27 October 03
Back School Started Today
I’ve been so impressed with Numenius’ progress with his back problems that I’ve decided to go to back school myself in order to fend off what seems to be an almost inevitable result of being a biped, namely, pain in the lower back. Today I got the thorough work-over, trying to determine where my weak spots were (between L5 and S1, for all you PTs out there). On Wednesday I learn how to lift, bend, deload deload deload, and so on.
Mat the PT talks of the back as analogous to a bank: you put checks in, you take checks out. Deloading sets up credit; lifting boxes of books sends you shopping. I’m not sure I quite understand all this but I’m happy to start super-strengthening my trunk; to deload when I get home from work (lie on the floor and push myself away from the door with a broom handle); to bounce around on the exercise ball; and to watch how I sit. I might start raising a few eyebrows at work, is all.
- Excellent! Not sure how you lie on the floor and push away with a broom handle but would assume it has a similar strengthening effect to doing squats against a wall with the exercise ball in the small of your back. Wonderful stuff! When are you off to the baptism?— Jenny 27. October 2003, 21:54 Link
- Well you KNOW I think this is a great idea… to be proactive. This said from the other side of a week of back pain… SI joint aggravated by a 12 pound woodsplitting maul. Wish there was a styrofoam version of those things, or wood that had perforated sections… just tap it on the table! Your back will thank you in 10 years! Congratulations!— fredf 29. October 2003, 01:04 Link
- Is deloading a purely physical activity?— Coup de Vent 29. October 2003, 11:44 Link
- Not purely physical: there’s something very calming about lying on the floor, counting the spiders on the ceiling. Bet THEY don’t need to deload, physically, emotionally, or otherwise…— Pica 29. October 2003, 18:23 Link
Previous: Poetry, Peacemakers Theatre, Pink Next: Floppy Timing Chain