On Apr 18, 4:57*am, Ignoramus29059 ignoramus29...@NOSPAM.
29059.invalid 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.

i

Hi Iggy,
sorry mate - but welcome to the life of a late middle age tradesman.
Happens to us all if you spent most of your life doing physical work.
If this is the first time, your lucky. Consider it a sign - back
injury is cumulative, yours is saying "Hang on, had enuff of this" and
lets you know.
You need to start building up the muscles in your back, NOW - you
still got a chance, its not going to go away. Learn Kinetic Lifting,
it helps. Try and reprogram your brain not to do the "I can lift this
no worries" type of thing. (Bloody hard to do the last one)

Your lucky - you got a chance to do something about it, before your
back is REALLY stuffed.

Andrew VK3BFA.