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Pulled back muscles?
Well, a month or two ago, I pulled a muscle in my back while I was rock climbing (I was being stupid- toally my fault). Well, since then, my back as continually been hurting. I went to my doctor, and he just told me to do "back strengthening excercises" which, thusfar, have not helped at all. I'm getting really tired of not being able to bend down a lot or even jump on a trampoline- I'm only 16, for goodness sake! And I feel like an invalid! Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to help get my back working right again?
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It might be worth going to see a chiropractor.
They're seen as an 'alternative' form of physical therapy so not often recommended by sceptical doctors. However, I know that in the past when my back has been hurt, I've been to see them and they've worked wonders.
Find out where your most local centre is and see if you can get an appointment. There are a couple of different kinds of treatment and it will depend what sort of problem you have with your back as to what treatment you receive. For example, if you have thrown a vertabrae slightly out of joint, they may do some bone work on you (this is a little scary the first time you do it but there's really nothing to worry about as long as they are a licensed practitioner). On the other hand, if you have damaged a muscle, they might choose to do deep tissue massage.
They will want to do an assessment first and prices vary but it's well worth a try if you're in a lot of pain.
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Heat/Ice such as Bengay cream or patch! lol
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Just keep doing the "back strengthening excercises"
goodluck
-Jake
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Did your doctor tell you to go back & see him after a few weeks of trying these exercises? That's exactly what my doctor did, because I went rock climbing & ripped my tendon, so she made me try these tendon stretches & they didn't work, so I had to go back to her, and she had to recommend a foot specialist to go to & an MRI, so they can take x-rays of it. You need to go back to the doctors, and you need to get better X-rays [MRI.] He'll tell you the ways to go about doing certain stuff.
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