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niteowl said:
If anyone is having back issues I highly recommend seeing a chiropractor

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I had to start going to a chiropractor when I was 14 because my back was so screwed up.  They give you the most temporary relief and they do nothing to really correct your back.  I started going to a physical therapist in college and they changed my life.  With physical therapy I really was able to get into the root of my back problem and work on it.  My back is still screwed up and always will be.  It's a daily battle to stretch it out but the exercises I learned from PT were far better than what my chiropractors had to offer. 

Now I don't even go to either.  I do yoga about 6 times a week and that is what keeps my back in check.

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Hey man tell me more. Really. I don't have insurance for about two more months so I have some time to think about what I wanna do. I have been going to the chiro for quite a while. It helps for sure but like someone above mentioned, it seems nothing but temporary.

So physical therapy really helped huh ? How much did it run you money wise ? Hey you should spend like 5 minutes and tell me more info. I would really appreciate it.

Yoga huh ? what's your routine like ?

God I heard that like 1/3 people suffer from back problems. damn they need to get on top of some spine technology.

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CounterCulturest said:
Ironically I was bending over to pick up a bottle to recycle it.

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I bent over to pick up an empty 5gal fish tank, didnt even get my hands on
it and I got a sharp pain in my back, it kept me laid up for about 3 days,
it's the only time I've had any sort of back injury and based on that I
feel for anyone that has any sort of constant or recurring pain, I pulled
a lot of stupid stunts in my youth that I'm paying for now and my pain
management regiment mostly includes 'deal with it'

overall, I've been very lucky

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JesusGoneRogue said:
I was Tboned by an old Chevy going 65. I was driving a honda civic. Was in a coma for a month and a half. 4 month stay in the hospital  including the rehabilatation hospital. my lungs were crushed. All my ribs on left side were broken in more than one place. some on the right. heart was bruised. liver was torn up. spleen was in such bad condition it hadda be removed. fractures all over my body. broke my pelvis and tailbone as well. damn what else. The hospital stay was one big bad trip. all the drugs they had me on were making me hallucinate. like shroom hallucinating. i was basically a baby all over again. And on top of that i had a trake in my throat and couldnt eat or drink for the longest time. one hallucination that was particularly funny was that i thought i was a spider munching on a juicy apple. funny now. at the time. unimaginable torture. i would beg my poor father to drip water in my mouth. i feel bad for putting him in that situation.

        so demeaning having to be cleaned when you shit yourself. not to mention some nurses were abusive and left me in my shit for hours.  had to learn to walk again. I have nerve damage in my leg so i walk with a limp like an old school pimp. it's called foot drop. might come back might not. my left hand which was completely useless from nerve damage as well, has since healed. and for the longest time since i was out of the hospital i would have random bouts of SEVERE back pain that would last all night. pain so intense that i would puke. cry on the floor like a baby for hours writhing in pain. one week i could eat no food for three days. even drinking water would cause me to vomit. random shocks of pain in my foot at all hours of the day which is hopefully my nerves growing back. i know pain. i know pain more than anything else.

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