Joe said: <snip> >>>Speaking of Doug, where's he been? It's been too long since the last hair-raising tale (no offense to the other trip reporters).>>> Been real busy. Got real grumpy too. Not at all sociable, therefore been lurking mostly as a courtesy to the list! Blew my back out weight lifting 6 weeks ago (more of a progression into pain than sudden). Been doing some tame paddling with club members who can help me carry my British heavy off the car. Paddling helps get one's back, back in shape, and places me back in a decent frame of mind. I tried 6 weeks of chiropractic care and warm baths/light stretching on his advice. I finally told my chiro guy to blow it out his ear, and went to ice and anti-inflammatories, keeping up the stretching. That is working. Bought an expensive mattress too (now gearing up to make a turned, four-poster bed). Has anyone else out in PW land dealt with lower back pain (the kind where it hurts to stand, and you need to sit down every few minutes)? Any other ideas for recovery? Also, anyone had trip-onset back pain on a multi-day excursion, and what did you do about it? BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd (Grumpy middle-aged man who still thinks he's 20) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 05 2000 - 01:52:06 PDT
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