Rebuilder's Forum (Archived)

Hi Don,

I've never tried one myself, but those inversion devices have been around for about 30 years and I've never heard anyone say they made any difference. I think that if they were so great, you'd hear more people talking about them. If you get one. Let us know what you think.

Interesting question. I wish I knew the answer but I've never tried those kneeling chairs for longer than a few minutes in the store. One thing I do is keep an exercise ball in my office and I sit on that for 20 minutes instead of my usual chair. Doing that once or twice a day while maintaining corr...

Hi Steve, Very encouraging post. I can remember a time when I thought I was going to wind up in a wheelchair, or worse, confined to a nursing home. It's amazing how depressing back pain and sciatica can be when you don't understand what's going on. That's why I love this site so much and keep coming...

Yeah, I'm wondering about that broomstick thing as well. I like the decompression exercises in RYB because they don't require any equipment, but I'm always open to new ideas.

Paul

Definately takes a certain type of person to rebuild their back. I think the average person assumes it's going to be hard so they never even try. I ran into a guy just last week who was complaining about back pain and I told him about RYB. He didn't want to hear anything about it once I mentioned th...

Hi nuls, See Dean's book, The Pain Relief Manual. It's all about tendonitis and joint pain. My wife suffered with tendonitis in her wrist for over a year and it cleared up in less than a week following Dean's advice. A real God-send, since she is a fabulous baker and she wasn't able to kneed dough b...

Hey, Desoto87, Welcome to the group and thanks for sharing your progress report with us. I always love to hear a good success story. I was having a rather bad day at work and you just helped pick me up out of the doldrums. Thanks!!! Here's to hoping you have much more continued success and that you'...

Never heard of the term "lumbar traction unit." Is it a device that you buy (if so, it's probably a rip-off) or are you referring to the traction tables used by some pain clinics? I've seen the ads claiming that those traction tables "heal" herniated discs, but every one of those clinics I've seen i...

Hi waitn, Welcome to the group. Sounds like you've led an interesting life. What kind of racing? Stock cars, drag racing... formula 1? 8) You've probably already seen this one coming if you've read other posts but here goes anyway. Whatever you do, put off the surgery for as long as you can (unless ...

Hi,

Yes, hot tubs are good for temporarily relieving all types of back pain.

Just don't use heat if you have a recent injury that may have some swelling since the heat causes fluids to expand. You'll just make the swelling and pain worse.

Ice works best to reduce swelling and inflamation.

Paul

Hi Frank, Really excited to read your progress report. I'm glad that I was able to help. It's stories like yours that keep me coming back to this forum. Really appreciate you sharing your success story with the rest of us. By the way, I know you were experimenting with the modified cobra vs. the reg...

Hi rosita, I've never been on steroids so I can't answer that part of your question. Hopefully someone else will jump in and share their experiences. What I was wondering was, it sounds like they started you off on steroids rather than try more conservative treatment first. Is that true? If so, it s...

1. Could it be possible that the modified cobra caused my Monday morning setback? Seems unlikely as long as you didn't over do it. I would be more inclined to think that you tweaked your back rolling over in the night or something like that. Anything's possible of course. 2. Is the increase in pain...

Hi Mike, Rebuilding your back will strengthen your back and make it more flexable. It's the only way to really get rid of most common back pain. And it would be a good idea both prior to surgery and after so that your recovery is quicker. However, it can't do anything about a disk fragment. That fra...

Hi Mike,

I agree with Bill. Put off the surgery if you can.

Good luck,
Paul