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I'm gonna try to come up with a new seat design, because I don't see evolution working fast enough to solve lower back problems.
Anyone ever done spinal decompression?
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needtogetarmy
CEO of Project Mayhem
hanselthecaretaker said:
just bend over and drag your knuckles. I do not see people in 3rd world shitholes complaining about back problems.
I have severe back problems, born with some of them, some are age related. I fucking utterly REFUSE to deal with conventional medicine on this issue.
1. Find a damned good chiropractor. The first few weeks, you need to see them a lot (like 3x a week) then it's once a week, then once every two weeks, then once a month or so for maintenance. My chiropractor charges $31.50 cash for a visit and I consider that money damned well spent to live mostly pain free.
2. Get a good bed. I bought a $2,500 Tempurpedic. Again, totally worth it. I bought mine from Sleepy's and they gave me 3 years same as cash. I pay $76 a month on my bed and it's the best money I ever spent.
3. Avoid high impact shit (jogging/running, amusement park shit, vicious off road driving, skydiving, etc.).
4. Inversion can help if your problem is stemming from degenerative discs.
5. Glucosamine/chondroitin can also help, but some people can't take that stuff.
Avoid at all costs surgery for degenerative problems (the outcomes are different for trauma related surgeries, it's weird). I listen to this shit day in and day out and I'm telling you, you start down that road and you're fucked. Expect a lifetime of drugs and surgeries every few years. For some reason if you get surgery for a degenerative problem it almost inevitably needs revision in less than ten years.
1. Find a damned good chiropractor. The first few weeks, you need to see them a lot (like 3x a week) then it's once a week, then once every two weeks, then once a month or so for maintenance. My chiropractor charges $31.50 cash for a visit and I consider that money damned well spent to live mostly pain free.
2. Get a good bed. I bought a $2,500 Tempurpedic. Again, totally worth it. I bought mine from Sleepy's and they gave me 3 years same as cash. I pay $76 a month on my bed and it's the best money I ever spent.
3. Avoid high impact shit (jogging/running, amusement park shit, vicious off road driving, skydiving, etc.).
4. Inversion can help if your problem is stemming from degenerative discs.
5. Glucosamine/chondroitin can also help, but some people can't take that stuff.
Avoid at all costs surgery for degenerative problems (the outcomes are different for trauma related surgeries, it's weird). I listen to this shit day in and day out and I'm telling you, you start down that road and you're fucked. Expect a lifetime of drugs and surgeries every few years. For some reason if you get surgery for a degenerative problem it almost inevitably needs revision in less than ten years.
rykertest
New member
musclemom said:
Thanks for the reply and I do kind of agree with you. Other than a few knots in my neck or whatever from sleeping wrong etc I've never had chronic back problems. I'm only 35 and while my job is physical, It's not something that I did on the job.....or that I know of. This just kind of creeped up on me with no specific incident to blame.
If I could afford it I would go but the cheapest chiro near me is $50 a visit and since my issues isn't chronic I can't see spending that on a regular basis. I did get an extended supply of flexaril and some ibuprofen scrip strength. I also have been kinda surprised at how quick that inversion table turned things around. 1 evening I'm siezed up and am in a lot of pain. 10 minutes on the inversion table and the next day I notice a big improvement. So I'm now cutting the flexarils in half same with the ibuprofen and using that table to get back to my old sefl. If within a week or two I am not back to 100% then I'll go visit the chiro. I love getting my neck popped allthough it scared the crap out of me the first time he did it.
