thanks, Christine... I applied ice -immediately- when it happened..
then I had an ice pack on it for 3 or 4 hours straight ... since then
it has been Thermacare pads or the lower back wrap... for an arm or
knee injury that is more related to joints and bones I've found ice the
best... but the way I damaged my lower back (read my butt and jsut above
it, essentially) the heat is the only thing that has helped aside from a
modest amount of naproxin sodium...
I always keep a soft icepack in the fridge and I have a gel pack that
can be made cold or heated in microwave too...
The very best thing was taking two or three hot baths because it ook the
pressure off - I can actually float in my tub resting my head on a bath
pillow and touching the other end of the tub with my toes...
Walking is key too - it is my physical theropy for free.. I only needed
the cane for 5 days
ann
On 2/5/2017 10:12 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Oh, Ann, so sorry to hear about this. There, there. Do take care, and rest,
and let yourself fully recover. Geez, that sucks. Had a bit of a sore back
last summer, and I took care to nurse it. For the back, use ice. I used a bag
of frozen vegetables—peas. Ice is best for sore back according to my friend
who sees a chiropractor and has a bit of a back issue. As soon as I started
icing my back, it started to heal up right away.
Hope you have a speedy recovery.
xoxo Christine
On Feb 4, 2017, at 4:01 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Last Friday I found the perfect way to clear my brain from the elephant in the
room ...
I fell off of a wheely chair (office chair in my kitchen ) - The chair has been
tossed out.. it was not well balanced, and I was jsut sitting on it and leaned
forward to pick something up off the kitchen floor... which slants a bit..
tried Not to fall (usually a bad idea) and the chair threw me like a mechanical
bull at a Texas bar...
I only slightly exagerate for color... sprained my lower back, hit the back of
my head on the kitchen sink.... this was Friday night a week ago...
I piled an icepack on my goose egg and another on my back ... No broken
bones... I checked on line that the area of my head that got bumped was a
pretty low candidate to cause a concussion (about 4 inches above the top of my
left ear.) Ice wsa applied for about 3 hours to both areas, a lot of words
with friends ws played and the serious news of the day ignored. Head wasn not
very hurt and swelling went down quickly - but the way I twisted my back was
giving me a lot of pain. two Naproxin Sodium pills were swallowed - I normally
onlly take one if I hurt say 5 or 6 on a scale of 10.. this was like 15 on a
scale of 1 -10.
Then I called a friend who I knew I wouldnt impose on by crying and bitching to him,
because he lives north of Boston, is wonderful at "there, there" and pretty
savvy medically... and another friend in NY who is too imobile for his own problems to be
able to come help.
saturday I applied heat - I had some stuff here and a friend and neighbor
fetched more.. got out with a cane on MOnday with some difficulty.. staye in
for the worst weather on Tuesday, walked again on Wed, and each day after...
getting out of bed was intense .. the layered foam was too squishy... again,
helpful hands helped me remove a layer and roll it up in both my main bed and
the office twin...
Last night was the first night I could get out of bed with only moderate pain
and today I walked about 1/2 a mile without cane...
It was just so annoying because I had lost weight, had gotten a lovely check up
in December , hardly felt the knee arthritis and was in full get things
accomplished mode.
Also had some weird stuff witht he computer but that seems to have been
nothing.. ..
It will surely be a month or so before I'm really right again, as long as I
don't get too cocky and think I'm in better shape than I am... glad it didn't
require
hospitals or doctors or the like...
There, theres appreciated.
thanks for reading the rant
ann
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