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Good Morning All, I have been sidelined for a few days with a back injury. Last Wednesday morning I awoke, hooked my heel on the edge of the mattress as usual, and found I could not move, much less get up and go to work... extreme lower back pain, some pins and needles in my right butt cheek, pain radiating down my right leg, some numbness in my right foot, I was a mess! I crawled on my hands and knees, used my arms to "wrestle" myself up the kitchen counter to get my meds, crawled to the bathroom, more "wrasslin'", and crawled back to bed... Brenda went to work and I stayed home... When she got home she said "Well, what did the dr. say?" "Doctor?" Thursday morning I awoke to find Seven of Nine hovering over me... Resistance was futile, I "complied" and off to the GP, X Ray, & Physiotherapist we went! Prognosis? Bulged disk at Lower Lumbar (L5 -S1) pressing on the nerve stem... well known in my trade as "Elevator Back". Parkinson's related? No... The same side is affected but this condition is not Parkinson's... What then? It's a degenerative injury caused by overweight, out of shape, still think ya can lift anything, sittin' around (in the car, at the computer, at work, at night school, at home watchin' too much CNN etc.) poor posture, compression over the years... What is the "fix"? Remember my post last month on "Exercise, What are We Waiting For?"... What is the "immediate action"? I've been horizontal for four days now on some mind numbing pain killers and muscle relaxants... (finally gettin' lots of sleep) Physio on the horizontal plane... Walk with crutches to the dr. & to physio... Allowed to stand for brief periods primarily to eat... (I'm standing at the counter writing this on my co. laptop, it's 4AM 'n Brenda's snoozin') Not allowed to sit at all... 'cept for potty... What is the "long term action"? Modified diet, swim, walk, conditioning regime, new shoes, new orthotics, ergonomic back pad for car seat, ergonomic chair at home, basically "look after m'self" a whole lot better... And if'n I don't? Instant replay... or... Heaven forbid... risk permanent damage to nerve stem and possibly, back surgery! Exercise? What are we waitin' for?? Cheers .... murray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn