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NetworkGroover

September 08, 2015, 11:48:49 AM
It's really hard to study while on norco, ibuprofen, and muscle relaxers...  :partay:
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deanwebb

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September 08, 2015, 12:02:24 PM
What happened? You have an operation recently?
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routerdork

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September 08, 2015, 12:06:14 PM
Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll.... :rock:
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Nerm

#3
September 08, 2015, 12:28:41 PM
 :kidwoohoo:

NetworkGroover

#4
September 08, 2015, 02:09:14 PM
Quote from: Nerm on September 08, 2015, 12:28:41 PM
:kidwoohoo:

Haha Nerm it's more like  :awesome: followed by "zzZzzZzz"
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NetworkGroover

#5
September 08, 2015, 02:13:43 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on September 08, 2015, 12:02:24 PM
What happened? You have an operation recently?

Nah not nearly as exciting... I somehow injured my back.  I was going to wait till today to schedule something with my doc but it started hurting really bad for no reason yesterday so I was freaking out it may be something else, so I went to Urgent Care.  I felt stupid when the doc told me it was probably just a spasm/sprain.  I never go to the hospital and he had obviously checked my record and saw that the last time I was given any medication was a muscle relaxer back in 2010, so he probably saw I wasn't just trying to get meds, so he hooked me up. ;)

Towards the end he asked if I had kids and it clicked that it may have been from throwing my kids around the pool the other day... damn it sucks getting old....
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deanwebb

#6
September 08, 2015, 03:52:35 PM
When I have back spasms, I reach for my cold pack and apply that for 20 minutes, then 2 hours of heating pad. Repeat later in the day. After a day or two or three of this, things are much, much better.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

NetworkGroover

#7
September 08, 2015, 04:21:43 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on September 08, 2015, 03:52:35 PM
When I have back spasms, I reach for my cold pack and apply that for 20 minutes, then 2 hours of heating pad. Repeat later in the day. After a day or two or three of this, things are much, much better.

Eesh - this is the first time something like that's happened to me. Hopefully it doesn't happen again any time soon, but good to know.

I really need to get a better chair, too.... looking at either Steelcase or Aeron but the wife doesn't want me blowing a wad of cash on an expensive chair until we move into a house where I'll actually have a real office. ;)
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deanwebb

#8
September 08, 2015, 06:41:08 PM
I'm 47. "Watch your back" has a whole different meaning for oldsters like me. Lifting, sitting, how I sit as I drive, I gotta take all that into careful consideration.

And then there's sciatica...
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#9
September 09, 2015, 07:29:48 AM
need to google some back exercises and start doing them to build up the muscles in your back.

I had bad issues years ago. spend a good number of them doing the above, knock on wood, i've had no issues since.

here i googled for you

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/multimedia/back-pain/sls-20076265?s=1
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

NetworkGroover

#10
September 09, 2015, 10:50:31 AM
Quote from: ristau5741 on September 09, 2015, 07:29:48 AM
need to google some back exercises and start doing them to build up the muscles in your back.

I had bad issues years ago. spend a good number of them doing the above, knock on wood, i've had no issues since.

here i googled for you

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/multimedia/back-pain/sls-20076265?s=1

Before I got sick and then got this back issue, I regularly went to a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class, and worked out on off days.  I've never had an issue like this before.  That's why I was kinda freaked out about it and went to urgent care instead of my regular doc - I thought there was something wrong lol...

But I wouldn't be surprised since I'm getting older, and lord knows my time in the Navy I was always humping something... ammo cans, mooring lines, my fellow shipmates, etc.

But yes - I've seen several mentions on health forums I occasionally glance at mention doing lower back exercises to alleviate issues like this, so I'll likely give it a shot if this becomes a chronic issue and not some freak incident. 
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ChestHair

#11
September 10, 2015, 07:08:37 PM
Two books pretty much saved my way of life after a self inflicted back injury.

1) Becoming a Supple Leopard, by Kelly Starrett

2) Foundation, by Eric Goodman

It took a little time, but I'm back at 100%. The hard part is remembering the preventive maintenance once the pain stops nagging at you.

deanwebb

#12
September 10, 2015, 09:08:15 PM
Quote from: ChestHair on September 10, 2015, 07:08:37 PM
Two books pretty much saved my way of life after a self inflicted back injury.

1) Becoming a Supple Leopard, by Kelly Starrett

2) Foundation, by Eric Goodman

It took a little time, but I'm back at 100%. The hard part is remembering the preventive maintenance once the pain stops nagging at you.


QFT

If you have enough good days in a row, it's so easy to forget that you're not having bad days because of your preventative measures.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.
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