Back Pain...
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It's worse when I try to hold back the sneeze, like in meetings. I've actually started crying. I'm considering contacting the Guiness Book of World Records to see if I have the loudest sneeze. Oh, I'm not allowed to sneeze in the car without warning my hubby.
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Ouch...I think we need to see a leckey sneeze on youtube... :laugh:
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Someone created a new account to troll.:suss:
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Givina advices how to stay a little more healthy is troling in ur opinion? Thats interesting.
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Ouch...I think we need to see a leckey sneeze on youtube... :laugh:
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Givina advices how to stay a little more healthy is troling in ur opinion? Thats interesting.
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Hey John a while back you and I hashed out back pain for a good 5 or 10 posts and you said that you had your workspace adjusted and it really helped. Can you describe chair height? Mine was really high and my feet couldn't touch the floor. It made me slouch a lot. I've lowered it and don't slouch as much. Now I'm wondering... is there a too low and is there a just right and do you have an opinion on low/high? Anyone besides John can jump in. I'm just really curious to hear from people what their experience has been. I decided that despite the pain I wanted to be an athlete more than I wanted to be dependent on pain medicines. So I stopped all the pain medicines. Since then I've become very attenuated to what hurts and relieves my back pain. Oddly enough if I don't exercise I'm a hurting man for sure. I've also found that push-ups (hold them for 10 seconds at the top) are a pain-killer on their own for me. So instead of taking morphine, oxycontin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, [addicto]codone I'm looking for other options. Since my butt spends 12 hours a day in a chair minimum I figured that might be a good place to start. Of course getting less chair time would be nice too.
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I strongly suggest getting the book 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back by Esther Gokhale and Susan Adams. It covers not only sitting, but also standing, walking, and sleeping. It's available for about $16 on Amazon, where it has received unanimous 5 star ratings from 22 reviewers. Exercise can certainly provide temporary relief by stimulating production of endorphins. But in the long term, exercise done with improper body alignment can actually exacerbate the problem. Get the book.
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Hey John a while back you and I hashed out back pain for a good 5 or 10 posts and you said that you had your workspace adjusted and it really helped. Can you describe chair height? Mine was really high and my feet couldn't touch the floor. It made me slouch a lot. I've lowered it and don't slouch as much. Now I'm wondering... is there a too low and is there a just right and do you have an opinion on low/high? Anyone besides John can jump in. I'm just really curious to hear from people what their experience has been. I decided that despite the pain I wanted to be an athlete more than I wanted to be dependent on pain medicines. So I stopped all the pain medicines. Since then I've become very attenuated to what hurts and relieves my back pain. Oddly enough if I don't exercise I'm a hurting man for sure. I've also found that push-ups (hold them for 10 seconds at the top) are a pain-killer on their own for me. So instead of taking morphine, oxycontin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, [addicto]codone I'm looking for other options. Since my butt spends 12 hours a day in a chair minimum I figured that might be a good place to start. Of course getting less chair time would be nice too.
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You could try an exercise ball instead of a chair. It should force you to keep good posture, and help you get to that more athletic state. I know one of my co-workers does this. I'm going to try it as soon as I can get my hands on one.
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Try a physio ball instead of a chair. I've been doing this for a few years now and I'm convinced that it has saved me. The main advantage to the ball is that it has almost no mass so almost everything you do causes you to move a little bit. Every time you move you use your back muscles which improves circualtion, keeps the muscles from stiffening up and hopefully reduces muscle atrophy. I also tend to sit up straigter, the most comfortable way to sit on the ball is with your but on the forward part of the ball with your feet tucked in in the front. This naturally makes you tend to sit straight. It's also great if you want to stretch out. The down side is that you sit lower than you probably would otherwise, other people like to kick it around and they can be cold in the winter. Sometimes I get tired of it and go back to a regualar chair, but the back aches always bring me back Good luck ;)
Whoops didn't see your post... you've got the right idea. Probably one of the coolest things I've seen done in an office in a long time.
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My advice is: move ur fat ass and go for walk, go swim, ride a bicycle, stop eat that fat ugly tasting burgers, get a real life instead of sitting on butt and watching dots on LCD. And ask urself a question: do i want to be happy and healthy or do i want to be 'no life' and die in pain? Choice is yours.
