Lower back pain

[Deleted User 89]

is that a fancy name for an inversion table?

[PhDhawk]

is that a fancy name for an inversion table?

It's this:
(The weights are on a pendulum)

[TDub]

so I happened upon about 3 cords of black locust. Which is wonderful....gets me halfway there for the year.

But.....that shit is as hard as the steel in the damn maul. and its a chain killer.

if my back doesn't hurt today its going to Monday. I might be crawling to work on Monday.

[Deleted User 89]

why don’t you invest in a more automated option?

sounds like you go through enough wood to make it worthwhile

[TDub]

yea.....should buy a log splitter, probably willeventually...but they're expensive.

I dont mind splitting wood....except locust and oak.

I

[Deleted User 89]

yea.....should buy a log splitter, probably willeventually...but they're expensive.

I dont mind splitting wood....except locust and oak.

I

hedge isn’t much better

[TDub]

hedge.....I think I call that a horse apple tree? if so, yea...its hard

[jhawks99]

And thorny

[Deleted User 89]

hedge.....I think I call that a horse apple tree? if so, yea...its hard

yeah

that, and osage orange is another name

they make great fence posts, but are a bear to work with

[Deleted User 89]

And thorny

got nothin on black locust tho

[TDub]

this particular set of logs has been debarked....so that helps with the thorns....but thorns burn too. Just sucks to handle.

[sdoyel]

Ffs I jinxed myself. Hurt my back this weekend. Now taking the family to the state fair today so I get to hobble around like a stiff piece of lumber. I need one of those motorized handicap chairs. Or a stroller.

[shindig]

I'm pretty sore as well this morning. Helped a friend put some support jacks in her crawl space Saturday, never fvcking again. I was laying on my back to get one of them installed, then I rolled over on my stomach so I could see better and my right upper ribs rolled onto a brick or something that was protruding under the plastic, freaking still sore in the ribs and my back, and my neck is a little kinked.

[PhDhawk]

Helped a friend put some support jacks in her crawl space

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

[shindig]

lol.

[shindig]

I may need to ditch my 2 year old nectar memory foam mattress and get something firmer, any recommendations? Last night I slept in my basement (storms scare my boxer and I have a day bed down there with a very, very firm mattress). My back feels so much better. Could just be a coincidence, I don't know. I always thought memory foam mattresses were good for side sleepers, but I don't know anymore.

[sdoyel]

I’m still stiff as a board today. Ugh.

[shindig]

I’m still stiff as a board today. Ugh.

It sucks, that's for sure. Most of it's my fault, helping my friend install jack supports in her crawlspace (which means all she did was hand me tools while I crawled around and maneuvered on my back).

I did a google search, and nectar is still ranked in the top 10 for people with back pain and are side sleepers, so I don't know what to do. I mean I spent $800 for the mattress and hate to pitch it and then spend $2k on a different one...sigh.

[Sparko]

A firm mattress is probably best for the back when you install the jack in her crawlspace. Memory foam is best later though.

[Deleted User 89]

I’m still stiff as a board today. Ugh.

It sucks, that's for sure. Most of it's my fault, helping my friend install jack supports in her crawlspace (which means all she did was hand me tools while I crawled around and maneuvered on my back).

I did a google search, and nectar is still ranked in the top 10 for people with back pain and are side sleepers, so I don't know what to do. I mean I spent $800 for the mattress and hate to pitch it and then spend $2k on a different one...sigh.

ours was the best single $3K investment i’ve made (Sealy tempurpedic)

was gonna say, though, that something else that’s helped me is sleeping with my mattress-side leg extended straight while the opposite leg is bent at the hip as knee (as it would be when seated). this has turned out, by far, to be the most comfortable position for me, and alleviates any soreness in hips/lower back