Just go see a physical therapist right away. Backs are nothing to mess with. I only have 75% function in one of my calves because of ignorance, more or less. Get on it.
I was just praising Australia to the rafters in another thread, but there are some things that piss me right off. Saturday? Closed. Sunday? Closed. Tomorrow Monday? Holiday. Closed. Fuckin' slackers.
Some inversion has worked wonders but if I've got any doubts on Tuesday I'll knock off work early and get in.
Response to the first post, if the pain is not in the middle/lower lumbar chances are it could be be just a QL strain providing its either on the left or side of the lower lumbar. If that's the case, rest, ice and ibuprofin. Didn't read through all of the posts so if this was already addressed, sorry.
Thanks Coach.
Haven't used any ice but rest & painkillers were done & done. After some inverted stretching tho, feeling much much better. The peculiar thing is that it was fine for a week and then came back painful with no real reason why. Could be facing a strain as well as compression issues tho, since it's not like I've been magically cured completely, so I won't consider myself out of the woods for at least a few weeks.
Tbh, Coach, I think at his age he's gone past the rest, ice and brufin stage. A do not resuscitate order is probably the kindest thing.
[WHAP strikes with cane]
Now fetch me my strained peas!
Let's add a Nil by Mouth, too.
And my suppositories.