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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
This is not always the best course of action - it is rarely the right move when it comes to sudden onset back pain.
To the OP: I'd stick to the other recommendations/advice and consider ODNT's post to be mistakenly devoid of pink font.  |
Yes, I should have used the pink.
ETA: however so honestly though, someday (everyday) with a lifetime of service related chronic LBP (compressed vertebrae, degenerative disk and osteoarthritis of the spine) the occasional "tweak" I've learned to say "ouch" head for the Ibuprofen or Methocarbamol and take the recommend maximum dosage PRN (as needed) and continue on with my life; just not aggravating things until better. I've found over the years the more I 'take it easy' the longer the pain sticks around. All the advice given above ^^^^^ would be the same advice I'd have given if still in the practice of treating others...there's ouch - "don't do that again", and there's - "help, I've fallen down and can't get up. No, don't touch me, just let me lie here for awhile" kind of back pain. I've seen and had both. At some point you have to get moving again. The severity dictates the treatment and the recuperation time.
Maintain adequate core strength and target the muscles in the affected areas to prevent sudden onset of -
oops, I did it again...