| After weeks of trying painkillers alone,
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| | position for sleeping with a bad back (on
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| I finally went to sports rehab for help
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| | your back with a pillow under your
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| with her agonizingly painful lumbar spine
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| | knees), and other useful mobility tips.
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| problem. To my surprise, physical therapy
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| | Hearing all the correct ways to treat my
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| was a relief to my back pain, and I was
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| | body, it was apparent to me that I've
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| able to leave the facility an hour later,
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| | really been abusing my poor spine for
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| walking fully upright for the first time
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| | most of my life. No wonder I've had
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| in weeks. Thanks to a wonderful
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| | lesser bouts of back pain for the last
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| contraption called a traction bed, that
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| | twenty years, culminating in a more
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| stretched out my spine and relieved the
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| | severe case this time around. I learned
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| pressure on the lumbar area.
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| | my lesson.
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| What is traction? The physical therapist
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| | The therapist told me to slowly,
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| first put me in a harness. They had me
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| | gradually, build up my stamina by walking
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| wear a vest-like apparatus, and attached
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| | and doing light exercizes. He told me to
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| another one to go the opposite way, as I
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| | listen to my body, if I feel pain then
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| lied down on the traction table, with
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| | it's time to stop. I did a little walking
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| pillows under my head. Then, they hooked
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| | this evening. Thanks to the traction
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| me to a Tens Machine (I'll explain that
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| | therapy, I am much more comfortable. It
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| in a moment) and then turned on both
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| | will be a long and slow recovery from
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| systems. It felt wonderful, I could've
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| | sciatica but at least I now know there is
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| stayed there all evening. After roughly
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| | hope. Having to go to a spine doctor and
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| twenty minutes, they unhooked me, and I
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| | for physical therapy for the first time
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| was amazed to be able to walk around much
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| | in my life was initially really scary to
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| more comfortably than when I walked in
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| | me. But, truthfully, it was an unexpected
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| the place. Whoever invented this
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| | relief. Nobody gave me shots in my spine,
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| wonderful apparatus did back pain
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| | or manhandled me. There wasn't any
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| sufferers a really big favor.
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| | torturous pain inflicted on me, just a
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| What is a Tens Unit? It is a machine that
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| | few tests to see how strong or weak my
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| emits minor electrical pulses to the area
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| | muscles are, a CT scan and a few x-rays.
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| that is in pain, working the muscles and
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| | I heard another patient ask the therapist
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| giving relief to the area. There are
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| | what happens if the physical therapy
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| different kinds of pulses, some ping and
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| | doesn't work. The next step is getting
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| some pulse, but they all feel great. I
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| | shots in the back, he said. No way, I
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| had the physical therapist crank it up as
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| | told him to fix me, so I never need to
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| high as possible, and it made my pains go
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| | get to that level of treatment. The next
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| away for the time I was using it.
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| | level of treatment after those shots is
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| Amazing. I'd been doubled over with
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| | surgery. I want to avoid all of that, and
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| serious pain, even with medicines like
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| | am glad to know that they don't push
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| Celebrex and Tylenol with Codeine in my
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| | these things on us. They wait to see how
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| system. This worked better than both of
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| | we respond. And, I can tell that the
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| those together, hands down.
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| | therapy is working, so I am going to
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| On the wall was a poster, explaining the
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| | build up my stamina by doing as told.
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| spine, in minute detail. Very
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| | If you suffer from crippling back pain,
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| interesting. It's much more complicated
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| | make sure to go to a specialist and have
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| than I could ever imagine. I had the
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| | him look at your back. He will probably
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| therapist show me where my L5 lumbar area
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| | give you pain killers and prescribe
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| was, because that is where the herniated
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| | physical therapy. I reccommend it, and
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| disk is. Half the benefit of going to
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| | wish you a speedy recovery. I'm so glad I
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| physical therapy is the instruction on
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| | finally went. No more toughing it out for
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| what to do with your problem. They teach
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| | me. It gives me hope of a pain-free
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| you how to get up correctly without
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| | future and shows it's needless to suffer
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| straining your back, what the best
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| | in silence. Been there, done that.
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