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Myname (original poster member #23138) posted at 3:29 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
I'm really mad at myself for this. I'm a landscaper so I need to be in top physical shape to work.
I was trying to pick up this tote that weighs around 200lbs over my head. Halfway up the tote buckled because, duh its a plastic tote! Why do you have so much weight in a plastic tote! So I try to catch it 
and had to bend over to catch it. That took the weight off my legs and right into my lower back.
The stupidest thing is that I caught it, felt my back pull, and then continued to hold it bent over. I was trying to figure out how to get a better grip so I could pick it up again. 
I ended up dropping it and going inside for a few minutes.
I have a few light days as far as physical activity is concerned but a "light day" for me is like a big weekend of projects for most people.
I'm walking all gingerly. I'm taking Ibuprofen and using absorbine jr so I smell and look like an old person.
DD: 1-14-09 EA/PA OM #1
TT: 5-11&12-09
DD#2: 5-18-09 EA OM #2
5-31-09: Told me she hasn't loved me.
No kids
Me BH: 45
12-08-10: S
Divorced and moved on with my life.
MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 3:51 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Ouch! Rest up and take care of yourself. I hope you are back to 100% quickly.
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 3:52 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
(((Myname)))
Ouch! I hope you feel better and it heals quickly. Sending you mojo.
lynnm1947 ( member #15300) posted at 6:12 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Ow, I feel for you! My back goes out regularly after I do hard physical work, so I know it's no fun. I prescribe lots of A5-35 and a bit of rest.
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 6:44 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
((((MyName)))) Sending you healing thoughts.
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 7:03 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
I'm slowly learning to heed the "danger pull" feeling. I don't always, and I pay for it.
I hope you feel better soon and can get back to smelling like... normal? 
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." - Deeply Scared's mom
Kajem ( member #36134) posted at 8:36 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Ouch!!!!!
Hope you're back to normal soon.
K
I trust you is a better compliment than I love you, because you may not trust the person you love, but you can always love the person you trust. - UnknownRelationships are like sharing a book, it doesn't work if you're not on the same page.
sisoon ( Moderator #31240) posted at 10:04 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
I wish you the best. Coming out of an L4-L5 episode myself, but I'm basically retired.
Ice.
Walks, pelvic tilts, hamstring and pyriform stretches?
fBH (me) - on d-day: 66, Married 43, together 45, same sex apDDay - 12/22/2010Recover'd and R'edYou don't have to like your boundaries. You just have to set and enforce them.
Myname (original poster member #23138) posted at 10:30 PM on Sunday, June 15th, 2014
I did some light physical work today and I'm feeling a lot better. I tend to heal VERY quickly which is nice.
I'm going to continue to take meds and smell funny though.
DD: 1-14-09 EA/PA OM #1
TT: 5-11&12-09
DD#2: 5-18-09 EA OM #2
5-31-09: Told me she hasn't loved me.
No kids
Me BH: 45
12-08-10: S
Divorced and moved on with my life.
Amazonia ( member #32810) posted at 1:16 PM on Monday, June 16th, 2014
Ouch! Be good to yourself and let it fully heal before you go back to full work.
"You yourself deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the universe." -Buddha
"Let's face it, life is a crap shoot." -Sad in AZ
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 1:41 PM on Monday, June 16th, 2014
Do some gentle back stretches throughout the day, use Ice when you can, and drink lots and lots and lots of water. The pain from pulled muscles comes from a build up of lactic acid in the muscles, you have to flush that out.
Good Luck, and be kind to yourself.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
Myname (original poster member #23138) posted at 3:48 PM on Monday, June 16th, 2014
I didn't know the drink lots of water thing. Thanks. 
Just to say I'm feeling a lot better today. I don't have a full day of work until Wednesday and even then I have people working for me so I can do the easy jobs for once.
DD: 1-14-09 EA/PA OM #1
TT: 5-11&12-09
DD#2: 5-18-09 EA OM #2
5-31-09: Told me she hasn't loved me.
No kids
Me BH: 45
12-08-10: S
Divorced and moved on with my life.
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