Monday 23 May 2011
I have injured my back the previous Wednesday afternoon. I was helping to move my sister-in-law from the bed to a massage chair. She had suffered from a major stroke and was treated at home by her daughter.
Unfortunately I could not position my feet and body correctly in relation to her body. That is when I injured my back. Strangely enough, I did not feel anything untoward at that moment. It was the next day that I started feeling slight pain in my lower back. But then the pain got really intense on the Friday Afternoon. In fact, I was in bed almost the whole of the Saturday as well as the Sunday.
I had to go to our GP on the Monday, as the muscle on the left side of my spine (lower back) was in a spasm. He gave me a muscle relaxer. But I am not completely over the pain yet. It is better, but not completely well.
In retrospect, I should have asked for a referral to a physiotherapist, for further treatment.
Anyway, he booked me off for 4 days, until Thursday 26 May. So I returned to work on Friday 27 May 2011.
Be careful with your back. Back injuries are serious, as almost all movement is via our spine, or our spines are involved in almost all movement of the body, directly or directly.
I have injured my back the previous Wednesday afternoon. I was helping to move my sister-in-law from the bed to a massage chair. She had suffered from a major stroke and was treated at home by her daughter.
Unfortunately I could not position my feet and body correctly in relation to her body. That is when I injured my back. Strangely enough, I did not feel anything untoward at that moment. It was the next day that I started feeling slight pain in my lower back. But then the pain got really intense on the Friday Afternoon. In fact, I was in bed almost the whole of the Saturday as well as the Sunday.
I had to go to our GP on the Monday, as the muscle on the left side of my spine (lower back) was in a spasm. He gave me a muscle relaxer. But I am not completely over the pain yet. It is better, but not completely well.
In retrospect, I should have asked for a referral to a physiotherapist, for further treatment.
Anyway, he booked me off for 4 days, until Thursday 26 May. So I returned to work on Friday 27 May 2011.
Be careful with your back. Back injuries are serious, as almost all movement is via our spine, or our spines are involved in almost all movement of the body, directly or directly.