I used to weigh 264 pounds. I'm down to 177 and am aiming for 165. I exercise 6 days a week for a minimum of 2 hours every day. ... ... You were saying?:cool:
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SatanIsTheLord wrote:
Givina
Who/what? You were being RUDE. (Even if you changed your name.)
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You think im changed my name because of ur very important person? Or u just want to flash ur blog link?
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I used to weigh 264 pounds. I'm down to 177 and am aiming for 165. I exercise 6 days a week for a minimum of 2 hours every day. ... ... You were saying?:cool:
More! Harder! :cool:
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Hey John a while back you and I hashed out back pain for a good 5 or 10 posts and you said that you had your workspace adjusted and it really helped. Can you describe chair height? Mine was really high and my feet couldn't touch the floor. It made me slouch a lot. I've lowered it and don't slouch as much. Now I'm wondering... is there a too low and is there a just right and do you have an opinion on low/high? Anyone besides John can jump in. I'm just really curious to hear from people what their experience has been. I decided that despite the pain I wanted to be an athlete more than I wanted to be dependent on pain medicines. So I stopped all the pain medicines. Since then I've become very attenuated to what hurts and relieves my back pain. Oddly enough if I don't exercise I'm a hurting man for sure. I've also found that push-ups (hold them for 10 seconds at the top) are a pain-killer on their own for me. So instead of taking morphine, oxycontin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, [addicto]codone I'm looking for other options. Since my butt spends 12 hours a day in a chair minimum I figured that might be a good place to start. Of course getting less chair time would be nice too.
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A really good pushup program is this one: http://www.100pushups.infoThey take a really good approach to it and it really works!
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You think im changed my name because of ur very important person? Or u just want to flash ur blog link?
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Hey John a while back you and I hashed out back pain for a good 5 or 10 posts and you said that you had your workspace adjusted and it really helped. Can you describe chair height? Mine was really high and my feet couldn't touch the floor. It made me slouch a lot. I've lowered it and don't slouch as much. Now I'm wondering... is there a too low and is there a just right and do you have an opinion on low/high? Anyone besides John can jump in. I'm just really curious to hear from people what their experience has been. I decided that despite the pain I wanted to be an athlete more than I wanted to be dependent on pain medicines. So I stopped all the pain medicines. Since then I've become very attenuated to what hurts and relieves my back pain. Oddly enough if I don't exercise I'm a hurting man for sure. I've also found that push-ups (hold them for 10 seconds at the top) are a pain-killer on their own for me. So instead of taking morphine, oxycontin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, [addicto]codone I'm looking for other options. Since my butt spends 12 hours a day in a chair minimum I figured that might be a good place to start. Of course getting less chair time would be nice too.
modified on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:45 PM
Code-Frog, Try buying a good Ab Ball (make sure you inflate it to the correct size) and using it as a chair for an hour a day. It makes you use your core because you can't slouch which in turn strenghtens you back. I find that it helps alot, plus you can use it to stretch your back out. I will slouch sometimes even with everything adjusted properly because of the chair back being there. I found alot of good product at 'Relax the Back' including a stool that looks weird but makes you sit straight, just like the ab ball but cost a whole lot more. Hoorah, on ditching the Pain Meds! They dull you to the world and if you can live without them all the better.
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Hey John a while back you and I hashed out back pain for a good 5 or 10 posts and you said that you had your workspace adjusted and it really helped. Can you describe chair height? Mine was really high and my feet couldn't touch the floor. It made me slouch a lot. I've lowered it and don't slouch as much. Now I'm wondering... is there a too low and is there a just right and do you have an opinion on low/high? Anyone besides John can jump in. I'm just really curious to hear from people what their experience has been. I decided that despite the pain I wanted to be an athlete more than I wanted to be dependent on pain medicines. So I stopped all the pain medicines. Since then I've become very attenuated to what hurts and relieves my back pain. Oddly enough if I don't exercise I'm a hurting man for sure. I've also found that push-ups (hold them for 10 seconds at the top) are a pain-killer on their own for me. So instead of taking morphine, oxycontin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, [addicto]codone I'm looking for other options. Since my butt spends 12 hours a day in a chair minimum I figured that might be a good place to start. Of course getting less chair time would be nice too.
modified on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:45 PM
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