I have back trouble too (surgery for it in 97), and I know where you are coming from.
I have always been told that baths aren't good for backs because they relax the muscles so much that it's easy to reinjure yourself. I don't know if that's true, but you can use it as an excuse!
yeah, i asked my pt about pools and stuff and he said that with my hyperflexibility, it's probably a bad idea unless i'm not exerting myself too much, and i can try a jacuzzi tub, but not to stay long if i feel any kind of tensing or strain.
but everyone keeps saying "oh, hot tub jets for bad backs are awesome!" and...it wasn't so much. :(
mostly i'm just super frustrated with being useless and getting exhausted just from walking into the kitchen for a snack before i take the next muscle relaxer pill. (I don't like to take them on an empty stomach)
I think I might occasionally ask "What did you do?" but there are people that it's more a "What happened?" or "Are you okay?" (which isn't really the right question either, but I mean it more in a "How concerned should I be right now?" sort of way.)
Will keep that in mind though, as "What happened?" seems more universally appropriate.
see, i've never really been bothered when people ask me "what did you do?" until this week. and after the 3rd time on Wednesday, i was about ready to scream, because i didn't do anything! i just woke up this way!
but i'm noticing it so much this week that it's really bothering me - particularly when my doctor asked me on friday and then basically blamed me for it because i had slept on my stomach. i mean, i noticed it in the past and it annoyed me, but not nearly as much as this week. i guess since i really didn't do anything at all this time, whereas previously, i could always go "oh, yeah, i was stupid and did xyz wrong"?
anyway, i think a lot of people will appreciate the revised wording. it's going to be something that i'll watch myself for, too, because it's so easy to ask.
I meant to comment earlier, but have failed... and even then, this probably isn't articulated very well... sorry.
I have so many feelings about "what did you do?" too, but until reading this I hadn't thought of sort of correcting people, asking them to ask something else, instead. This has helped me A LOT with major insecurities along the lines of "what did you do?" I've been struggling with.
So, thank you.
And I really do hope you start feeling better soon <3
Yeah, like I said to Christine, the whole "what did you do?" thing irritated me before, but I figured it was my fault for being stupid. But this time, I didn't do anything
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I think I'd never thought about "what did you do?" because usually when I do get injured or something I really have done something to myself, or at least done a dumb enough thing that I can blame myself.
That'll be one of those able-bodied privileges, I expect. I don't think I've used it much except when I know people have done a dumb thing (Boss cut his thumb on a scalpel in the middle of lab. I broke my face passing out at the post office.) but maybe I have without realizing it and I need to do better. I will keep this in mind for the future.
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I have always been told that baths aren't good for backs because they relax the muscles so much that it's easy to reinjure yourself. I don't know if that's true, but you can use it as an excuse!
I hope you feel better soon.
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but everyone keeps saying "oh, hot tub jets for bad backs are awesome!" and...it wasn't so much. :(
mostly i'm just super frustrated with being useless and getting exhausted just from walking into the kitchen for a snack before i take the next muscle relaxer pill. (I don't like to take them on an empty stomach)
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Will keep that in mind though, as "What happened?" seems more universally appropriate.
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but i'm noticing it so much this week that it's really bothering me - particularly when my doctor asked me on friday and then basically blamed me for it because i had slept on my stomach. i mean, i noticed it in the past and it annoyed me, but not nearly as much as this week. i guess since i really didn't do anything at all this time, whereas previously, i could always go "oh, yeah, i was stupid and did xyz wrong"?
anyway, i think a lot of people will appreciate the revised wording. it's going to be something that i'll watch myself for, too, because it's so easy to ask.
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I have so many feelings about "what did you do?" too, but until reading this I hadn't thought of sort of correcting people, asking them to ask something else, instead. This has helped me A LOT with major insecurities along the lines of "what did you do?" I've been struggling with.
So, thank you.
And I really do hope you start feeling better soon <3
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Yeah, like I said to Christine, the whole "what did you do?" thing irritated me before, but I figured it was my fault for being stupid. But this time, I didn't do anything ( ... )
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That'll be one of those able-bodied privileges, I expect. I don't think I've used it much except when I know people have done a dumb thing (Boss cut his thumb on a scalpel in the middle of lab. I broke my face passing out at the post office.) but maybe I have without realizing it and I need to do better. I will keep this in mind for the future.
Thanks. Also, feel better.
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