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To: abuelita who wrote (17156)	9/30/2002 11:33:52 AM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104197

Rose, Do you have any idea what you did to the back? Hope you improve quickly. Scoot

To: abuelita who wrote (17156)	9/30/2002 12:04:20 PM
From: elpolvo	Respond to of 104197

pair apleegic- don't you hate it when that happens? it means fall is coming. it means we're going to lose the ryder cup. time heals all backs. fortunately, time flies by quickly at our advanced age. <g> <ng> good thing you're not in the middle of a solo atlantic crossing, eh? are you still doing yer pilates? take care of yerself. no. better yet... have harold and those wonderful kids take care of you... or wait... have yer mother take care of you. -dr. pepper

To: abuelita who wrote (17156)	9/30/2002 5:06:31 PM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 104197

woke up on saturday with and felt a slight twinge in my lower back As someone who has to be careful with his back, I read your missive with empathy. No way of knowing if our problems are similar, but on the off chance let me offer a suggestion. Frequently, I would know what "triggered" a back episode. It could be an extended period of heavy exercise - e.g. carry large rocks, etc. Or it could be a sudden jerk - like when you "catch yourself" after slipping on a wet stone or log. But at other times there just didn't seem to be any trigger. What was the source? I finally traced the problem to "night chill". In my local, the evenings are almost always cool and often cold. If my bed covers got so arranged that my lower back was chilled at night, that would result in provoking a back episode. My first solution was to wear a pair of overalls to bed. May have looked like I was ready for plowing, but it was better than the pain. Like I said, I don't know if this is applicable, but on "the off chance" it is, I thought I'd "pass it on". lurqer

To: abuelita who wrote (17156)	9/30/2002 7:52:17 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104197

Ms. Quarter Back, I'm sorry to hear about your twinged lower back. I discovered what that sort of pain was like earlier this year. I was doing my usual line of work. My ladder was propped up against a building and I was fastening a heavy light fixture to to the cinder blocks. It was a rather vigorous exercise day where I did a lot of lifting and stretching whether it be carrying the 30 ft. extension ladder or climbing up it with a heavy light fixture on a repeated basis. My back was fine the entire day. Tired but fine. Then near quitting time I was leaning over screwing in a light bulb and the late afternoon chill must have run up my back and I felt a pain very similar to what I always had imagined what a slipped disk probably felt like. After driving 1 1/2 hours home I could hardly get out of my car. Later that evening I had to crawl to the bathroom to get there. I thought for sure it was a herniated disk or whatever the worst back ailment ranking would be below the highest rank of broken vertibrea. After a visit to a doctor and a chiropractor I found out that my problem was a muscle strain. They prescribed a heating pad and a couple pain killers/muscle relaxers. Since then I've become double jointed there. I'm able to do back flips, cart wheels, and some funky yoga positions where I reach backward until I can put my nose to my butt cheek. The smell of your own butt cheek is better than coffee to help waken each and every cell in your body. Sometimes I do it with a snorkle and mask to see how high I can lick my way up my back without catching an offensive odor. On some of those chilly nights I wear overalls to bed. Not because I'm trying to protect my back from the cold air. It's because I envision myself to look like a stud farmer boy like Lurqer dude. Not many people know this but his wife was a hot young milk maid before she became a hot anthropologist or archeologist or what ever type of hotologist she is. Lurqer knew that overalls to bed is what got the ladies. That's how he really developed his bad back. All that darn thrusting. <Wharfy puts on a pair of overalls and heads over to the section of the hospital where the ladies with bad backs are sent.> Just kiddin'. I hope you are feeling better soon. -BertBackerachsPiano P.S. I read recently that all back pain is psychological. But I won't get into that now. That discussion is better talked about after the pain is gone.