Battleangel | Personal

After the MRI I did a while back I’ve been patiently awaiting the results. Turns out they got lost in the mail or whatever. Can you trust anyone to do their job these day? But anyway we’re back on track, and as predicted I had a herniated lumbar disc (L4-L5) of sorts.

Damned if I know what caused the disc injury in the first place. Sitting to much in front of a computer in a bad posture? Or heavy lifting, again in a bad posture perhaps? At any rate I got the distinct impression that these injuries can develop over several stages and can originate with cracks in the disc that could be several years old and then bloom so to speak with a sudden forward or sideway motion.

So I promptly went to a physiotherapist to get some advise on what to do (and more importantly not to do). I’ve now got a solid training program now (and a damn good reason to train) as well as some insight into what I’ve been doing wrong. Like bending forward to pick things up, or even bending forward to brush your teeth. I was surprised at how even the tiniest of things can tip the scales. I’ll also have to be more careful about the shoes and sandals I wear. The sandals I picked up last year at a sale for instance have been an unmitigated disaster from this perspective. Not that I didn’t already know this.