Thread: almost back to normal!!!

Hey thanks everyone for all your kind words! Apart from a few days here and there i am flabbergasted at the drop in pain levels. I still have to be mindful of my future working life so got to make some decisions about how to change for the better as i need to be in it for the long term... finding another employee is a first and most important step. Onward and upward!!!

Jc

Justin.
A bit more info on the tablets I mentioned.
They are made of Tumeric,so something to add to your gourmet meals!!!
This morning back was complaining bitterly,bitterly cold outside too.I took the other 2 tester tablets,2 hours later pain free.
Had to do a parts run to Narrogin first up so I got the packet and went to the chemist we use,had a Tumeric tablet,but half the strength on the ones I had.Went to the other chemist,lady was extremely helpfull,but the 4 lines they carry had sold out.Tells me they are very popular with the olde folk,they were expecting more stocks friday.She said the best one is the one with mussel and krill extracts.She said try the health food store.
I did,got double the strength of the ones I had,the lady there also praised the Tumeric plant and its anti-inflamatory effects.
This brand is BioCeuticals Theracurmin Bio Active 300mg 60 capsules,$54.90. www.bioceuticals.com.au
After 2 very good pain releif episodes I would look into trying some yourself,will let you know how these go.Still pain free from thismornings tablets!!!!!
ENJOY
Andrew

My favourite pain relief is made up of the following--

Malt

First up, malted barley provides the basic substance and flavour of beer. Our Aussie farmers harvest what we believe to be the greatest barley known to man. Then they send it to the maltings, where it goes through a wetting process. The grain is allowed to germinate and grow for 4 days before it is kiln-dried to create our top-notch malted barley. Today, we use more than 500 tonnes of Australian malted barley every week at XXXX.

Water

It's no surprise that water is the key ingredient in beer. Our brewers are very fussy about their water as the purity or hardness is vital to creating the different styles and tastes of beers.

Sugar

We also add first-rate Queensland cane sugar to react with the yeast. Cane sugar gives beer a clean, crisp taste that makes the beer refreshing when drinking it in the hot Queensland climate.

Hops

Hops are a climatic herb grown on bines and we use about 4.5 tonnes of hops each week to make XXXX. The bines grow from 4.5-6 metres in height and we only use the female variety because it's the most concentrated. They are very important to the final beer taste providing aroma and flavour and with malt, helping with the retention of a foamy head on the beer.

Yeast

Yeast is the fermentation powerhouse and is the star ingredient in different foods including beer, bread and wine. It belongs to the fungi family and has the role of converting sugars into carbon dioxide, alcohol and other flavour active components.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Justin.
A bit more info on the tablets I mentioned.
They are made of Tumeric,so something to add to your gourmet meals!!!
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ENJOY
Andrew

A little info on Turmeric as an anti-inflammatory, to be absorbed it really needs to be combined with piperine (from black pepper) and/or ginger.
It increases it's absorbency in the gut (and effectiveness) by several 1000%

Good Turmeic preps will have one or both these other cofactors.
I've found a good Turmeic prep to be more effective for me than ibuprofen without the potential side effects, it just takes a little longer initially to kick in.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

My favourite pain relief is made up of the following--

Malt

First up, malted barley provides the basic substance and flavour of beer. Our Aussie farmers harvest what we believe to be the greatest barley known to man. Then they send it to the maltings, where it goes through a wetting process. The grain is allowed to germinate and grow for 4 days before it is kiln-dried to create our top-notch malted barley. Today, we use more than 500 tonnes of Australian malted barley every week at XXXX.

Water

It's no surprise that water is the key ingredient in beer. Our brewers are very fussy about their water as the purity or hardness is vital to creating the different styles and tastes of beers.

Sugar

We also add first-rate Queensland cane sugar to react with the yeast. Cane sugar gives beer a clean, crisp taste that makes the beer refreshing when drinking it in the hot Queensland climate.

Hops

Hops are a climatic herb grown on bines and we use about 4.5 tonnes of hops each week to make XXXX. The bines grow from 4.5-6 metres in height and we only use the female variety because it's the most concentrated. They are very important to the final beer taste providing aroma and flavour and with malt, helping with the retention of a foamy head on the beer.

Yeast

Yeast is the fermentation powerhouse and is the star ingredient in different foods including beer, bread and wine. It belongs to the fungi family and has the role of converting sugars into carbon dioxide, alcohol and other flavour active components.

And let me guess, you spell it XXXX ?

Your injuries sound quite similar to mine. I compressed T6,7 and 8 in 2008, they are all wedged and I snapped the ribs off at the same time.

Thankfully I rarely need pain relief, mostly after spending a while bent over a workbench or a day of heavy lifting.

I recently started dirtbike riding again and had a month of lower back pain after that. It seems I protect my injured thoracic spine by upping the load on my lumbar spine.
My physio has me doing a lot of stretching exercises and core exercises now. She also recommended swimming to stretch and exercise. After my last ride (5 hours in the morning) my back was quite sore, I went to the local pool in the afternoon and swam about 20 laps of the 25m heated pool and found the pain went away and didn't return the next day.
I also have to mindful my injury and be careful when assisting others and protect my back, I'm still learning to engage my core and keep my back nice and straight and not to twist.

In the winter heated seats are a godsend.

You blokes may laugh, but the right yoga class can do wonders for core strength, let alone flexibility and can really help to get the pain levels manageable or even better.
I started yoga twelve years ago to manage a dodgy back after herniating several discs, tearing muscles and ligaments and putting up with Sciatica for several years prior.

It was so effective I ended up doing a teacher training course and now teach seven classes a week.

A class twice a week is ideal, it's cheap physiotherapy.