Back pain. Do you have it?

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Originally Posted by foomanto

had a few ruptured discs about 10 years ago. i did not need fusing they just went in and removed the jelly from the donut so to speak.

Totally different ball game here.

Originally Posted by mikeyj23

Lower back pain here - degenerative discs as well, The core exercises are best for now, but I'm pretty sure (and certainly praying) that in 30 years when it gets a lot worse they'll be able to slap in fake discs pretty easily.

Bingo. I'm figuring, and praying, that at some point the technology will be available to do this.

Originally Posted by vstrommark

Preaching to the choir, my friend...

Yoga helps me quite a bit as do trunk strengthening exercises.
Just started glucosamine + condroitin + msm so it is still too early to tell how that will help, but it seems to help my chronic hand pain (dislocated all the bones in my right hand in a motorcycle accident).

I've been told that getting old ain't for sissies.

Been taking glucosamine chondroitin + msm for a couple of years now. Can't tell any difference, thinking yoga might be good. And getting old damn sure aint for sissies.

Originally Posted by MadAl

Are we talking upper, lower, mid back?

Lower.