If you happen back through AZ, give us enough advance notice to summon the AZFJ's for a chili party.
I'm gland you enjoyed it. The secret ingredient is time. It's a long slow cook to get it there, all that time compresses into the food. When you taste it, the time is released in your mouth, and the warp caused in space is actually perceived by the tongue as a new taste dimension.
If you happen back through AZ, give us enough advance notice to summon the AZFJ's for a chili party.
I'm gland you enjoyed it. The secret ingredient is time. It's a long slow cook to get it there, all that time compresses into the food. When you taste it, the time is released in your mouth, and the warp caused in space is actually perceived by the tongue as a new taste dimension.
Hurry up with the kitchen already.....we are waiting......
Ok Doc. I've got a new one for you. Try not to snicker and laugh too much.
I went to SF on the 25th of July and ended up at a loft party. I had on jeans that were fine with heels, but too long otherwise. Long story short, we were required to ditch our shoes, I was goofing off, slipped on my jeans and fell flat on my arse.
(pause for snickering and laughter)
It's now been a week and a half and I'm still in a bunch of pain. It hurts when I resume standing after bending over, but not on the way down. It hurts going up inclines and steps. It hurts when I sneeze, it hurts when I sit back, and I *just* leaned up against my counter and about went through the roof. In the beginning I had a dull ache that didn't go away; that has subsided for the most part but it returns when I make a stupid mistake like leaning against a counter top edge or sitting on the ground. It's not like a typical tailbone thing where it hurts on the very bottom; it hurts bilaterally across my arse where my gluts meet the low back, but maybe a little lower. Definitely above the tailbone, but too low to be considered part of my low back.
So. What do you think and is there something I can do about this ridiculous injury? I start soccer in a month and I really don't want this to sideline me.
Ok Doc. I've got a new one for you. Try not to snicker and laugh too much.
I went to SF on the 25th of July and ended up at a loft party. I had on jeans that were fine with heels, but too long otherwise. Long story short, we were required to ditch our shoes, I was goofing off, slipped on my jeans and fell flat on my arse.
(pause for snickering and laughter)
It's now been a week and a half and I'm still in a bunch of pain. It hurts when I resume standing after bending over, but not on the way down. It hurts going up inclines and steps. It hurts when I sneeze, it hurts when I sit back, and I *just* leaned up against my counter and about went through the roof. In the beginning I had a dull ache that didn't go away; that has subsided for the most part but it returns when I make a stupid mistake like leaning against a counter top edge or sitting on the ground. It's not like a typical tailbone thing where it hurts on the very bottom; it hurts bilaterally across my arse where my gluts meet the low back, but maybe a little lower. Definitely above the tailbone, but too low to be considered part of my low back.
So. What do you think and is there something I can do about this ridiculous injury? I start soccer in a month and I really don't want this to sideline me.
I'm going to work really hard to avoid the numerous obvious ways that this could degenerate, but I want you to know how much fun I'm having with this, in my mind, before I do anything else.
One of the potential problems with taking a shock load to the fanny is that the ability for leg flex to decrease the force is completely circumvented. This is referred to as "axial loading". Your spine basically becomes a nail and your pelvis is a hammer. Unfotunately, this particular nail is bent, and as can happen when hammering a bent nail, it can deflect in unintended directions. Even when it doesn't bend funny, the forces are transmitted through the intervertebral disks which compress until the force is transferred to tiny joints called "facet joints" which articulate with eachother behind the spinal cord.
There are all kinds of places where axial loading can result in injury. The localized pain you appear to be describing sounds like it's at the junction of L5, the lowest vertebral body, and S1, the top of the sacrum. It could also be pain that originates from the sacro-iliac joints. If you were describing specific numbness or tingling patterns, the location might point to a level in your spine where swelling or direct injury was affecting nerve roots, but that's not apparently part of the picture here.
It would be best to undergo an evaluation for this before engaging in sports. The most likely thing is that you've got minimal injury to mostly muscular and tendinous anatomy without something that would show up radiographically, but without a negative study I have to worry that you've got an injury that would get worse with strenuous activity rather than better.
That being said, the treatment for non-skeletal low back pain is typically rest along with the control of inflammation and muscle spasm. Unfortunately, one of the most sensitive parts of the spinal column is the facet joints, and when they crash into eachother and become inflammed, the surrounding musculature tends to spasm as if to splint the injury... which causes them to collide all the harder. It's a bit of a vicious cycle, best interrupted by anti-inflammatory meds and muscle relaxants... and rest.
