[pct-l] Back injury exercises?

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@aol.com)]

Stept
 
Your in the same shoes several of us who I know are suffering from. I tore  
my meniscus, that's the cushion between the joints my knee. All went well, with 
 that. Then because of not exercising my back went our. I had an x ray done 
and  was sent to physical therapy. They have a spa were I do pool exercises and 
then  I am also put on a traction machine which is great. I also go on my own 
to a  Chiropractor and get a back correction plus a message.
 
I am fortunate to have insurance that covers most. You have to be careful  of 
exercising. I did exercising on my own first and did more damage without  
consulting a doctor. A doctor visit and the x ray or even an MRI would  point our 
your problem.
 
 
In a message dated 8/3/2005 6:58:02 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
taurodea@gmail.com writes:

As luck  would have it, I've sprained my back a month and a half away
from local  hiking season. Seems the extreme physical exertion of
walking into my  office yesterday morning was far too much for even a
seasoned cubicle  warrior such as myself. One false move had me down
for the  count.

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest, once I recover well enough  to
walk and stand (much less sit up without crying like a little  girl),
simple exercises I can do to stretch and strengthen my stomach  and
back.

My doctor has suggested a few small exercises, but I  wanted to hear
from my backpacker community to see if there was any special  insight
given the things we demand of our backs. I had hoped to go out  and
take my very first solo backpacking trips this season, training for  my
'07 thru. Now, I hope simply for a few scaled-down day-hikes  hopefully
by Halloween...

This makes me wonder how a back injury is  handled out on the trail.

Any suggestions would be most wonderful.  Thanks!!

Steph
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