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Written by Damion
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Monday, 14 November 2005 |
Those of you who visit regularly have seen the most recent kitchen pictures, and you have read about the injury that I provoke frequently. Seldom does it ever get incapacitating, but as the medication I'm on informs me... this time it was. It happened. While stabilizing a 2x4 to be cut with a reciprocating saw. As I was cutting, my back said "I'm done. No more for me!". It's pretty common for me to push through the limits of what I can do physically. So I did. Sunday rolled around, and I had completed my goal. The half wall was ready for mud and paint. I, however, was in need of some serious back relief.
Enter one doctor, a Rx pad, and the new local Walgreens! I missed three days of work, but I also slept for almost all of those three days. It was a good relaxing sleep. I'm still not 100%, but I put it at 85%. We'll see what the rest of the week brings.
I think I've learnd something from this. I can push as hard as I want and my doctor will help me out in the end. No, not really. The doc did however tell me what I did wrong when trying things that used to help. There is a big difference between dry heat and moist heat. Dry heat is surface only. Feels good on the outside, but for mulscles that can't untighten, it's horrible. It expands blood vessels which increases blood flow to the area and causes more pain. Grr. I need a hot tub!
Moist heat works through the muscle and causes it to relax. This explains why five minutes in a hot tub, or really even a heated pool, can relieve most (if not all) of my back pain. Oh well. Maybe I can build a hot tub? It can't be that hard...
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