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Create a channel Learn moreWhy do you need one? I’ve had several back surgeries and tried everything under the sun. The teeter works for quick relief but is not lasting. The two best things for me were/are core exercises, and the combo of Advil/Tylenol. That combo is stronger than Vicodin without the side effects.Have any of you tried one
Honestly, unless you have a major injury, most people benefit from the same stuff when it comes to your back. Strengthen your muscles, stretch your hamstrings, don't be a fat fuck. If you have a significant injury, that may change a bit, but human structure remains generally similar enough that everybody benefits from correct movement patterns and lack of excess body weight.Did anyone with back pain see a physical therapist who sets up a stretching and exercise routine based on the physiology of your body and what is causing the pain? Might be worth a look, I could show you a picture of my plan, but you are not me, my injuries are not your injuries, our weak, strong, tight, and loose spots may be the same or different.
This is exactly right, which is why the reverse hyper is the single best thing for long term back health. It is the only way I know of to strengthen the back simultaneous to gentle stretching, which seems to be even better than the two separately.For me, it was better to strengthen the back and try to increase the range of motion of the back, not hanging upside down.
It gets weak and tightens up when I get busy with city life and don't exercise enough and then I get in real trouble with the back.
Tex Patriot is right in my view, raising the blood pressure in your head can be dangerous in the long term, it can make you stroke, just one reason that you should not hold your breath when lifting, as it thins out the blood vessels in your brain and that not good over the years. I've known two world class power lifters who suffered stokes fairly young, and I always thought it was related...
Honestly, unless you have a major injury, most people benefit from the same stuff when it comes to your back. Strengthen your muscles, stretch your hamstrings, don't be a fat fuck. If you have a significant injury, that may change a bit, but human structure remains generally similar enough that everybody benefits from correct movement patterns and lack of excess body weight.
I firmly believe that if you care about somebody who is overweight, you try to help. them stop being so. It can strain relationships, but it is my honest belief. I just think that nothing does more to diminish quality of life than obesity. I'm not talking being a little fluffy around the middle, but when you get an extra 50 pounds on you, there is just so much you can't do anymore, and so much more day to day pain. I do think being light hearted about it helps, though. But yeah, if somebody has a bad back or bad knees, first thing to look at is extra weight IMO.I feel like I'm detecting a pattern here.
I can say for sure that gaining weight has definitely increased how quickly the burning, tingling and numbness set in.
The Happy Feet store says it's just your shoes though.
I have one but from experience stretching works the best. Most compression is caused by tight / stiff muscles.Have any of you tried one
No miracles unfortunately, and the back takes a looong time to fully heal and it's super easy to re-injure it during this time. I dealt with it as a chief complaint for years until my feet got wrecked, same area, S's and L's and it's up to the chest now (bulging and prolapsed discs, nerve damage down my legs). Now it's mostly just a gripe. But at one point the pain was so bad I'd spend 2-3 months laying on the floor during an episode and during one it got SO bad I guess I went into shock from the pain --then the pain just went away, almost felt "high", and if it wasn't so welcome and let me rest for the first time in forever, it'd have been scary. I didn't know the brain and nerves could literally shut down from pain until then.I have multiple things wrong from the s1 up to the L2. My thought was going through a period of, nothing but good for me and re hydration w using the decomp brace. Hoping to rehydrate the discs maybe, to releave things a bit.
Of course all the info on them is good, but you all know how that goes.
Just again hoping, that someone screams it was a miracle
Add high Magnesium and low potassium supplements daily as they will both help to relax the muscles.I have multiple things wrong from the s1 up to the L2. My thought was going through a period of, nothing but good for me and re hydration w using the decomp brace. Hoping to rehydrate the discs maybe, to releave things a bit.
Of course all the info on them is good, but you all know how that goes.
Just again hoping, that someone screams it was a miracle
Thanks man.My ex wife got an inversion, what, table? Not really a table. From her doctor. It's not the cheap one from TV, it's "real", with thick leather pads and chromed steel tubes (with a little bit of rust from storage). Cost hundreds IIRC, certainly more than it's worth if you ask me. She used it some and said it worked, forgot to take it in the divorce. My back is messed up too but it wasn't really for me, although I did do traction at VA after PT and it seemed to help temporarily and it has similar results. Maybe if I'd stuck with it the results would have lasted longer.
It's just taking up room along with a TENS unit I don't need --which did work during flareups until I got nerve damage and wound up having to crank it up to max to do anything. PM me if you can use either or both, I'd trade or sell real cheap. Both are "real" medical devices and not late night "made for TV" shit --at least insurance paid for them.
I know this stuff works depending on the person and condition, and I know how excruciating back pain is, how you're willing to literally try anything, so if this stuff can help anyone let me know.
Find a place to test the inversion table before you buy one. For me, the inversion table caused allot of pain and discomfort.Thanks man.
The VA gave me a TENS and I'll be getting a inversion table soon. Just trying to think outside the box, w the decompression brace.
Right off the bat, or did you use it for a while. I ask because a friend has one and I tried it.Find a place to test the inversion table before you buy one. For me, the inversion table caused allot of pain and discomfort.
I agree the best thing that has worked for me is a back hyper extension thing.This is exactly right, which is why the reverse hyper is the single best thing for long term back health. It is the only way I know of to strengthen the back simultaneous to gentle stretching, which seems to be even better than the two separately.