The scary thing is that there are a lot of "spine specialists" out there who have developed practices which prey on those with back pain. To these specialists, back pain patients are an annuity. Some are conscientious care providers and others are not. Discerning the difference is a buyer-beware situation. It's a rare situation where back care leads to disaster, but it happens. It's far more common for a lengthy relationship to ensue over which much expense and little benefit result.
For the human form, back pain is an unfortunate but extremely likely problem. It's rather like pure bred dogs and hip dysplasia. Our anatomy is set up for it. In some ways, it's the price of doing business on planet earth while standing upright under the constant force of gravity.
I'm going to work really hard to avoid the numerous obvious ways that this could degenerate, but I want you to know how much fun I'm having with this, in my mind, before I do anything else.
Yeah yeah yeah, I know, and trust me when I say that I've been the "butt" of the joke ever since it happened. I do appreciate your fabulous efforts at curbing your sense of humor to take a serious approach on the subject of my arse. Seriously, though, thank you for the information--you are beyond helpful, as always.
Snipping for brevity's sake....
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If you were describing specific numbness or tingling patterns, the location might point to a level in your spine where swelling or direct injury was affecting nerve roots, but that's not apparently part of the picture here.
I did have a teensy bit of numbness that first day, but it developed into the dull ache that I had for the rest of the week. I haven't been terribly concerned because there is no pain or numbness radiating down into my legs or feet. It's just annoying more than anything else and with soccer on the horizon, I wanted to make sure this wasn't that serious.
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BellyDoc previously said:
It would be best to undergo an evaluation for this before engaging in sports. The most likely thing is that you've got minimal injury to mostly muscular and tendinous anatomy without something that would show up radiographically, but without a negative study I have to worry that you've got an injury that would get worse with strenuous activity rather than better.
That being said, the treatment for non-skeletal low back pain is typically rest along with the control of inflammation and muscle spasm. Unfortunately, one of the most sensitive parts of the spinal column is the facet joints, and when they crash into eachother and become inflammed, the surrounding musculature tends to spasm as if to splint the injury... which causes them to collide all the harder. It's a bit of a vicious cycle, best interrupted by anti-inflammatory meds and muscle relaxants... and rest.
The scary thing is that there are a lot of "spine specialists" out there who have developed practices which prey on those with back pain. To these specialists, back pain patients are an annuity. Some are conscientious care providers and others are not. Discerning the difference is a buyer-beware situation. It's a rare situation where back care leads to disaster, but it happens. It's far more common for a lengthy relationship to ensue over which much expense and little benefit result.
Well, poop. My dear hubby miscalculated our insurance situation and we're not covered for one whole month as a result. Our insurance will kick in right when I start soccer; my plan was to build up my endurance and leg strength before playing with long-distance walking and jogging, and lunge exercises with weights.
Is this something that I might address with a chiropractor? There is one that is credited with getting my husband's grandfather to walk without a cane and he goes maybe once every couple of months; from what I understand, this chiropractor doesn't believe multiple visits to make money off of people. I guess he's a neighbor of my in-laws and he doesn't operate on a price-gouging type of schedule, just on an as-needed basis.
Or maybe a physical therapist? We have one of those in our circle as well.
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BellyDoc previously said:
For the human form, back pain is an unfortunate but extremely likely problem. It's rather like pure bred dogs and hip dysplasia. Our anatomy is set up for it. In some ways, it's the price of doing business on planet earth while standing upright under the constant force of gravity.
One thing I have to say...whatever this did, it got rid of my sciatic nerve/muscle issue. I haven't had much problem with that at all now which is odd--I feel it at night and on long trips in the car...and driving to and from Greer didn't phase me this year.
Hey doc I ust wanted to give you an update on my tennis elbow. It is still bothering me bad so I went to Wally World on Friday and bought the arm strap. What a difference it makes. It has all but eliminated the pain in my elbow. I was told to wear it for 4 weeks as much as possible including while sleeping. I know you said that you had the same problem and was wondering if you have tried the strap and if so was it working at all for you.
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Seriously, though, thank you for the information--you are beyond helpful, as always. 
