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I Can Hardly Move

Geez. My back is in horrible pain. Lower back, and upper back by my shoulder blades. I think my mattress is bad for me. I think it’s too firm. I didn’t even do much yesterday, sat around with the family and had Easter celebrations. We are not religious, but we like to celebrate the holidays. Heck, maybe we should look up some non-Christian holidays and celebrate them as well. Actually, I find celebrating Easter is more like celebrating the spring equinox, as Christmas is celebrating Winter Solstice.

Anyway so I can hardly bend down… I have to bend at my knees and go straight down. Twisting gives me pain, bending at my waist is something I can’t even do. This is awful. I need to fix this. It’s been bad for a while, off and on, but not this bad. This is the worst it’s been, and I didn’t play with the dogs much yesterday at all. Did some training with Tatum and Muffit but that’s it. I did do the flyball on Saturday, but not sure if that would affect me today. Thought of getting some logo pens for the team, would be fun.

Gah, I’m getting old. Old sucks.

  • http://www.pamibe.com pam

    Hope you feel better! My back goes out about once a year… the pain is worse than anything else I’ve ever experienced, so I can empathize!

    pam’s last blog post..I’ve given birth…

  • pam

    Hope you feel better! My back goes out about once a year… the pain is worse than anything else I've ever experienced, so I can empathize! <em>pam's last blog post..<a href='http://www.pamibe.com/?p=2190&#039; rel="nofollow">I’ve given birth…</a></em>

  • pam

    Hope you feel better! My back goes out about once a year… the pain is worse than anything else I've ever experienced, so I can empathize! <em>pam's last blog post..<a href='http://www.pamibe.com/?p=2190&#039; rel="nofollow">I’ve given birth…</a></em>

  • http://www.adogsjourney.com Astrid

    Get better soon!

  • Astrid

    Get better soon!

  • http://www.dogparkdays.blogspot.com Marla

    I am so sorry to hear you are having back trouble. There is nothing worse. Hang in there. Hope you are doing better.

    Marla’s last blog post..Stella on Easter Morning!

  • Marla

    I am so sorry to hear you are having back trouble. There is nothing worse. Hang in there. Hope you are doing better. <em>Marla's last blog post..<a href='http://dogparkdays.blogspot.com/2008/03/stella-on…rel="nofollow">Stella on Easter Morning!</a></em>

  • Marla

    I am so sorry to hear you are having back trouble. There is nothing worse. Hang in there. Hope you are doing better. <em>Marla's last blog post..<a href='http://dogparkdays.blogspot.com/2008/03/stella-on…rel="nofollow">Stella on Easter Morning!</a></em>

  • http://www.tiptail.com Cynthia Blue

    Hi Pam.. oh, it is awful! I never had this kind of pain before. :(

  • Cynthia Blue

    Hi Pam.. oh, it is awful! I never had this kind of pain before. :(

  • http://www.tiptail.com Cynthia Blue

    Thanks Astrid… not better yet but hoping.

  • Cynthia Blue

    Thanks Astrid… not better yet but hoping.

  • http://www.tiptail.com Cynthia Blue

    Thanks Marla… I’m not much better today but I have some things to do about it now. :)

  • Cynthia Blue

    Thanks Marla… I'm not much better today but I have some things to do about it now. :)

  • http://riverflower.blogspot.com Rachael

    Feel better soon!!

    Rachael’s last blog post..Nothing new

  • Rachael

    Feel better soon!! <em>Rachael's last blog post..<a href='http://riverflower.blogspot.com/2008/03/nothing-n…rel="nofollow">Nothing new</a></em>

  • Rachael

    Feel better soon!! <em>Rachael's last blog post..<a href='http://riverflower.blogspot.com/2008/03/nothing-n…rel="nofollow">Nothing new</a></em>

  • http://www.tiptail.com Cynthia Blue

    Thanks Rachael!

  • Cynthia Blue

    Thanks Rachael!

  • http://www.itsthedogslife.com Lora

    Im sorry to hear your back is ouchie! I have back problems too and I can tell you that everything suffers when I have back pain. I hope you are feeling better. Try a cup of hot tea and the heating pad :)

    xxhugsxx

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  • Lora

    Im sorry to hear your back is ouchie! I have back problems too and I can tell you that everything suffers when I have back pain. I hope you are feeling better. Try a cup of hot tea and the heating pad :)

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  • Lora

    Im sorry to hear your back is ouchie! I have back problems too and I can tell you that everything suffers when I have back pain. I hope you are feeling better. Try a cup of hot tea and the heating pad :)

    xxhugsxx <em>Lora's last blog post..<a href='http://itsthedogslife.com/?p=224&#039; rel="nofollow">On a top 10 favorites list…</a></em>

  • http://www.tiptail.com Cynthia Blue

    Thanks Lora.. I need to get my heating pad!

  • Cynthia Blue

    Thanks Lora.. I need to get my heating pad!

  • http://www.plushbeds.com Samantha

    Hi Cynthia,

    I used to have that same back pain. I went to the doctor & he told me to try stretching in the morning when I first wake up. Nothing breathtaking, just lift your legs up in the air & stretch your arms out to grab them. Take baby steps, even if you have to cheat a little & bend your knees :) . I found after just a few days, my back pain started to disappear. Now, I stretch every morning before taking a shower & can tell you it’s made a world of difference with my back pain!!

    Samantha