Friday 18th October 2019 to Thursday 24th October 2019
The week started off wet & overcast and my back was a tiny bit better but I still couldn’t walk upright.
I managed to put the chateau back up but it was a real struggle, took hours and was extremely painful. The next day, Friday, my back was very bad again and it deteriorated over the weekend until come Monday I could hardly move.
Monday lunchtime I went to the local chiropractor and he was good. He’s an English bloke who has moved here from Australia. There was no messing about; he had a go at resetting my whole back. Not all of the joints would release and he told me to ice my lower back for an hour, give it some movement for an hour and repeat ad infinitum to get the inflammation of soft tissue down so that he could release the rest of the joints. He says he wants to see me all this week. I like it when there’s a plan!
My back was so much better when I left his clinic and it was great to have a plan to get it pain free but on Tuesday it was bad again; pain in a small muscle at the top of my arse and pain down the front & side of my right leg, a trapped nerve.
I carried on with the icing and visited the chiropractor on Tuesday afternoon and even though he had a go at resetting everything again there were still joints that wouldn’t release so I still had all the pain 🙁
This is exactly how it was a few years ago when I had 8 weeks off work, The only thing that fixed it then was gentle traction.
Wednesday morning when I got up it was just as bad as Tuesday but I had decided this was going to be a day of gentle traction, just supporting myself on my locked arms and letting the weight of my legs pull my lower vertebrae apart. It didn’t take more than 5 minutes till I got a result 😀
Although it was still a little tender after being tweaked for a week the nerve was released and I could walk again!!!!
But, just like a few years ago, the fix didn’t last long. At least I now know I am not too far away from sorting the issue.
Thursday morning I managed to re-release it again and I was pain free for a longer period. I kept up the icing and visited the chiropractor again on Thursday afternoon. He reckons everything is now released and as the inflammation continues to go down I should see a big improvement.
I have to say this chiropractor is in a different league to the ones I’ve seen in the UK.