I've had back problems since the 1980s due to bending over up to 5 cars a day!
Sometimes it's bin sooo bad I couldn't get out of bed - unbelievable pain.
My last very bad episode was a few years ago now, and I decided to sort it out once and for all.
I binned my soft mattress and bought a medium firm jobbie. Too firm a mattress can create its own problems.
I also bought a back stretcher. Now ewe gotta be mad to use one of these things if your back is killing you, like mine was at the time. But I went forrit, I heard (felt?) a cracking noise when I used it, and low and behold my back felt oodles better.
Another time when my back was quite bad, I was out walking my R/Ridgeback, when he lunged at a Goldie (who was behind a high fence) and the jank on the lead pulled my back - and all pain was instantly gorn.
All this 'stuff' is what osteopaths do of course, so maybe you could consider going down that route.
This is the kind of back stretcher I used: I'll come 'back' to that :)
tinyurl.com/3xy7358t
Last edited by: smokie on Thu 26 May 22 at 09:14
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