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Can't wait until GMM comes back 
Also....it kind of sucks right now. My bed is putting too much pressure on my lower back (which is where I've been having back issues) and it's causing me pain. My pain has been like at a 0-1.5 (out of 10) throughout the day today (minus when I woke up). And now it's more like at a 3 or 4. -_- And the pain I woke up in today was a 5, which wore off pretty quickly.
It's really stupid. It's not like my mattress is old, either. I dunno if it's just the way I have my bed configured...I dunno. I just wanna sleep so I can get up on time to get to practice.
It's really stupid. It's not like my mattress is old, either. I dunno if it's just the way I have my bed configured...I dunno. I just wanna sleep so I can get up on time to get to practice.
i'm not sure what happened to mess up your back) but when i was an avid gardener, i think my back was pretty much always sore, so i had to learn how to figure that stuff out. well, that and being a very impatient single girl who doesn't like to wait until she has help before moving stuff.
anyway, if your lower back is bugging you during bedtime, one way you can take the pressure off your lower back is by bending your knees, and supporting it with a pillow (if you're a back sleeper). for example, take one or two pillows (depending upon the fluffiness) and put them under your knees. you might have to figure out the configuration by playing with it, but you just need to get a bend in your knee.
also, since i'm a stomach sleeper, that was around the time that i had to learn how to sleep on my side (sleeping on your stomach is kind of verboden if your back is messed up). if you're a side sleeper: one thing that helped me is putting a pillow between my legs which squares your hips and can take pressure off your back too. i think that's around the time i got a body pillow, which worked for the leg pillow configuration.
hopefully you have lots of pillows--though, i've noticed that it's pretty much a requirement for being a chick. try to be mindful of having some body alignment when you're sleeping, with your head, hips and knees all facing in the same direction.
p.s. if you're having chronic back problems, you might want to work on your core and flexibility--which are kind of opposing sides of the same coin. i recommend pilates, which includes lots of core-strengthening and flexibility stuff. it resolved the vast majority of my random back stuff. : ) and if you need more help, you know how to find me. ; p
one more thing: i know you're not much about pharmaceuticals, but this would be a good time to consider an NSAID, if you're not taking anything for pain and inflammation. of all the NSAIDs, aspirin is the most "natural" and mild, from naturally occurring salicylin found in willow trees. the payoff is that they help with pain AND inflammation which is why they can promote healing.
i hope this helps. also, i'm praying for you. : )
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Mustering up courage to replace kitchen faucet..
Watch you tube video : check
Watch second you tube video for good measure: check
Drink at min 3 cups of coffee: check
Dress in confident "I am woman hear me roar gear": check
Spend time procrastinating to work up more courage: check
Super peasy super cheesy right? Right!!
Im off....let the games begin
Watch you tube video : check
Watch second you tube video for good measure: check
Drink at min 3 cups of coffee: check
Dress in confident "I am woman hear me roar gear": check
Spend time procrastinating to work up more courage: check
Super peasy super cheesy right? Right!!
Im off....let the games begin
If you sleep on your back? Try a pillow under your knees. You can adjust it higher or lower under your thighs depending on where you feel most comfortable.
If you sleep on your side, consider a pillow under your calves, and one under your rib cage... as well as your head.
As a woman who has a high hip to waist ratio, these were the things that my chiropractor recommended for me that has helped my own back. Curvier women need different support, and typically a softer bed that can support the changed in elevation physically. Hope this helps you!
(all that on just a sip of caffeine.)
ETA: Or? What Gypsy said. She was far more thorough.
If you sleep on your side, consider a pillow under your calves, and one under your rib cage... as well as your head.
As a woman who has a high hip to waist ratio, these were the things that my chiropractor recommended for me that has helped my own back. Curvier women need different support, and typically a softer bed that can support the changed in elevation physically. Hope this helps you!
(all that on just a sip of caffeine.)
ETA: Or? What Gypsy said. She was far more thorough.
