Backaches
06-06-2010, 07:56 PM
#31
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I had sandwiched a quilt on the floor and developed a baker's cyst on my left knee. I had an excerise ball that I rolled on during the day and always before bedtime. One evening I couldn't get all the kinks out so decided to lay on my back on the ball. Oh it felt so good until I thought of how I was going to get off with the bad knee. Oh well I'll just roll to the right and slide to the floor. Wrong! the ball decided to dump me and on my way down I heard some cracks. When I woke up, I tried moving some of my body parts and everything seemed fine. When I tried getting up the pain was excruciating. After several x-rays, I had 2 fractured ribs and the all the cartilage on my right side was torn. It took 2 months to heal. So if you use an excerise ball, be very careful!
06-06-2010, 08:05 PM
#32
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Location: Illinois
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Makes me think about a story a patient told me. I always ask if they read the directions and instructions....90% do not. And this patient had not. She used a ball as a chair on hardwood in stocking feet...okay, not recommended. Then as she was working, she decided to balance with one leg off the floor and her arms to the side when she was printing reports, then alternate legs...okay, not particularly a good idea in stocking feet. Then she got the bright idea that if that was good then balancing with both legs off the floor and both arms out to the side would be better.....NOT a good idea at all. One fractured tailbone and a compressed disc.
06-06-2010, 08:13 PM
#33
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Location: Michigan
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I always get lower back pain. Like right now - I've been sewing most of the evening. But I did get up and walk around and took time for dinner. I can't stand up straight. I think I tend to lean in to the machine to see. I think I need better lighting. Off to chiropractor in am.
06-07-2010, 12:02 AM
#35
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Location: Illinois
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i do after a while of sitting for along time , my sewing room is upstairs so i leave my drink , snacks and cig downstairs that way i have to get up and walk to get one and after i walk back up the 14 steps getting to move around (yes 14 i count them everytime)
06-07-2010, 08:52 AM
#36
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Novato, California
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Seamstome, can you tell me more about the Body Rite Posture Aid? Thanks so much. Sarah in Northern CA
Originally Posted by seamstome
I will give you some professional advice since I do this for a living.
DO NOT take aleve advil (NSAID's--non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) etc on a semi-regular basis. If you read the contra-indications you will realize that use of these NSAID's even within the OTC guidelines can increase your risk of GI bleed and kidney failure. NSAID's are a major reason for dialysis and death from GI bleed--especially in people with "arthritis" who tend to take more than they realize. This can happen with no major usage or forewarning....IOW, you can take Aleve with no problems for yearsand then boom have GI bleed problems. If you are going to take NSAID's you must increase your water intake and you should eat something.
Do stretch frequently. You need to use bands etc to stretch. Also take a tennis ball and roll it up and down your back while pulling the arm across your body.
Double check all heights of tables, sewing machines hoops etc. Modify hoops etc so you are not sitting with your head hanging down.
The key to mid back pain is to sit very straight. This can mean knees down with a good arch in your lower back...this will take the stress off of your mid back. Then squeeze your shoulder blades together and push those boobies out. Your thumbs should point forward when they hang at your side if you are doing this properly. Use a Body Rite Posture aid if you have to. Do "flying" superman exercises in doorways.
Stop every ten minutes or so to pull your shoulders back and stretch. Keep an exercise ball in your sewing room and lay backwards over it, rolling back and forth. You can use the ball as a chair if you are coordinated.
If you are going to use heat, no more than 10 minutes of moist heat.
DO NOT take aleve advil (NSAID's--non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) etc on a semi-regular basis. If you read the contra-indications you will realize that use of these NSAID's even within the OTC guidelines can increase your risk of GI bleed and kidney failure. NSAID's are a major reason for dialysis and death from GI bleed--especially in people with "arthritis" who tend to take more than they realize. This can happen with no major usage or forewarning....IOW, you can take Aleve with no problems for yearsand then boom have GI bleed problems. If you are going to take NSAID's you must increase your water intake and you should eat something.
Do stretch frequently. You need to use bands etc to stretch. Also take a tennis ball and roll it up and down your back while pulling the arm across your body.
Double check all heights of tables, sewing machines hoops etc. Modify hoops etc so you are not sitting with your head hanging down.
The key to mid back pain is to sit very straight. This can mean knees down with a good arch in your lower back...this will take the stress off of your mid back. Then squeeze your shoulder blades together and push those boobies out. Your thumbs should point forward when they hang at your side if you are doing this properly. Use a Body Rite Posture aid if you have to. Do "flying" superman exercises in doorways.
Stop every ten minutes or so to pull your shoulders back and stretch. Keep an exercise ball in your sewing room and lay backwards over it, rolling back and forth. You can use the ball as a chair if you are coordinated.
If you are going to use heat, no more than 10 minutes of moist heat.
06-07-2010, 09:46 AM
#38
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
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