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Tuesday 29 Aug 2006

ouch

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1. on 29 Aug 2006 at 7:05 am   Charles
   
   

   Never had much experience with wool blankets.
   On-the-other-claw, if you’d said like “epoxy on a tile floor” or maybe a “limpet on a smooth rock” then I would have to concur.
   What really drives me bonkers is that I have a couple of examples of recurrent pain where nothing seems to be wrong.

2. on 29 Aug 2006 at 10:23 am   Chris Byrne
   
   

   Somehow we both managed to pick the same weekend to hurt our backs.

   I have no frikken clue how, but I managed to pull my right Lat and trap; and it’s still killing me, now 5 days later (though not as bad as Friday).

   Like I asid on my blog, you never think about it till you hurt them, but every single movement you make, including breathing, involves your back muscles.

3. on 29 Aug 2006 at 11:40 am   Aaron Neal
   
   

   Never gotten shit on a wool blanket, but if it sticks around like back pain does, then it must be pretty determined stuff.

4. on 29 Aug 2006 at 1:56 pm   dick
   
   

   Damn near identical.

5. on 29 Aug 2006 at 2:07 pm   Nathan
   
   

   Feel for ya, Og. Been there and done that.

   Sciatica (my own usual complaint) is nothing to be laughed at either, but in my case it did get me 20-odd insurance-paid sessions with a hot physical therapist.

6. on 29 Aug 2006 at 2:35 pm   Dirk Thruster
   
   

   I can’t get any time off until the weekend, but I’ll buy a woollen blanket on Saturday and let you know how I go.

7. on 29 Aug 2006 at 7:09 pm   Morenuancedthanyou
   
   

   Do you go to chiropractors? I’ve been to two (there was no problem with the first, I was 120 miles away) and had good luck with both.
   Chiropractors can only do so much. They move the bones back where they should be, but once the ligaments are strained, they will never be as good at keeping the bones in the proper place. Still, my chiros have saved me from a lot of pain.
   This is an unpaid testimonial; I have no relatives in the business; YMMV blah blah.

8. on 29 Aug 2006 at 8:48 pm   og
   
   

   I do have a crack, search old posts for “gee your hair smells terrific” and she’s good- but it will be weeks before I can break free to see her.

9. on 29 Aug 2006 at 10:16 pm   Morenuancedthanyou
   
   

   Not to dominate the conversation here, but if I may get this straight — You are on vicodin for the pain and your employer will not let you out for a few hours to go to a chiro?

10. on 29 Aug 2006 at 10:20 pm   og
    
    

    “break free”? You have apparently never seen IMTS.

11. on 29 Aug 2006 at 11:58 pm   Morenuancedthanyou
    
    

    I’m guessing, IMTS = International Machine Tool Show or International Manufacturing Trade Show. I have not seen that or any of the other acronyms. Do you have to man a booth?

12. on 30 Aug 2006 at 6:49 am   og
    
    

    I am building a booth, engineering as I go, and manning it too.

13. on 30 Aug 2006 at 3:26 pm   Anonymous
    
    

    If your back “goes”, you won’t be building the booth or manning it. You are as stubborn as Mark.

    swmbo

14. on 30 Aug 2006 at 3:29 pm   og
    
    

    My back is “gone” and it isn’t going to stop me, it never has.

15. on 30 Aug 2006 at 8:24 pm   Maricopa Mark
    
    

    I know your pain. Thankfully, I don’t know it right this moment.

16. on 30 Aug 2006 at 11:48 pm   Morenuancedthanyou
    
    

    It’s your job and your back, Og, and I know you did the original injury on your own time, but the older you get, the higher the risk of permanent injury. Will your employer really appreciate it $$ if you allow your back to be screwed up permanently for the sake of a booth at an expo?
    Call me a self-centered crybaby Boomer if you want, but if it was my choice, I might well ask for a few hours off to see the chiro. I’ll shut up now.

17. on 31 Aug 2006 at 8:33 pm   James Burnett
    
    

    Hmmm. I’ve experienced plenty of back pain – thank God for muscle relaxers, but I gotta tell you, the imagery has compelled me to throw out all my wool blankets…not that I plan on crappin’ on ’em anytime soon.

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