DW Community Catch-up Thread
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Everyone I talk to I tell them “pillow between your legs when you lay on your side, and pillow under your legs when you sleep on your back.”
Any night I don’t do that, I have a hard time waking my back up in the morning. And I’m only early 30s. I’m kind of dreading when I’m 50!
I like to do a slow roll almost falling onto the floor to get out of bed haha. I truly worry about it later. I have pretty bad arthritis in my hips and knees from breaking my femur 20 years ago. It really messes up your body to break the largest bone in your body. Currently dealing with insane hip pain and now my back. Oh the fun. One day I even get a knee and hip replacement. I am only 36 so I see a long painful future. FU to the asshole who ran me over because he didn’t want to be late to work. I hope his back hurts every day.
Yoga really helps a lot but being off balance, which cannot change, just screws it all up. I used to use muscle relaxers and occasionally pain meds but all that did was put me to sleep so it really wasn’t something I could continue. Now I just deal with it but it really is getting worse lately. Luckily I have new insurance (husbands) that really is great so I am taking advantage of that and doing as much as I can to treat it as much as possible.
@theHizzy, same with the pillow depending on how I sleep. I didn’t do that while home for Thanksgiving and I could totally tell the difference. And I can’t stress enough how much pilates has helped. I still do privates so we can focus on my specific problems. Expensive? Yes! But so worth it in the long run.
I definitely need to add some of the at home exercises to help/strengthen.
@jd, you might want to try pilates because that helps more with your core whereas yoga is stretching. Don’t get me wrong, I like yoga, but strengthening your core muscles should help tremendously.
@JD I too have a long history of back problems (I end up in the ER or urgent care about once a year when I throw my back out.)
Using the pillow between the legs is a trick I’ve done since college. I also make sure to wear a weight belt while lifting anything heavy, always lift with the legs, etc. This week I ordered a tens unit/muscle stimulator/Powerdot on Black Friday sale to help with muscle spasms in my back. I also try to do as much mobility as possible. I use a large foam roller and roll out my lower back and my hamstrings – they’re all connected so if my hamstrings are tight, my lower back will hurt.
@Copa – Thanksgiving went really, really well. MofV was a great and patient helper since I was cooking the majority of the day. My parents behaved and Mom seemed to be best friends with his dad by the end of the day lol. MofV’s job interview is this Friday and I think he’s going to nail it. Plus, having 10 people over for the meal meant I didn’t have a ton of leftovers to tempt me this week!
Sorry your going through all that @JD and anyone else with back pain. I threw my back out once several years ago (by simply bending over to pluck weeds out of the garden) and I could hardly walk for a few days because of it. I even went to the ER because I was afraid I’d done something really bad. But nope, X-rays showed nothing. Received muscle relaxers and some pain meds but dang, I can’t imagine having that flare up regularly.
My issues seem to be my hormones. It’s like the older I get the more I FEEL my hormones – I don’t know if that makes since. I’m an emotional roller coaster most of the time. I can hold it together for work but when I get home it’s like sadness or anger or just the need to cry for no reason! It’s draining. I’m almost 43 so maybe it’s perimenopause? IDK. I just want to feel normal more days than not but with my cycle getting closer together, it’s more emotional than normal. Sigh…
Aww sorry about the emotions. Could be a symptom. Could be worth getting a check up since there are some ways to help or sometimes just knowing you aren’t losing it and it is normal can even calm some of those feelings. I can see how that could be draining. Sometimes I have gone through similar just when I was over stressed. Not depressed or anything major wrong just mentally exhausted with everything.
