A question about back injury and kayaking

[Fishngolf70]

Hey Mike I've had similar issues with my nerve causing numbness all the way to my toes and top of foot. Went to a chiropractor and saw him a couple times a week for about a month but he fixed me up. Back started feeling better quickly but nerve damage takes longer to heal and lasted over a month but eventually went away. I would go that route before surgery or even the steroids. They treat the cause and make the symptoms go away, first time and I am now a big believer.

[2-Stix]

Hi Mike,
I have had years of lower back pain (construction and sport abuse), dislocated shoulder (dirtbike over the bars on a down hill), broken wrist (stuffed a tree dirt biking) and a hip issue(wresting injury in high school in the early 90's). I was unable to sleep threw the night from the shoulder, constant pain in most of the areas listed above at different times. I have been going to a very naturalpathoic/homopathic chiropractor and nutritionist for about 8 years. I can tell you that the shoulder took about 4-6 months of hard core care, the back is solid 95% of the time, the wrist has just a bit of ache here and there with abuse rock climbing and construction work, and the hip that bugged me for 18 years is now not bothering me as of 2 months ago. Its a longer path, but a better long term result.

[jorluivil]

its called 'getting old'.

[ful-rac]

Greg has sciatica going down both legs...it only hurts a lot all the time...he doesn't let it slow him down though. He just lives with the pain....


To tell you the truth...I think the fucker likes it...


I guess the pain of not going fishing is a pain he is just not willing to bare...

[alanw]

Some people deal with pain better than others, Greg must be one of them. I've had sciatic nerve pain a few times, it would be damn hard to have to learn to live with that.

[alanw]

My son has sciatica. The doctor referred him to physical therapy a few times a week for a few months which helped him out immensely. He now knows the proper stretching techniques and can usually stop the pain right when he feels it coming on by himself, or at least limit it to tolerable levels. If you have a slipped disk then you're on the right track to having it evaluated, but rest it and hopefully you can avoid back surgery. As far as fishing, you already know that you can't really do anything with that sort of pain going on. Good luck!