[pct-l] i injured my back ... advice ?

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

Typical treatment technique of injury

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/rehab/a/rice.htm




2011/2/16 Jim Bravo <jimbravo2 at gmail.com>:
> Paul:
>
> Heat is very good to loosen the muscles, but only after any swelling or
> inflammation is GONE, otherwise you can make it worse. I fell 20+ feet off a
> ladder onto my tailbone in 1980 (old guys always give the date). Heat still
> helps my back.
>
> Jim
>
> On Feb 15, 2011 6:28 PM, "Toby Maxwell" <tmm19 at geneseo.edu> wrote:
>
> I recently had an athletically induced back injury that was diagnosed by an
> orthopedist as purely muscle related.  It took about 2 months to heal
> completely.  The doctor prescribed me Skelaxin (metaxalone), a muscle
> relaxant that helped significantly (unlike vicodin it doesn't really impair
> you which is nice) in addition to some really mild stretches: lie on your
> back, bring one knee to chest, put it back down, other knee, then both
> knees.  After I started feeling like I was recovering daily stretching/yoga
> was incredibly valuable.  Its probably most important to make sure that its
> muscle related rather than something else because that'll help determine if
> stretching is good or bad for it.
>
> good luck!
>
> -Toby
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Melanie Clarke <melaniekclarke at gmail.com
>>wrote:
>
>
>> Dear Paul,
>>
>> This sounds like a serious injury and I would follow the course of
>> healing presc...
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