In my last post, I mentioned the fall on the ice a few days ago. At physical therapy today it was confirmed that when I fell, I knocked my sacrum back into a normal alignment. I even shoved L-5 a smidge to the right to make it slightly closer to normal. What are the odds? That has to be a once in a lifetime type of thing, right? My back is still sore and I still have some residual coochie burning, but on a positive note I can sit down without a pillow! Yay! My PT asked if she should just start shoving her patients onto the floor. Whatever works, right?!
I don't suggest anyone with these conditions or any other conditions (or those who aren't fashionably ill) purposely fall down. Obviously, it's dangerous and the odds of correcting a problem have to be slim to none. Maybe I should play the lottery this week.
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Add Ice to Reduce Burning in a Non-Traditional Manner
If you have burning pain, you probably use ice. Icing helps reduce pain and numb the area. Yes, I sit around with an ice pack in between my legs on occasion. On Friday however I tried icing a little differently.
I busted my ass on our snowy/icy walkway just 20 minutes after leaving physical therapy! Seriously? How do I manage this? I'm bruised on the left side, pulled something in my shoulder, and scraped up my hand. By the time I got into the door of my new house, I was bleeding all over my paint swatches. As these things usually go, I imagined that I'd be in bed for -- well, forever really. I was sore on Saturday, but definitely mobile and no more than usual. I iced my back Saturday night and the back/sciatica pain were flared up for all of Sunday more than usual, but again still very mobile. Then I noticed it. The holy shit moment. I wasn't on fire in the, well, you know. How could it be? By Sunday evening my back was hurting pretty bad and my leg was hurting, but I was sitting down in jeans and not on fire!! I'm going to have to explore this. Naturally, I don't want to slip on ice every other day, but it seems like a massive hit to my left hip knocked my right side into place. Whether or not it's the right place, I don't know. If it's not pushing on the pudendal nerve (the burning pain nerve), do I really care? Can I go to a PT or a doctor and ask for a massive whack to my left side to shift everything over?
Obviously this is not a cure. Things will settle back into their old uncomfortable places, but it does seem interesting and evident of something. Something...
I busted my ass on our snowy/icy walkway just 20 minutes after leaving physical therapy! Seriously? How do I manage this? I'm bruised on the left side, pulled something in my shoulder, and scraped up my hand. By the time I got into the door of my new house, I was bleeding all over my paint swatches. As these things usually go, I imagined that I'd be in bed for -- well, forever really. I was sore on Saturday, but definitely mobile and no more than usual. I iced my back Saturday night and the back/sciatica pain were flared up for all of Sunday more than usual, but again still very mobile. Then I noticed it. The holy shit moment. I wasn't on fire in the, well, you know. How could it be? By Sunday evening my back was hurting pretty bad and my leg was hurting, but I was sitting down in jeans and not on fire!! I'm going to have to explore this. Naturally, I don't want to slip on ice every other day, but it seems like a massive hit to my left hip knocked my right side into place. Whether or not it's the right place, I don't know. If it's not pushing on the pudendal nerve (the burning pain nerve), do I really care? Can I go to a PT or a doctor and ask for a massive whack to my left side to shift everything over?
Obviously this is not a cure. Things will settle back into their old uncomfortable places, but it does seem interesting and evident of something. Something...
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