Oh my aching Back! Help!

[StupidBird]

thank you all so much for the suggestions and the sympathy; it's helpful more than I can say. Mother's Day suggestion will be one of those wheeled bench thingies.

Also, I'm not the only stubborn one out in the garden finding that it's the only kind of "keep moving" that fits.

Just getting some help today cheered me up immensely. My friend came over for some plants - extra cuttings - and brought her large teenage son along. He called picking turnips better than an Easter Egg Hunt. I had sown a winter cover mix that needs cutting and tilling, and way too many turnips. They and all their neighbors will have turnips for dinner now. In exchange for the fun of picking turnips and digging division, he cheerfully dug over two of the 8x4 raised beds for me. And hauled some lumber. And gathered eggs. He'll be back Monday for some serious work! For which I will pay cash, because it's that important to get these beds and compost bins finished before the Atlanta summer. And help reset the drip irrigation. . . I have plans *mwahahaha*

So, I pace myself better, ice and heat and rest breaks. Look into theraputic yoga. Keep up with the prescribed exercises. Eat often and proper.

Thank you

 

[catjac1975]

After a long hiatus to the real world, here I am again due to pain. Chronic problem, docs don't know what to do, and I can't function again with this flare up. So here I am, begging for suggestions.

What do you all do to function with a bad back? Work tips, work out tips, self medication, anything.

Last fall I ran through the spinal injection series (not working), two different courses of chiropractic (only temporary help, then worsening), stretches, urgh! I'm a bit put out that the only answer I get is to quit gardening. I had to quit work, limit to 15 minutes per session on computer, all sorts of lifestyle changes for my constellation of health problems. I will not give up the garden *fingers stomping across keyboard*.

What I am doing: prescribed stretches and exercises 3 time per day, with heat on the one problem and ice on the other problem. Switching all to intensive style, raised beds. With drip irrigation. Mulched paths. Tiller, my one-handed dream boat easy to use Troybuilt, used for the corn patch. Slave labor (my adult children who still live at home) occasionally but not regular or predictably work digging. Ditto husband - he's always at the office.

Anybody?

You may be able to find a a gardener without a garden who could help out and share the crops. Perhaps some of the neighbors that have accepted your overabundance over the years.

 

[StupidBird]

catjac, we're rather rural around here...all my neighbors have a minimum one acre! But a friend across town lives in a heavy shade subdivision, and has big teen sons.... that need gas money