Comments on: The Pain Business http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/10/04/the-pain-business/ Here to get your hopes up. Sun, 20 May 2012 22:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: www.fitnessbook.info » The Pain Business http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/10/04/the-pain-business/#comment-437 www.fitnessbook.info » The Pain Business Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:14:42 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/10/04/the-pain-business/#comment-437 [...] Arlene wrote a fantastic post today on “The Pain Business”Here’s ONLY a quick extractPerhaps it’s another type of mind-power that explains why the paragraph that helped me the most was the one that started out saying that “85 percent of patients who suffer from low back pain cannot be given a precise diagnosis,” then … [...] [...] Arlene wrote a fantastic post today on “The Pain Business”Here’s ONLY a quick extractPerhaps it’s another type of mind-power that explains why the paragraph that helped me the most was the one that started out saying that “85 percent of patients who suffer from low back pain cannot be given a precise diagnosis,” then … [...]

]]> By: Daniel Burstyn http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/10/04/the-pain-business/#comment-436 Daniel Burstyn Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:42:32 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/10/04/the-pain-business/#comment-436 I'll show this to my sister, who's following a conservative regimen (no surgery) for a herniated disc, and, as her doctor tells her, is a poster child for it. She's doing much better after 8 months, but still can't sit through a movie. But I won't show it to my friend who had two surgeries on her back for the same thing, only after the second one feeling better. It would likely send her back for a third surgery. Hang in there, and do your physical therapy. It helps to have an employer who will reengineer your workspace, too. Try a standing desk, or an arm thingy that can allow your computer to be at sitting or standing level, as you prefer from moment to moment. I’ll show this to my sister, who’s following a conservative regimen (no surgery) for a herniated disc, and, as her doctor tells her, is a poster child for it. She’s doing much better after 8 months, but still can’t sit through a movie.

But I won’t show it to my friend who had two surgeries on her back for the same thing, only after the second one feeling better. It would likely send her back for a third surgery.

Hang in there, and do your physical therapy. It helps to have an employer who will reengineer your workspace, too. Try a standing desk, or an arm thingy that can allow your computer to be at sitting or standing level, as you prefer from moment to moment.

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