Ouch, My
Achin’ Back
I sat quietly in the black recliner, New Age music calmly
playing in the background, the sound of a waterfall played a soft accompanying
tone to create the mood. From around the corner, a trained acupuncturist
approached me. I go there often, so he understands my aches and pains. He asked
me to stick out my tongue, while he felt my pulse—the normal checking points
for an acupuncturist. “So, what’s going on?” he asks.
“I worked in the yard yesterday for a couple hours. I went
to sleep feeling fine. I woke up this morning. I can barely move my lower
back,” I answer, the top part of my body moving in frozen, isolating motion.
“Did you rake?” he asked with a smirk.
“Ahh. Yeh.”
“That’s what did it,” he said, as he pulled out fifty
needles and started treating me.
My Internet search said that 80% of the population will
experience back pain at least one time in their lifetime. Most will experience
it a large portion of their lives. Those odds make this article all the more
pertinent today, especially if you are aging and spending more time on the
couch than you should be.
Usually, acupuncture really helps keep my pain in check.
This time, however, I can’t say that the acupuncture helped my muscle-strain pain
much. My practitioner was right, though. The raking was probably what caused
the muscle strain. I hadn’t used those particular muscles in quite some time,
so they were very prone to injury, especially at my age. (God, I hate admitting
that I’m now getting injured because I’m over fifty.)
I’ve been nursing this injury for just at a week now with
about 30% change in level of pain. When I feel better, this is what I do: I
stretch the ileopsoas muscle (check other blogs about this muscle), do about 15
minutes of breathing exercises and yoga, gently stretching my back and tense
leg muscles (IT band and hamstrings). And I also have been alternately applying
cold and heat to it. The argument about cold and heat is so in the middle right
now, I don’t take my chances and do both.
Also, I have been taking Aleve or Naproxin Sodium as an
anti-inflammatory drug. All of this combined with some regular walking is a
great way to relieve lower back pain.
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