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Old 08-07-2009, 08:41 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: gardening back pain

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Originally Posted by Vickie H. View Post
My husband and I both have back problems, his is a birth defect plus he got rearended in a car accident about 3 weeks ago. He is getting shots in his back. They help take away the pain. He gets a series of 3 about every 6 months. Last year I ended up going to the hospital with my back. And in 2005 had arthroscopic surgery on my left knee. I had 2 shots in my back. Now I do everything carefully. I move pots with a small dolly that is my size. I set down to pot plants. It makes a difference how you do things. I hardly ever take any pain pills. But I am careful how I twist and move when I am working in my garden.
i wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that your back pain is related to your Knee injury and subsequent Arthroscopic surgery go back to the doctor if he doesn't help you go to a different one there are solutions you must be your own advocate the doctors many times are not!

I have not publicly admitted this before but i had Brest Cancer in 2001 and as a man was dismissed repeatedly by other male Doctors but i new there was something wrong so i searched until i found a Doctor that happened to be a woman she was an Angel and tot me how to help my self don't take any guff go back having to work the way you do is no life
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