Twenty years of pain
I was in a car accident when I was 16. My sister was driving and unhurt but I twisted vertebrae in my lumbar spine and have pain on and off for the last 20 years. That was a very depressing anniversary to remember. I have periods where it is quite good I may only feel it once in a while but then other times it is constant. I was actually told that I should never close my physio file by my health care professionals when I had my daughter 8 years ago. My problems became chronic because the first injury never healed properly. I find for me keeping up my physiotherapist every 2 to 3 months is what I need. Along with that I need to keep up core strength. I am good at the little exercises but have never been good at the actual exercise. This year I ran in to the challenge of having now developed disk involvement likely due to age. I was having trouble walking up stairs and at 36 that was unacceptable. So I had to breakdown and hired a personal trainer. It is amazing how it actually helped with in two weeks. The pain is not gone I know it never will be. But I refuse to give into the pain. My struggle now is to get into the habit to do this horrible thing called exercise everyday at home.
I just have to remember that it could always be alot worse and do not give in to the depression that pain brings.
Good luck with your back pain management. Get help and deal with it because it does not go away if you ignore it.
