12-15-2024, 06:25 AM
(12-15-2024, 01:38 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I have suffered from two types of back pain over the years. Most frequently is the one at the base of the spine, right above the butt crack. Feels like someone jamming an ice pick in your back. I've gotten it so bad it actually buckles my knees. The other which I got earlier this year from incorrectly putting my bike on the centerstand is in the middle of my back on the right side next to the spine radiating outward. It has somewhat gone away but I still get twinges sometimes when I twist my upper body.
The lower back pain I relieve by lying on the floor and resting my calves on a bench with my butt as close to the bench as I can get it. This flattens the spine. However the true way to alleviate getting it in the future is though core strengthening. There are exercises for that. Plenty of you-Tube vids on them. I have a huge exercise ball I work out on too. Funny, Iwas once going to PT for it and of course I rode my mc to PT. The pt therapist told me as long as I rode my bike I'd never get better, to which I replied the only time it feels good is when I ride my bike. So I quit going to PT and just rode more.
If it gets bad, besides Ibuprofin, there are always muscle relaxers available thru prescription.
Once your back goes out, it's really easy for it to go out again. You have to be really careful with it. Particularly sitting wrong, lifting and twisting.
Yes...this is what happens...has felt like my legs are about to give way.
I appreciate the sharing of experiences and what has helped. I have a doc appt and we'll see what that brings up.
I've done a lot of helpful stretching over the years, so hopefully it will be a question of finding the right ones.
We've had rain and more rain of late, and a forecast of another week straight of rainy days, so that makes it easier to not aggravate the back by riding too much, even though riding doesn't really seem to bring on any pain. It's the slight lean over the sink, the getting up, sitting down and all of a sudden it's back, sometimes stopping me in my tracks.