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[keith bellinger <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Ouch, been there way too often. Nothing helps me as much as alternating 
heat and cold. There's a website explaining it here:

http://www.spine-health.com/topics/cd/firstaid/firstaid01.html


Gene GeRue wrote:
> I hurt my back somehow, perhaps installing the connections behind a 
> pedestal sink in too-little space. Bed rest, Ibuprofen and Ben Gay 
> patches finally ended that misery but the morning the back pain 
> disappeared, sciatica took its place. I hang from my chin-up bar to 
> stretch the back on the theory that opening the spaces between the 
> vertebra will relieve the pressure on the nerve. I also do the exercise 
> where you lie on your back and pull knees toward you. But so far, ten 
> days now, only acetaminophen and Ibuprofen keep me operable. Does anyone 
> have suggestions that have worked for them?

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For by your words you will be justified          Keith Bellinger
And by your words you will be condemned          bartermn AT epix.net