I know you don't come on here very much but i would
appreciate some advice on my sore lower back.Within the
last year i've gotten a job change and now work on the
railroad and alternate driving the train for a week and
being on the ground walking and switching the rails.When
i'm on the ground walking and switching rails my back is a
lot better than when i'm sitting all day driving the train.
My chiropractor says it's my L5 which doesn't like sitting
all day,what would you recommend in my situation.I had an
incident a month ago when i misjudged a step down thinking
it wasn't as far down than it was and i felt a quick
twinge and i'm sure this was the start of my demise.I've
had sacro problems in the past but those aren't the problem
it's in my lower lower back just above the butt.Any
suggestions would be appreciated and if you recommend another chiropractor he is the only one in town.Thanks
I'm NOT Doc, which you noticed right off, didn't you!! ;-)))
I can give you the benefit of my experience. For 46 years I have had a problem with L 4-5. I lifted, slipped a disc at that time and had no chiropractor to help. The disc ended up rupturing a year later, so I had surgery.
Quite a few years later, I had chiropractic treatments. The vertebrae were out of alignment, so the disc between L 4-5 disintegrated over time. I had a lamenectomy.
I found out that using the wedges was NOT the thing to do and even the drop table in that area made things worse. I have a chiropractor now how only uses the activator, but even that makes things worse, so he gently uses his hands in the areas on th emuscles of my back ABOVE that disc to make sure things are aligned and checks to make sure my hips are level. That disc with me because of the disintegration over the years, ended up being not much left to it. . Doc has said this program of cleaning out the body will allow the discs to re-generate and heal. He's right! My neck vertebrae are kept aligned and the discs are healing.
What I did was not sit for so long at one time, get up and stretch the hamstring muscles by putting my foot up on a chair and gently pushing on my thighs and holding it for a minute. That will maintain the normal, lower back curve.
Sitting is very painful for anyone with low back problems. That little walk will help a lot, IF you're not too tired after work. There are procedures that Doc says NOT to do that he's posted on here. I can't find them right now. Search in the white box above.
Pay attention to proper body mechanics, too. Scooch and go down with your knees rather than bend over at the waist. This will help you leg muscles keep their strength and won't hurt your back. Sleep with a pillow between your knees at night to keep your lower back aligned and take the stress off it.
I'm sorry you're hurting. Take it easy on yourself and this will heal over time, if you do what I've suggested and have done the cleaning out procedures with this program.
BTW, the neck curve is also dependent on the lumbar curve for it's health, so keep that in mind. Be aware of how straight you are sitting and don't cross your legs.
Most of Doc's information is on the first 2 pages, for this reason I put this thread to-gether to make it easy to read some of his posts. Read the whole threads so you know what the questions were.
You might get some B F & C capsules from Barefoot and see if it helps heal the disc. A clean body helps that can get the nutrients to the cells and carry away the waste products normally, and I've dicovered this formula does, too.
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