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26 Jan, 2010

150.5/PPE

Posted by: joymanning In: Personal Prohibition Experiment.| Weigh In

25 days down/6 days to go

Yesterday was a busy day. In the morning, I filed two pieces that were due, then I made my way to Center City in the driving sideways rain to meet a friend for lunch. At home, I drank a cup tea, organized my thoughts, and then dug into researching markets and sending queries. (I’m participating in a query challenge game organized by a freelance writers group to which I belong.)

Around 5:30 I got up from my desk to start the pizza dough for last night’s dinner and noticed that my lower back really hurt. And the pain kept getting worse until I went to bed. I woke up today in less pain than last night, but my back is still sore and stiff. I don’t know if I should run today as I planned to. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to treat it because I never had back pain before. The most annoying part is, I don’t even know how this happened. Yesterday morning I had no pain at all.

I’m supposed to go out to dinner tonight, provided the pain doesn’t get worse. Does anyone have any tips for making lower back pain go away?

10 Responses to "150.5/PPE"

1 | Jill

January 26th, 2010 at 9:56 am

Practice some yoga.

2 | SPF

January 26th, 2010 at 10:29 am

I second the yoga recommendation. If you can get your hands on some Arnica gel, that works wonders for me. Good luck!

January 26th, 2010 at 10:33 am

Give your body a rest, spend some time lying down with your knees up. Take Advil for swelling.

January 26th, 2010 at 10:38 am

A hot water bottle or heating pad can also help to relieve back pain.

5 | ML

January 26th, 2010 at 10:46 am

I’ve had lower back problems for years- I’ve found that heat makes the inflammation worse, ice brings a lot of relief. Try to stretch as much as possible/don’t sit in one position for too long.

January 26th, 2010 at 10:56 am

Lie on the floor on your back. I wouldn’t take too much time off – keeping your body active, like with walking, CAN help.

You might need to work on strengthening your core, too. It can take care of a lot of back problems. It’ll help you support yourself while running, too…

7 | Janice Myer

January 26th, 2010 at 11:20 am

Heat relieving patches work for me. Bengay or Salonpas are 2 of the brand names. Get them at your drug store. You just stick one on your lower back and take it easy. No running. Good luck…

January 26th, 2010 at 1:10 pm

a BIG GLASS of wine…. just kidding Joy (of course!)…..stretching (yoga), anti-inflammartory (advil?), ice NOT heat, NO RUNNING

9 | Mary Jo

January 27th, 2010 at 8:30 am

First off, let me start off by saying you should be using ice, not heat. Take it from someone who has spent a life time with back pain. Secondly, if you need to take some sort of pain medication, take Alleve. Third, and most important, make sure you don’t have a rash where you pain is coming from as it could be a return of the shingles. Hopefully (and probably) not but just make sure. Sometimes the rash doesn’t materialize until a couple of days after the pain starts.

10 | Shh

January 27th, 2010 at 10:57 pm

I was going to say yoga, but I see that others beat me to it!

Also, listen to Mary Jo… my chiropractor also says to use ice. Do you have any Robaxicet?

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