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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tendies. I've hurt my back and can't be bothered with anything serious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no what have you done to your back?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

At an educated guess, I went to lift a heavy table top but standing side on rather than facing it. I loaded the facet joints rather than the discs of my spine. As such I smooshed a facet joint around my T9 vertebrae which triggered a cascade of nerve problems and muscle spasm through my right side thoracic spine. I've woken up in 80% less pain today. My protocol of two valium (10mg diazepam), some magnesium pills, a foam roller and a massage ball seem to have taken the brunt out of it. I'm still sore but I can move around without lots of pain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Blimey mate that sounds rough, people don't understand chronic pain till they've had it. Glad it's improved fingers crossed it levels off soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Hurt like all fuck yesterday. I reckon the heap of magnesium tablets I took really sorted it out more than I expected them too.

On chronic pain, if someone hasn't experienced it I don't want to hear their opinion on it.