welcome to camp telophase

...of people on my friendslist coming down with back problems. If you haven't been following my LJ long (and even if you ahve), you probably don't know that I recently spent almost two years in serious pain because I pulled a ligament in my back hauling heavy luggage up and down stairs during a trip in England, and three months later graduated, had no job, and therefore had no health insurance and so went without treatment for a long time. I eventually got employed and treated and my back, while not at the level it was before I injured it, is significantly better. It's got its bad times (like this past week and a half, started due to sleeping on a hotel mattress the weekend of the 17th), but I can actually do things like stand up for ten minutes at a time without crippling myself for the next 24 hours.

Anyway, this random collection of advice from a non-doctor goes out to all of you who have been having back problems. Feel free to add any advice you may have.

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A Christmas-themed post will probably show up later tonight or tomorrow.