20-08-12, 10:59 AM
Most painful thing I've ever experienced - a trapped nerve in my lower back.
I did mine years ago playing squash one evening. At first it just felt like a muscle strain but as the evening wore on the pain increased until unbearable. SWMBO call out Dr at about 10pm. He gave me painkillers and said would return in the morning. By about 1am I had woofed down the painkillers and was about to start on the gin ! The pain was really bad. About the only relief I could give myself was to hang from a doorframe - a sort of self traction. SWMBO called out Dr again. He said he would have admitted me to hospital to put me on traction but it would take too long. I was laid on the bed and ho told me to turn over. Next thing I know he is injecting my backside.
I don't know what it was but it knocked me out cold and I awoke next morning with just a slightly sore back. By relaxing me he had managed to release the trapped nerve. I had some numbness down my leg the last of which in my little toe took about 6 months to disappear as the damaged nerve repaired itself.
You have my sympathy but as previous reply suggested - if it is a trapped nerve, find a way to get it released.
I did mine years ago playing squash one evening. At first it just felt like a muscle strain but as the evening wore on the pain increased until unbearable. SWMBO call out Dr at about 10pm. He gave me painkillers and said would return in the morning. By about 1am I had woofed down the painkillers and was about to start on the gin ! The pain was really bad. About the only relief I could give myself was to hang from a doorframe - a sort of self traction. SWMBO called out Dr again. He said he would have admitted me to hospital to put me on traction but it would take too long. I was laid on the bed and ho told me to turn over. Next thing I know he is injecting my backside.
I don't know what it was but it knocked me out cold and I awoke next morning with just a slightly sore back. By relaxing me he had managed to release the trapped nerve. I had some numbness down my leg the last of which in my little toe took about 6 months to disappear as the damaged nerve repaired itself.
You have my sympathy but as previous reply suggested - if it is a trapped nerve, find a way to get it released.
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