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Anyone who says, "Nobody can drive you crazy if you don't give them the keys!" has never driven on I.H.35 through Austin, Texas during midday traffic.
The watchman told Joram, “The second messenger went to the group, but he has not come back yet. There is a man driving his chariot like a mad man. He is driving furiously like Jehu son of Nimshi.”
The watchman told Joram, “The second messenger went to the group, but he has not come back yet. There is a man driving his chariot like a mad man. He is driving furiously like Jehu son of Nimshi.”
Thank you both.
I don't know myself what happened to my back. I've been having some problems for the past few months. Nothing bad, nothing disabling. But last week I just woke up with SEVERE back pain. But the thing is, I get SO RESTLESS at night. I toss and turn and toss and turn. And it's even worse now with the back issues. I probably just became so restless that I threw my back out from all the tossing and turning. All I know is last week, I thought about taking myself to an urgent care for it because it was so bad (the pain was a 9. One step away from just being on the floor crying in pain and being unable to move). It's been much better since then, but I'm still having issues, and as I said, my bed has NOT been helping.
I've thought about getting a body pillow. I usually sleep with LOTS of pillows on my bed, but right now I only use 3. And one doesn't really count because it's up against the wall. I'm a side sleeper. The worst part is I like to sleep on the very edge of my pillow and I keep one side of my bed up against a wall. There's been 3 or 4 times that I've woken myself up because I've whacked my head against the wall and it was loud and it was painful. Hence the reason there's a pillow there. But I'm going to try some of the things you two have suggested. My mattress that I have, I believe it's a pillow top. So it's not like it's super firm.
I'll have to look up some YouTube videos of some Pilates lol. And yes, I do have a bit of an aversion to pharmaceuticals (crazy as this sounds, it's true. It's been AT LEAST a year since the last pain pill of ANY kind I've ever had). But if it does get to be too unbearable again, I'll try a small dose of aspirin. I probably should have gotten one last week when my pain was actually to the point where I needed one. But stubbornness and stupidity and all that.
I don't know myself what happened to my back.
I've been having some problems for the past few months. Nothing bad, nothing disabling. But last week I just woke up with SEVERE back pain. But the thing is, I get SO RESTLESS at night. I toss and turn and toss and turn. And it's even worse now with the back issues. I probably just became so restless that I threw my back out from all the tossing and turning. All I know is last week, I thought about taking myself to an urgent care for it because it was so bad (the pain was a 9. One step away from just being on the floor crying in pain and being unable to move). It's been much better since then, but I'm still having issues, and as I said, my bed has NOT been helping. I've thought about getting a body pillow. I usually sleep with LOTS of pillows on my bed, but right now I only use 3. And one doesn't really count because it's up against the wall. I'm a side sleeper. The worst part is I like to sleep on the very edge of my pillow and I keep one side of my bed up against a wall. There's been 3 or 4 times that I've woken myself up because I've whacked my head against the wall and it was loud and it was painful. Hence the reason there's a pillow there.
But I'm going to try some of the things you two have suggested. My mattress that I have, I believe it's a pillow top. So it's not like it's super firm. I'll have to look up some YouTube videos of some Pilates lol. And yes, I do have a bit of an aversion to pharmaceuticals (crazy as this sounds, it's true. It's been AT LEAST a year since the last pain pill of ANY kind I've ever had). But if it does get to be too unbearable again, I'll try a small dose of aspirin.
I probably should have gotten one last week when my pain was actually to the point where I needed one. But stubbornness and stupidity and all that. 
Anyone who says, "Nobody can drive you crazy if you don't give them the keys!" has never driven on I.H.35 through Austin, Texas during midday traffic.
The watchman told Joram, “The second messenger went to the group, but he has not come back yet. There is a man driving his chariot like a mad man. He is driving furiously like Jehu son of Nimshi.”
The watchman told Joram, “The second messenger went to the group, but he has not come back yet. There is a man driving his chariot like a mad man. He is driving furiously like Jehu son of Nimshi.”
