oasis, have you ever been on a inversion table?

No mate as yet anti-inflammatories apart I've received no treatment, going to see an orthopedic specialist on Thursday though.

It's hard to be humble when I'm so great...

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize...Muhammad Ali

Well I had serious back pain for 17 years, spent a fortune on physio's, Osteopaths, accupunture..you name it, in the end I had to do something, so I went to my doc where he sent me to a spine clinic where I had an X-ray done. The results showed I had DDD in the L4 vertebra. The surgeon suggested two options for me, firstly surgery where he would fuse the spine which would 'take out' of play my worn disc - the success rate would be about 60% - not fantastic! The second option was that over time the spine would fuse itself naturally, but this could be at any time, possibly many years. I went away and thought it over...it was over this period that I read about inversion. There are many articles on the net about this and worth reading, anyway(sorry if I'm boring you lol)I decided to take the plunge and buy a table - what did I have to lose? Surgeon said it was worth a try before surgery....I can tell you mate, I haven't looked back, I couldn't even put my socks on in the morning before, throughout the day I would bend my knees to pick things up...now, 18 months on, I have no back pain at all....nothing! I don't even use the table now, don't need too...thought I'd just share this with you, something just to think about maybe!?

Well if all else fails that's worth taking note of, I have little faith in Physios as it happens.

It's hard to be humble when I'm so great...

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize...Muhammad Ali

I'm only 26 but thought I'd give this a look out of interest and gents, you've given me so much to look forward to!

I appreciate there's a difference between acute and chronic iunjuries and the ones I've had are acute and you guys sound like you're nursing a lot of chronic injuries built up over time. That said, it sounds like foam rolling, trigger point therapy and general posture and flexibility work might be a big help for some of you guys.

Fractured my spine in December 2005 from a horse riding accident.....Now have osteoarthritus in my Spine,hips and both shoulders plus tennis elbows both elbows  and pain on the inside of both arms from the elbows in?
I struggle with stairs going up but can run down quite easy. 52 on the 29th Sept 2009......But I try not to let this get me down. Just had a steriod injection in my  right shoulder due to the pain. May need an operation to shave the coller bone?I'm a lorry driver of 20years but do unload my Somerfield  Stock in roll cages that are over 500kgs each and I have 44 every day sometimes....And I am only 5ft 3ins tall.

I have a dodgy knee thanks to years of road running and a surgeon trying to help make it right. I also do an awful lot of crunching around my shoulders but as I still have full range of movement so that may be just age related.

I have a lower back problem that raises its ugly head every now and again,
causing severe pain that I can not stand up straight and have to walk around hunched over like Quazimodo.
But this was injury caused by a faulty trailer door at work around 8 years ago.

Getting there slowly............

Arthritis in my pelvis, I'm now under a Rhuematoid specialist I have to see twice a year for the remainder of.

It's hard to be humble when I'm so great...

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize...Muhammad Ali