 Poster: A snowHead
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Return from a glorious week in Austria last Saturday with no falls and no injuries. Went to pick up my handbag yesterday on my way to work and felt an almighty pain in my back and couldnt move. A visit to the docs resulted in pain killers - Diazapan, anti inflam, paracetamol and lots of rest as they reckoned it was a muscle in spasm. Could this be due to the weeks skiing as i didnt visit the gym much before hand, any one else suffered from this? Oow It really hurts.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I had one of these the day before I went trekking in Africa. Very nasty. Sheer pain for a second or two, and then numbness, legs giving out and leaving me in a heap in the floor. My GP said pretty much the same thing - muscle spam, anything could have caused it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hard luck. I'm no doctor, but it's probably just the weight of the handbag, nothing to do with skiing. After a week's respite from hauling it about, you should have worked up to it gradually, starting with bags of flour (or sugar), moving on to sacks of spuds, boulders, small cars, before going for the big one and lifting the handbag.
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Snowbird, head off to see the osteopath near you (the one up at Vigo) He'll fix the spasm for you . he's highly recommended by our neighbours, he lives round the corner from us.
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Snowbird, Try weighing your handbag. It will be full of cash due to the vast cheapness of your late deal. Muscle spasms are very painful. Hopefully it wont have been triggered by a trapped nerve.
Picking things up is just like skiing -bend zee knees.
Years ago we had spent 2 days moving pianos up and down stairs for a university music department. The next week I was laid up for a week when my back went picking up the milk off the front door step (remember milk deliveries). Massage can be very relaxing for the back.
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Frosty the Snowman, we still get milk delivered.
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Snowbird, Oooh poor you, I have had this several times in the past. Once my back went at a petrol station, I lifted the pump from its holder and PING it had gone. I haven't had a back problem for about 5 yrs now, I have never seen a specialist but I used to go to yoga once a week and I now stretch a couple of times per week, but that could just be coincidence. 
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Frosty the Snowman,
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Back pain is worse than earache.
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Surely that would depend on what sort of earache you're referring to 
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My workmate had something similar - he used to be a scaffolder and had some serious muscle imbalances in his back. At one time he had a spasm so severe that the Dr had to come out and inject him with morphine. Since changing jobs he has been quite a bit better in this regard.
"More M nurse!!!" 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Any how i have less than 3 weeks to my ski week in Andorra, should i be resting? excercising? or crossing my fingers 
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You know it makes sense.
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| Snowbird, I haven't had a back problem for about 5 yrs now, I have never seen a specialist but I used to go to yoga once a week and I now stretch a couple of times per week, but that could just be coincidence. |
I have been thinking of Yoga for a while now would you say it tones the bod?
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Snowbird, no Kevin Kirkup, up at Vigo somewhere (NorthEast Osteopathic and Sports Injury Clinic), my father-in-law was an osteopath and sold him his manipulation couch when he retired. The sooner you go, the sooner your back will be better.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Snowbird,
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should i be resting? excercising? or crossing my fingers
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My non-expert, amateur, four pennyworth....keep moving, as much as possible, up to, but not through the point of pain. If you rest you risk seizing up. Suggest you check out Pilates classes when you get back, and go see that Osteopath, soon 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Another 3 and a half pounds last night !
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Top banana!, Respect
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Snowbird,
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I have been thinking of Yoga for a while now would you say it tones the bod?
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Yes it does, but more importantly it keeps you supple. 
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Helen Beaumont, Appointment booked for 12 noon today willmlet you know how i get on, fingers crossed i will skip home !! 
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Snowbird, fingers crossed for you.
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well i am back and feel amazingly good  I have been twisted into positions i didnt think possible, I am remarkably suprised at how good i now feel, i was told however that i may feel like i've done a round or two with Mike Tyson from tonight / tomorrow but then should start to feel better, I have another session on Monday to be streched out again, the osteopath confirmed my lower back left muscle is indeed in spasm but he also identified that my hamstrings were extreemly tight so he showed me some excercises to do to loosen them up, He suprised me by showing me how the muscles in the back legs and abdonimum area are connected as i have had pain in my abdonimum area too and this is proably all related,
overall i am extreemly pleased i went along, thanks for all your advise snowheads, 
scottydog, your weight loss is a good inspiration for Mr M, I will take note of what underwear he wears from now on, infact i might try to pursued him to go commando
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Snowbird, excellent news.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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easiski, it wasnt your exercises - honest !
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Snowbird, well done. My friend who I am skiing with next weekend has a similar issue, so will tell him to make a run/hobble for the osteopath.
When I got close to gold I was trying everything to lose the last pound, found the lightest t-shirt I could, wore sandals so socks werent required. Did the trick!
ScottyDog
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Helen Beaumont, I have to say its a remarkable recovery - snowbird seems fine today, he seems has worked a miracle - or is it because its Saturday and no work till Monday ................mmmmmmmmmm?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Paul Mason, as dad in law was an osteopath, and hubby was always having back trouble with squash etc ,I have only too often seen the miraculous effects of a trip to the osteopath. he's actuallt a neighbour, although we have never needed his services ourselves, other neighbours have commented on how good he was.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Paul Mason, No sick in over 15 months Paul Mason,
I dont feel bad at all today infact i have very little pain, still i will take it easy and start gentle excercises to strengthen my back for Andorra 2 weeks tomorrow 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Soldeu - two weeks tomorrow - wheres my list ?
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