On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:57:27 -0500, Ignoramus29059
wrote:

This morning started out really great. I did not lift anything
heavy. Drove somewhere in my pickup to pick a tool box. When I got out
of the truck, just after 30 minutes of driving, I had sudden back pain
and could not stand up straight without some pain.

For the next 2 hours, I could function, move around and carry things,
but with substantial discomfort.

Then I tried to turn a toolbox around, kind of pushed with one hand in
one direction. Then the pain suddenly became so severe that I could
barely walk. Barely made it to the couch, where I am right now,
totally out of commission.

WTF is wrong and does anyone have any idea if this will ever go away.

Your back is out, Ig. Go see a chiropractor. You probably have a
lumbar vertebra which twisted to one side and stayed. Your chiro can
tell you for sure, but most can be fixed and go away. Don't make a
scheduled visit, just drop into a chiro's office tomorrow morning at
8am. I'll give you long odds that he can take x-rays and pop it back
in for you before 8:30am. My current chiro has a machine which moves
the lower body around, stretching and rolling from side to side to
loosen up the lumbar area before he adjusts me. About half the time,
that itself will put a vertebra back into its proper place. The longer
it's out, the longer it will stay sore and the harder it will be to
put back in place.

I've learned to put a lot of my "outs" back in. I fix mine by lying on
my bed with my shoulders flat and my knees bent. Then I swing both
knees down to the bed, first left, then right. I usually hear a pop or
two and then throw my entire leg over to the side to do a stretch, one
for each leg/side. That usually fixes me up, but I'm not recommending
it for you. My back goes out daily and I twist to put it back in. My
throacic spine likes to go out and ribs float, so my 24" bathroom door
jamb comes in handy. I can usually reset anything from the middle of
my back up to the middle of my shoulder blades without a chiro to
help.

P.S: If you owned a real truck (say, a Toyota Tundra, with ergonomic
bucket seats) you wouldn't have a back problem.

--
If only he'd wash his neck, I'd wring it.
-- John Sparrow