back issues..how do you cope...
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Road Captain
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excerise and getting to the gym has never been the issue...like i said...us army 22 years...still in ...kinda have to run with the troops....as anyone can tell you who has walked the same path as i have...its the nearly 17 years serving as an infantryman....horrendous loads of equipment....carrying for crazy distances....for me being 5ft 6 at 170 i can pick my roadking up without help...its just that damn siatic nerve or flank pain depending on which doc i see about it.....
Road Master
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From: Redmond, WA
The backrest really helps me ride without agitating my herniated disc. Exercise lets me be able to move around during the day. Alieve, etc., before doing anything physical makes the pain managable. And nothing helps as much as a good seat.
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Road Captain
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i am going to look at that....i think i need some support on that spot...
Road Captain
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From: So. California
NORCO and flexeril
I broke 3 vertbraes in my back and live in pain everyday. I have tried everything and have come to the conclution that I will be taking Norco and flexeril for the rest of my life. I switched up from vicodin to norco, because of the everyday use, it has less tylenol in the norco, which should be a little better on the kidneys. I can get away with only one of each per day, unless I ride over 200 miles, then I'm takeing 2 or 3 norco. Sucks, but I refuse to give in and sit on the couch.
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I can't let this one go without responding.
GO TO A CHIROPRACTOR!
The stretching is a good idea, proper seat, bar, floorboard ergo's definitely. The "Lots of ibuprofen" advice should be taken with a grain of salt. Heavy use of ibuprofen over a long period of time results in gastric bleeding. Uncontrolled GI bleeding from long term NSAID (eg ibuprofen) use kills around 10,000 Americans every year.
If you have a disc herniation with extruded nucleus in the canal, you need surgery and it is quite successful with that specific condition. Anything short of that may respond and often completely go away with chiropractic care. Yes there are good and bad chiro's and sometimes even with good care, your situation may not resolve with chiro care, but it is conservative, safe (unconfirmed horror stories that my brothers, uncles, friends, neighbor told me he went to a chiro and now he..., blah blah usually are just bullshit) and could be the ticket. I get a lot of riders back to comfortable in the saddle again.
Good luck
GO TO A CHIROPRACTOR!
The stretching is a good idea, proper seat, bar, floorboard ergo's definitely. The "Lots of ibuprofen" advice should be taken with a grain of salt. Heavy use of ibuprofen over a long period of time results in gastric bleeding. Uncontrolled GI bleeding from long term NSAID (eg ibuprofen) use kills around 10,000 Americans every year.
If you have a disc herniation with extruded nucleus in the canal, you need surgery and it is quite successful with that specific condition. Anything short of that may respond and often completely go away with chiropractic care. Yes there are good and bad chiro's and sometimes even with good care, your situation may not resolve with chiro care, but it is conservative, safe (unconfirmed horror stories that my brothers, uncles, friends, neighbor told me he went to a chiro and now he..., blah blah usually are just bullshit) and could be the ticket. I get a lot of riders back to comfortable in the saddle again.
Good luck
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Tourer
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Sorry Dude, a very close friend of mine is in the VA in Battle Creek Michigan; a virtual prisoner in his own body due to a Chiropractor. Don't tell me it is Bullshit. Quite frankly, I have met a few chiropractors and have yet to find one that I would let touch my back again. 4 rods and 6 screws L4-S1, I can walk without pissing myself. None of the clowns in your profession could accomplish this
Road Warrior
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While there are good and bad in every profession, it's quite unfair to characterize everyone in my profession as a "clown". Really nice. Second, of course you're right, no one in my profession could install the 4 rods and 6 screws in your back. Chiropractors do not do surgery, and you're right, with all that hardware in your back, you are not a good candidate for chiropractic care in that region of your spine. Third, if you want to know who injures more people than any other profession, it's medical doctors. Medical mistakes are one of the leading causes of death in the US. Does that give me the right to call all medical doctors "clowns"? I know I wouldn't be such as *** to do so. Obviously you're different in that regard.
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CHIROPRACTOR could not help, 2 MRI's, back specialist, physical therapy and still nothing. I was told by the 1st specialist that they cant do nothing for me. I am giving it another try with another back specialist. I really hope this works. Being a LEO with back problems really sucks!
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Holy crap ! I was thinking of this same issue. But mine's a bit different.
2 1/2 weeks ago, I dropped my 3 day old 09 Road King Classic at a stop sign. Embarressed as all hell for anyone to see my nice new Harley laying in the street. I put my back to it, grabbed the left handle bar and the rear saddlebar bar and jerked it straight up with all the might I had and could muster (using my arms and back).... the bike did not budge, but my back sure did.
I just found out today (after an MRI Monday night) that I have 3 herniated disks, and a compression fracture. But I have still put on about 400 miles since the injury.
But now that I know what I did, I'm not sure I should (or can) take a break from riding.
2 1/2 weeks ago, I dropped my 3 day old 09 Road King Classic at a stop sign. Embarressed as all hell for anyone to see my nice new Harley laying in the street. I put my back to it, grabbed the left handle bar and the rear saddlebar bar and jerked it straight up with all the might I had and could muster (using my arms and back).... the bike did not budge, but my back sure did.
I just found out today (after an MRI Monday night) that I have 3 herniated disks, and a compression fracture. But I have still put on about 400 miles since the injury.
But now that I know what I did, I'm not sure I should (or can) take a break from riding.