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mused,

when I was 21 and in college I hurt my back playing basketball. nothing major, just some sharp pains when I bent too much. still went about my normal day. thought it would go away, so i took some ibuprofen and was done with it. or so i thought.

few days later i drop my toothbrush and bend over to reach for it and feel the worst pain in my life. I can't get back up. Somehow I manage to hobble over to my phone and call Health Services and tell them to send an ambulence. They had to cart me out of my room on a gurney.

This isn't supposed to happen, I'm not 50, I work out daily, how can I have an old man bad back?

Well, it has now been over two years and I still have to physical therapy and daily stretching or else it starts to get back. Long car and plane rides usually involve pain killers and I have a hard time sleeping in certain positions, constantly tossing and turning at night.

Maybe if I had taken it easy and just laid down after the initial pain. Maybe if I had seen a doctor and gotten some muscle relaxants. Maybe...


Basically, get do everything you possibly can to cut this off before it blows up.