Sorry to hear those Ann. I am happy that you feel much better now. >Walking is key too - it is my physical theropy for free.. I can not agree more! That is my miracle "drug" too. I get depressed (even while there was nothing really, to worry about) when I do not walk enough for a day or two.
Hope you feel alright soon. Bulent --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2017-02-05 18:48 GMT+03:00 ann sanfedele <[email protected]>: > thanks, Christine... I applied ice -immediately- when it happened.. > then I had an ice pack on it for 3 or 4 hours straight ... since then it > has been Thermacare pads or the lower back wrap... for an arm or knee > injury that is more related to joints and bones I've found ice the best... > but the way I damaged my lower back (read my butt and jsut above it, > essentially) the heat is the only thing that has helped aside from a modest > amount of naproxin sodium... > > I always keep a soft icepack in the fridge and I have a gel pack that can be > made cold or heated in microwave too... > The very best thing was taking two or three hot baths because it ook the > pressure off - I can actually float in my tub resting my head on a bath > pillow and touching the other end of the tub with my toes... > > Walking is key too - it is my physical theropy for free.. I only needed the > cane for 5 days > > ann > > On 2/5/2017 10:12 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >> Oh, Ann, so sorry to hear about this. There, there. Do take care, and >> rest, and let yourself fully recover. Geez, that sucks. Had a bit of a >> sore back last summer, and I took care to nurse it. For the back, use ice. >> I used a bag of frozen vegetables—peas. Ice is best for sore back according >> to my friend who sees a chiropractor and has a bit of a back issue. As soon >> as I started icing my back, it started to heal up right away. >> >> Hope you have a speedy recovery. >> xoxo Christine >> >> >>> On Feb 4, 2017, at 4:01 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Last Friday I found the perfect way to clear my brain from the elephant >>> in the room ... >>> >>> I fell off of a wheely chair (office chair in my kitchen ) - The chair >>> has been tossed out.. it was not well balanced, and I was jsut sitting on it >>> and leaned forward to pick something up off the kitchen floor... which >>> slants a bit.. tried Not to fall (usually a bad idea) and the chair threw me >>> like a mechanical bull at a Texas bar... >>> I only slightly exagerate for color... sprained my lower back, hit the >>> back of my head on the kitchen sink.... this was Friday night a week ago... >>> >>> I piled an icepack on my goose egg and another on my back ... No broken >>> bones... I checked on line that the area of my head that got bumped was a >>> pretty low candidate to cause a concussion (about 4 inches above the top of >>> my left ear.) Ice wsa applied for about 3 hours to both areas, a lot of >>> words with friends ws played and the serious news of the day ignored. Head >>> wasn not very hurt and swelling went down quickly - but the way I twisted >>> my back was giving me a lot of pain. two Naproxin Sodium pills were >>> swallowed - I normally onlly take one if I hurt say 5 or 6 on a scale of >>> 10.. this was like 15 on a scale of 1 -10. >>> >>> Then I called a friend who I knew I wouldnt impose on by crying and >>> bitching to him, because he lives north of Boston, is wonderful at "there, >>> there" and pretty savvy medically... and another friend in NY who is too >>> imobile for his own problems to be able to come help. >>> >>> saturday I applied heat - I had some stuff here and a friend and neighbor >>> fetched more.. got out with a cane on MOnday with some difficulty.. staye >>> in for the worst weather on Tuesday, walked again on Wed, and each day >>> after... >>> >>> getting out of bed was intense .. the layered foam was too squishy... >>> again, helpful hands helped me remove a layer and roll it up in both my main >>> bed and the office twin... >>> >>> Last night was the first night I could get out of bed with only moderate >>> pain and today I walked about 1/2 a mile without cane... >>> >>> It was just so annoying because I had lost weight, had gotten a lovely >>> check up in December , hardly felt the knee arthritis and was in full get >>> things accomplished mode. >>> >>> Also had some weird stuff witht he computer but that seems to have been >>> nothing.. .. >>> >>> It will surely be a month or so before I'm really right again, as long as >>> I don't get too cocky and think I'm in better shape than I am... glad it >>> didn't require >>> hospitals or doctors or the like... >>> >>> There, theres appreciated. >>> >>> thanks for reading the rant >>> >>> ann >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
