My back was in a rather bad way.

My grandfather had the same problem as me. The doctors gave him a metric f**kton of opiates, intrusive spinal orthopedic surgery and months off work recovering.

I was set up for a similar process. A friend suggested I see a specialist physio. Lots of spinal streches and manipulation, yoga style leg and pelvic stretching exercises, daily use of a back arch and things got better/less bad.

I then got put on rehabilitation pilates - girl I know - where everyone had a significant medical issue. I worked through that and now, several years later, just do a normal pilates class. My back is 95% better. No surgery. I suffer looking like an idiot in pilates class - all those pretty, flexible girls and there's f**king Shrek in the corner, bendy as a house brick.

The point I am trying to make is that the solution that a doctor sees may be rather different than the solution a physio sees. In my case, I am very glad I saw a decent physio.

The pain might stem from an underlying issue. Rather than just getting rid of the symptoms it might be worth trying to find the cause if not obvious.

Posted By: Timmy_Goat, Mar 11, 18:09:09