I really did my back in yesterday with all the shoveling of snow that I ended up doing. I think I went out and shoveled four times for a total of about five to five and a half hours.
By the last outing at 1 in the morning I had to shovel hunched over as my lower back was in spasms.
Today I can barely move. It takes me a few minutes to get up in order to walk around and walking up the stairs is excruciating. I’ve spent most of the day lying on the couch with my legs bent. Oh and I’ve taken a lot of aspirin to try to take down any inflammation in my back.
My back doesn’t bother me too often luckily. Only when I really over do it. I’m actually surprised it doesn’t bother me more often as I seem to have been born with a congenital defect. Two of my lumbar vertebrae are fused on one side. Like I said I was born with this problem. It’s really fun when I’ve had to have a spinal tap as the fusion is right where they usually try to stick that big needle in your back!
I just need to wait until my back clicks back into place. I hope it shifts back into place soon!
Tricia, take it from one who has been there, when you do things like that when you’re young you end up needing surgery when you’re older. Buy a snowblower, girlfriend. =)
Take care
Mary yes, I told my husband tonight that if we ever have another bad winter like this we’re going to need to get one of those small snowblowers. My back can’t handle this!
Luckily we don’t have a lot of snow most winters. It snows and then it melts away. If we had to spend any time shoveling we often grumble and regret it because it’s usually gone so fast – but not this year! 17 more cm and we’ll be over the record winter snowfall for the city. I’ll be glad when this winter is over!
Good grief I hope you’re feeling better now. I agree it’s time to get a snow blower or hire that teenager down the street from now on to clear that snow. I don’t have fused vertebrae but man my back kills me every morning cause my mattress is just old. Till I get a new one, I take advil and then a really hot shower to relax the muscles then try to pop my back into place. Usually that does the trick.