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First off, I've never had back problems other than some stiffness every once in a while like everyone else.
Yesterday was chest/biceps, with no stiffness anywhere and getting ready for a good workout. I bent over to pick something up and BAM, massive low back spasm that literally knocked me to the ground. My wife was sleeping two floors above me. It took me 30 minutes to get to the stairs and I was done, I pounded on the stairs for a few minutes which got her up and running.
It took some work on her part but she convinced me to go to the ER. That was a long trip, both to the car and to the hospital. Once there the staff was great.. Two doses of morphine (first experience there) and valium, and something else and I was able to leave a couple hours later. My wife took some hilarious video of me on the morphine with her phone.
Of course the morphine had me puking everything up yesterday so I'm a day behind on the meds, I'm on an anti-inflammatory, a muscle relaxant, and am supposed to take norco but I'm not taking it.
By the end of yesterday I could stand up straight, and walk bent over. This morning I woke up and could barely move but now I can walk upright like a human!
I've been stretching it out within reason and walking a little, I get tired fast and don't want to have a set-back. I'm leaving on a long family trip Wednesday, 7 hour drive and need to be good to go.
Any other suggestions are welcome..........
I guess I'll skip my next couple of workouts.
Yesterday was chest/biceps, with no stiffness anywhere and getting ready for a good workout. I bent over to pick something up and BAM, massive low back spasm that literally knocked me to the ground. My wife was sleeping two floors above me. It took me 30 minutes to get to the stairs and I was done, I pounded on the stairs for a few minutes which got her up and running.
It took some work on her part but she convinced me to go to the ER. That was a long trip, both to the car and to the hospital. Once there the staff was great.. Two doses of morphine (first experience there) and valium, and something else and I was able to leave a couple hours later. My wife took some hilarious video of me on the morphine with her phone.
Of course the morphine had me puking everything up yesterday so I'm a day behind on the meds, I'm on an anti-inflammatory, a muscle relaxant, and am supposed to take norco but I'm not taking it.
By the end of yesterday I could stand up straight, and walk bent over. This morning I woke up and could barely move but now I can walk upright like a human!
I've been stretching it out within reason and walking a little, I get tired fast and don't want to have a set-back. I'm leaving on a long family trip Wednesday, 7 hour drive and need to be good to go.
Any other suggestions are welcome..........
I guess I'll skip my next couple of workouts.