Originally Posted by
LGHT
I tried a chiropractor once and it was a waste of time. After all the test, xray's and adjustments he basically said I have a weak core and gave me a few sheets of paper with various exercises on them. Ironically it was the same advice I gotten here BEFORE I spent all that time and effort. Bottom line is you need to HTFU!
No, with persistent pain, she need to see a good MD. Let the MD decide whether the problem is muscular, in which case a PT will probably be referred, or whether it is structural, in which case, either a surgeon or chiropractor may be referred. Heck, even for structural, the MD may refer a PT to see if exercises can help in her situation.
Telling someone who has persistent pain to "HTFU" is very dangerous. She should go see an MD to determine the cause of the pain. And if the MD does refer her to a PT, the PT can give her exercises to relieve the pain, and the PT will probably make her HTFU, but in a controlled setting where she won't do more damage to her back.
And stop carrying the backpack on your back, while you have the pain. Get a pack that you can roll around. And if you use a camelbak, stop using that until your back issues are behind you. The first thing to do is to stop doing more damage to the area.
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