Back injury

[Minnie M]

I had a pain similar to that a few weeks back - the doctor pushed her fingers just below my ribs (at the back) almost to the right side about waist level - she said not to worry it is muscular and will ease in time

Wish I could give you happy reps - but it wont let me - so hope this helps

- gentle hugs -

[Lynn]

I had a pain similar to that a few weeks back - the doctor pushed her fingers just below my ribs (at the back) almost to the right side about waist level - she said not to worry it is muscular and will ease in time

Wish I could give you happy reps - but it wont let me - so hope this helps

- gentle hugs -

Thanks.

I tried ice earlier and it definitely seemed to help more than the heat did. Its eased considerably since yesterday and did some stretching before I attempted the AT class and had no problems - in fact I think the gentle exercise of the AT has actually helped.

Think I'll be fine for Storm.

[Baruch]

Time to resurrect this thread, methinks.

I hurt my back dancing last Tuesday after class, and it got worse until something gave out on Thursday. I've been off work since then. I went to the chiropractor today. He reckons it'll take between three and six sessions to sort it out, and I can forget about dancing for a few weeks at least. That's no surprise though -- for the last few days I've had trouble just walking.

So I can't dance, I can't taxi, and I've had to pull out of a demo some of us were practising for. Bleh. Naturally, being a man, I'm feeling sorry for myself.



Anyone got any sympathy to spare?

[Little Monkey]

Anyone got any sympathy to spare?

Yes, bucketfuls of sympathy! Poor you, bad backs are awful. Have some gentle too!

LM

[Baruch]

Apparently I have a protruding disc, affecting the nerve. Not good.

[Little Monkey]

Apparently I have a protruding disc, affecting the nerve. Not good.

Join the club! Fun, ain't it?

I've got two of those. Nah-nahnah-nah nah!

Actually, I shouldn't say this too loudly (or at all), but my back's been ok for a while now. Twinges every now and again, but nothing major...

*LM rushes around touching wood*

[TheTramp]

So, we'll see you at dancing tonight then LM!

[Little Monkey]

So, we'll see you at dancing tonight then LM!

Nah. I'm completely off dancing, not getting any satisfaction out of it at all any more, so you won't see me for a while (until Blaze, that is). I just get depressed every time I go dancing now...

[TheTramp]

You don't have to dance with me you know!!

[Little Monkey]

Aaaaw, you know I enjoy dancing with you!

At the moment, though, I'd happily give up all dancing. I wish I could get the spark back, but I've felt like this for months now.

Anyhow, isn't this a thread about back pain? So, how's your back, then? No slipped discs, I hope? Er.....

[Mezzosoprano]

Sorry to hear that folks backs are giving them problems - have some gentle air kisses instead of hugs.... suggestion: try accupuncture for the pain! I had very bad back pain and hip pain after my youngest was born.... 6 sessions of accupuncture and I was off the very strong painkilles (the "happy but doped up to the eyeballs" ones!)!

[LittleSal]

Time to resurrect this thread, methinks.

I hurt my back dancing last Tuesday after class, and it got worse until something gave out on Thursday. I've been off work since then. I went to the chiropractor today. He reckons it'll take between three and six sessions to sort it out, and I can forget about dancing for a few weeks at least. That's no surprise though -- for the last few days I've had trouble just walking.

So I can't dance, I can't taxi, and I've had to pull out of a demo some of us were practising for. Bleh. Naturally, being a man, I'm feeling sorry for myself.



Anyone got any sympathy to spare?

Plenty of sympathy here .I have a had a very sore back for the last two weeks involves the sacro iliac joints so you have my sympathy .I am getting physio and it is getting a bit better now,but I am not allowed to dance just now either,don't think I could have anyway it was too painfull towalk let alone dance! miss it heaps though.
Strange so many of us have problems at the same time .....spooky.

[Baruch]

Strange so many of us have problems at the same time .....spooky.

I would imagine that a lot of people have injured their backs through dancing at one point or another. Particularly when doing something like a drop repeatedly in class so that it puts a strain on the joints, particularly in the back.

[Astro]

I would imagine that a lot of people have injured their backs through dancing at one point or another. Particularly when doing something like a drop repeatedly in class so that it puts a strain on the joints, particularly in the back.

Was that how you injured your back?

[Baruch]

Was that how you injured your back?

That was how it started, yes, although that was Tuesday night and it didn't go "twang" until Thursday night.

Normally when we do a drop in class I only do the full thing a few times to make sure I've got it, then to avoid injury from all the repetition I just do a gentle dip from then on. That's a lesson I learned from getting achy knees when I first started learning drops. However, for some reason I did the full drop a lot more than usual last week (which is odd as I found it easy to learn, so it wasn't as if I needed to keep trying to get it right).

Mind you, all I had at the end of that night was a slight ache in my back, the kind that's easy to ignore. And it's not as if I was bending over when doing the drop -- my back was fairly straight and I took the strain in my legs. It must have been that drop in class though, because it was after that that my back started to ache. Then two nights later, for no apparent reason, something just went "twang!" and I was in agony.

[Lynn]

It must have been that drop in class though, because it was after that that my back started to ache. Then two nights later, for no apparent reason, something just went "twang!" and I was in agony.

That's not the first time I've heard something like that. Someone fell into me when sailing on Sat, pushing my neck and shoulder around. I was fine. On Sun for no reason (I was just turning my head) my neck went 'twang' and I've been in pain with it and my shoulder since. (I can do walking and gentle dancing, but sitting at a PC for any length of time leads to agony). I was talking to someone at work who had a similiar injury and he said the second 'twang' for him was when he sneezed.

There must be some reason for this - something happens and we have an injury but its something smaller within the following days that seems to push it over into more major pain.

Gentle hugs all round.