OT back pain
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I've had two of them. It's not painless. I have the same lifestyle and job , it's all accumulative . Been through rehabs, alternative therapies, etc. Best thing I found is to recognize the issue and plan /live accordingly. Stretch all day . Keep weight off and core like steel. Aleve is my buddy.
This may be very unique to what you are experiencing. However, I wanted to share an instance where I advocated for myself and ended up making the right choice. I began having back pain in the mornings that made it difficult to walk with proper gait. It wore off by the afternoon and was back again the next morning. Went to the doctor, who told me that I was a 35 year old youngster with a sore back and maybe a pulled muscle. I told him I thought something was really wrong, and he said that he would order me a CT and bloodwork to ease my mind. But he made me feel like a hypochondriac to have been so insistent. Turned out I had undiscovered and very severe Crohn's disease. It was scary and all that, and it still gets out of control from time to time, but I am so glad that I insisted on further care when the doctor was being dismissive.
Everyone is different and there might be some fixable and specific, identifiable reasons for your back pain.
However, before surgery shots or chiropractic I personally would try the following.
Dont eat sugar for at least 2 months. Like, zero unnecessary sugar. No bread, pasta, rice, or regular potatoes. Sweet potatoes are fine. Avoid a lot of sugary fruit. Eat Lots of eggs, meat, veggies. Broccoli, peppers, spinach, etc. eat eat eat all you want but avoid heavy carbs and all sugar. No processed foods only real foods. Nuts. Beans. Butter all good.
Then sometime during that, do a 3 day fast. At least three days, if you can go 12 hours over 3, even better. During this fast you cannot put any food in your mouth. Not even a raisin, it will ruin the fast. No nibbles of anything. You should drink lots and lots of water, salt water from time to time to get plenty of salt. You can do a hydration drink but check online first, it must be fast friendly and sugar free. If it isnt, like liquid iv, you may as well not even be fasting. Best to try water and plenty of salt.
Sounds terrible but honestly the first 12 hours are the worst. After that, it isnt that hard. Your hunger goes away. Look up what to eat coming out of the fast. Basically after three days of fasting your cells start to regenerate. Every hour past three days is good so go as long as you can.
However, before surgery shots or chiropractic I personally would try the following.
Dont eat sugar for at least 2 months. Like, zero unnecessary sugar. No bread, pasta, rice, or regular potatoes. Sweet potatoes are fine. Avoid a lot of sugary fruit. Eat Lots of eggs, meat, veggies. Broccoli, peppers, spinach, etc. eat eat eat all you want but avoid heavy carbs and all sugar. No processed foods only real foods. Nuts. Beans. Butter all good.
Then sometime during that, do a 3 day fast. At least three days, if you can go 12 hours over 3, even better. During this fast you cannot put any food in your mouth. Not even a raisin, it will ruin the fast. No nibbles of anything. You should drink lots and lots of water, salt water from time to time to get plenty of salt. You can do a hydration drink but check online first, it must be fast friendly and sugar free. If it isnt, like liquid iv, you may as well not even be fasting. Best to try water and plenty of salt.
Sounds terrible but honestly the first 12 hours are the worst. After that, it isnt that hard. Your hunger goes away. Look up what to eat coming out of the fast. Basically after three days of fasting your cells start to regenerate. Every hour past three days is good so go as long as you can.
Fasting is good for many reasons. Not the least of which is to prove to yourself that you are fully capable of self control. I've gone as much as four days. Brain fog goes away, aches and pains subside, etc. Even better if you can do this while on keto. Quite honestly, once you reach the three or four day mark, you almost have to convince yourself to eat again just because. Not because you're hungry but because you generally realize that you will need to resume eating again at some point.
