Goddamit. Every year or so, my lower right back explodes in excruciating pain (it feels like it originates just inside and below the ileac crest). I’m living with it now. I suspect it’s SI joint dysfunction. Moving, standing, shifting is agony. Thankfully, sitting to play drums is fine. Standing up or getting in and out of a car? Insane pain.
The cruel irony here is me trying to remain healthy and maintain the same fitness level at 64 that I’ve enjoyed since my twenties. Chalk it up to overdoing crunches and/or split squats at the gym. I reckon my form is terrible. I know, I know: crunches are no longer considered safe nor as valuable as planks, and doing the same routine and weights as I’ve always done is asking for trouble.
I’m a slow learner.
Goddamit. Every year or so, my lower right back explodes in excruciating pain (it feels like it originates just inside and below the ileac crest). I’m living with it now. I suspect it’s SI joint dysfunction. Moving, standing, shifting is agony. Thankfully, sitting to play drums is fine. Standing up or getting in and out of a car? Insane pain.
The cruel irony here is me trying to remain healthy and maintain the same fitness level at 64 that I’ve enjoyed since my twenties. Chalk it up to overdoing crunches and/or split squats at the gym. I reckon my form is terrible. I know, I know: crunches are no longer considered safe nor as valuable as planks, and doing the same routine and weights as I’ve always done is asking for trouble.
I’m a slow learner. 🤔
Went heavy on squat today. I felt fine as I racked it...then my left knee immediately had a shooting pain.
Walking around (tenderly) with a compression sleeve on it now, going to ice it shortly
Right shoulder - had surgery on it back in 2004 (they machined away a bunch of bone), but it is still a source of aches - ultrasound, heat, ice, plus that blue menthol stuff at night - I've tried pretty much every topical thing you can imagine, and the blue stuff works wonders.
I am working with someone who has a chronic pain disorder. 8 out of 10 most days. (I deal with it myself to a different degree). Anyway in 2025 the FDA approved the first non opioid pain killer in over 20 years. He should be going on it next month. I forget the chemical name brand name begins with a J. At this time it’s mostly for post op. It’s supposed to cut off the pain signals before they reach the brain. The economist did a write up on it.
I’m glad they are letting this guy try it as it’s really impacting his mental stability. I’m curious to follow the case.
If I had pain at the level of 8 out of 10 I couldn't function. I generally count giving birth as an 8. 10 would be Catholic martyrdom.
It sounds like your work friend is doing some kind of variation of a peripheral nerve block, like is used post surgery. Whatever it is, I sincerely hope it works. It sounds like he is really experiencing hell.
