November 1, 2021 All the hip muscles First look at this diagram.. So, before I had a lumbar fusion, it was extremely easy for me to explain why I was experiencing pain. All the imaging and analysis had been completed. I could very confidently say, “I’ve got lower back pain—along with some other weirdness—because I …
October 27, 2021 It’s so strange the way pain works in my body…or maybe you could say it’s strange how my brain works as far as interpreting pain…and, I don’t mean strange as in unusual..I imagine I’m pretty typical…I mean strange simply as in it’s really weird how inflammatory pain just lingers around for 3 …
One of the things about doing this type of pain diary is that…well, the way pain works is sometimes really strange. And, this type of diary lets you really see that clearly. I’ll give you an example. The inflammatory ouchie lumbar bullshit pain started-up October 5, 2021 and slowly started ramping itself up. Yesterday, October …
This is another one of those questions that I have a very difficult time finding any online information or answers. And, I know that I’m not the first person to wonder: Is there a somewhat easy way to get a 2nd opinion about an X-ray? For example, I recently had an X-ray of my fusion. …
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I must remind myself to be thankful for what I’ve got I really really really need to remind myself that I’m living—for the most part—with little back pain these days. And, it wasn’t so long ago that I used to wake-up in such severe pain that I really didn’t want to even wake-up anymore. Yea. …
So, I thought that I could do some light overhead pressing and it would help my rehab. I had a spinal fusion 13 months ago. And, I did think I was being a bit adventurous by overhead pressing dumbbells. But, I figured it was only 20 pounds in each hand. Let’s be honest: that’s not …
