Post by dradtke on Nov 11, 2009 16:18:53 GMT -5
Bad back today. About 2 or 3 times a year I tweak my back. It's a muscle thing, not skeletal. It's weird. Probably a muscle or tendon tear that never completely heals. The strange thing is when I re-injure it each time, it's not by doing anything strenuous. It's just by standing up from sitting in a chair. Then twinge, I say, "Huh ? ! ? There's that back muscle again."
The problem is; once it is strained, it gets worse for a few days, until I can hardly get up and down out of a chair. I can't even roll over in bed without cringing. Then it heals itself in a few days and I go back to regular life. The weird thing, is it's not caused by physical activity. I play racquetball, some tennis, I work out running up and down stairs, and lift some weights. None of that causes a problem. I even did some heavy lifting while I moved the office a couple weeks ago. . . . , nothing.
But, then, I stand up from an office chair and "twinge," there I am again. Crippled for a week.
Ouch ! !
Absolutely been there, Marshall.
