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


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

Muscle strains are far more common than herniated disks. It may be
better in a couple of days, or it may take a few weeks. Once
strained, you're at increased risk of having more of them. You don't
have to be lifting something at the time to have them occur. Mine
often occur the day AFTER I"ve been using my lower back muscles more
than usual.

Those peel and stick hot packs, the giant version of what hunters use
to keep their hands warm are helpful. Also Doan's pills (manesium
salicylate instead of the usual sodium salicylate of aspirin) seem to
help more than aspirin.

Unless you've got numbness in a limb or weakness in a group of muscles
(can you stand on your toes on each foot, can you rock back on your
heel and hold your forefoot up?), it's not likely to be a herniated
disk.

RWL