Ashkit 0 #1 December 14, 2007 Did you ever get a lower back pain the next day after a line twist? Did it go away completely? Mine happened last Saturday and I've been to the chiropractor 3 times and I'm still having trouble getting up and some movements are very painful... I'm hoping for a full recovery, Dr. says he thinks I bulged a disk but that it can go back if I continue the traction and keep icing it... Well? Did you ever?Whether you think you can or can't either way you're right! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #2 December 14, 2007 I've messed mine up a few times, but not from jumping (slips/work). It seems (at least in my case) that I'm more prone to re-injuring it now, but I could be mistaken in that...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhatter 0 #3 December 14, 2007 Linetwists causing a back injury? Nope, nevre experienced or heard of it. Question might be what happened before opening. Could something besides packing have caused the linetwists? Did you have an exceptionally hard opening? Funny body position just before opening? I have a degenerating disc between L4-5 & between some extreme openings including 2 LT spirals have never attributed pain in my lower back to openings. Used to jump a Peregrine (SA version of Excalibur) - a 7 cell tribrace that WHACKS on opening & still no problems. "Stepping down" on landing can screw you up pretty good though. That is if there's an existing problem... Anyhoo - hope you feel better soon. Don't let it put you off for too long! A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! D.S # 125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #4 December 14, 2007 I had a bulging disk in the early nineties and it has never completely gone away. It was triggered at work but was the culmination of years of stuff including bad openings and one particularly poor landing. Some days my back is better than others, but it is a permanent condition of my life. The chiropractor will help you with the initial pain but IMHO will not promote healing. For that you must re-assess virtually everything you do. Is your couch worn out? Do you slouch when you read? What about your car? Work? I got a little lumbar cushion from the orthopedic store for ~$25.00; it was really helpful in changing my sitting posture. My physio told me that it was common to get this type of injury in your late twenties, to have it largely go away in your thirties, and to have it return in your forties. This is precisely what my experience has been. If I allow my physical conditioning to slip, my back gets sore. If I get lazy about my posture, my back gets sore, and yes, when I get a bad opening, my back gets sore. One conclusion I have come to though is that I can skydive and have a sore back, or I can have a sore back. Stretch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashkit 0 #5 December 14, 2007 Thanks for the reply! Whether you think you can or can't either way you're right! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 December 14, 2007 Quote Thanks for the reply! You're very welcome.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashkit 0 #7 December 14, 2007 Actually, I didn't even have a problem until the next day. And yes, I was in a poor body position, I looked back to see what was going on cause it seemed like it was taking a while and just then it was opening and twisted up like 4 1/2 times, I had to kick like hell to get it to stop twisting up and then untwist it... But I did another jump after that because at that time I had no pain or anything. It wasn't til I woke up the next day that everything started hurting... Real Bad.Whether you think you can or can't either way you're right! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashkit 0 #8 December 14, 2007 Yeah, I too need to keep in shape to feel good. I usually do yoga pretty regularly and I'm pretty good with posture but maybe cause it was so cold that day and then kicking out of that twist and all. I don't know I could have had a little bit of a hard or weird landing and I wouldn't even know it sometimes I get so pumped up ya know..Whether you think you can or can't either way you're right! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuFantasma 0 #9 December 14, 2007 I had back surgery (L5/S1) and what works wonders for me is an inversion table ... try i t...Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo". - Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #10 December 14, 2007 and you're a professional skydiver!? respect..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #11 December 14, 2007 Quote I had back surgery (L5/S1) and what works wonders for me is an inversion table ... try i t... A friend of mine from high school's dad had L5-S1 as his license plate because he had surgery on that vertabrae. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashkit 0 #12 December 14, 2007 I do have an om gym that I hang upside down on but I don't think I'm there yet..Whether you think you can or can't either way you're right! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhatter 0 #13 December 14, 2007 I'm not a doctor, but have a bad history of injuries from falls (from horses! no pun intendedIt sounds like it 'could' be more of a severe sprain... Have you been on anti-inflammatories or the like for this? I have a very good reflexologist-cum-phsio-cum-chiro who prefers stretching & relaxation above the normal chiro-manipulation. A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! D.S # 125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #14 December 14, 2007 I do have a bulging disc in my lower back. Probably caused initially by a very hard butt landing when wind rotors collapsed my canopy back when I had 50 jumps. It manifested 7 years later as pain and numbness down my left leg after I had a twinge while trying to carry too much weight in firewood into the front door of my house. Ended up going to the hospital 3 times every 2 weeks for steroid shots into the spinal cavity where the bad disc is. I've been touch and go ever since, as long as I don't lift too much weight of anything or keep my back as straight as possible when I do, I'm okay."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashkit 0 #15 December 14, 2007 No, I didn't have the xrays yet. Dr. said if it's not 50% next week that he'd send me for a mri.. I am taking lots of motrin and icing and heating alternating... It's definitely improving but real slow..Whether you think you can or can't either way you're right! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #16 December 14, 2007 Quote No, I didn't have the xrays yet. Dr. said if it's not 50% next week that he'd send me for a mri.. I am taking lots of motrin and icing and heating alternating... It's definitely improving but real slow.. MRI is the best choice. That is how the doctors found my bulging disc. Thank God I didn't go to the chiropractor for that one! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashkit 0 #17 December 14, 2007 thats funny, the second day I had numbness going down my left leg and in my back too, but it went away. I'm hopin for a complete recovery! Whether you think you can or can't either way you're right! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
