI done which showed a bulge on one disk that was pinching the sciatic nerve. My physical therapist took a look at one of the X-ray images and said "See there? That's vertebral arthritis". I responded, "I have arthritis?". She said, not to worry, everyone starts to show signs of arthritis in their back, starting around 30 years of age. I guess we really weren't mean to stand upright.
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