I am baaaacccckkkk.

3 days of hard surf.
4'-10'clean Northwest swell
3 different breaks
each session was 4-5 hours STRAIGHT.
averaging 8-10 waves per hour......yowza.

REHAB WORKS!

I am 52.
PS
I have a lousy bank account, but I got a
GREAT lower back!

To All of the patients with:
Low back pain,
thinking about surgery,
listening to BS from the
*Doctors
*Chiros
and
*Therapists

FORGET THE INSURANCE COVERAGE!!

You are a Y.O.Y.O.

(you are on your own)

Let's get to work.

Pool time first.
$3-$5 / day limited use for a pool 1-2 hours
( sometimes it's free if you volunteer as a water therapy assistant)
20-60 min.
5 days per week
for the next two weeks.
Cost?: $15-$25 /wk (less than an MRI co-payment)

Use rolled-up towels blankets, sheets, pillows, whatever, to prop yourself up and support your back during sleep
Use rubberbands to hold the towels together then place into plastic bags.
Use lots and lots and lots of support.
Cost?: pennies

Sleep:
Plan on spending lot's of time on the floor, not on the bed.
Place blankets, pillows, etc, against the wall or headboard and sleep with your back supported width-wise across the bed,(or floor)
set your alarm clock for 2:00 AM wake up call.
turn it off, move around,then go back to sleep
(This breaks that night-time pain period when you can get a low back spasm from turning over)
Cost?: 0

Stretching on the floor or bed.
knee chest, leg roll overs.alternate arm up leg chest,etc, you know the drill.
20 min / day AM, MID day, after work ,PM
Cost?: 0

how are we doing so far??
$25/ week,
a few plastic bags
and rubberbands

"the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single foot-step"

You did a GREAT first step!!
Keep going.

surfdog

* I do believe most DR's are in it for the right reason, I just don't really think they have the personal exp of LBP and Rehab