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ouch!!! 17-Aug-2009 At 9:29:23 PM pisces

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If you can cart bricks your back can't be too tragic. I'm in the medical business- do a couple of
surgical lumbar spinal fusions each week in fact, and agree with the MRI idea - although if it is not
already done it is probably because those who examined you thought it was not indicated. So probably
consider it somewhat down the line if it doesn't improve: they are very expensive.
Given the kind of temperament possessed of someone tough and brave enough to be a climber, and
able to tolerate the pain enough to lay bricks, I'd say you are likely to be the kind of person who can let
nature take it's course and allow the your back to gradually heal, whatever the injury and provided
there are no neurological symptoms (sciatica, leg muscle weakness, urinary frequency etc). Hospitals
are dangerous places and remedies have side effects. As one of my surgeon mates, cognisant of all
the complications of surgery, says: operations are for patients, not for doctors.
Also, massage will benefit any muscle spasm (often a large component of the cause of pain), and
yoga, or at least some stretching, is great for backs.