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Totally sympathize on back issues. I will say getting your pelvic floor issues fixed can be a total life changer. I didn't even realize I had them but it can make a huge difference.
Thank you Lisa. I’m struggling and getting depressed because I can’t live life the way I want- I’m so limited and it’s frustrating. I’m walking better but my sciatic is pinched and I’m going crazy from that relentless pain😫😖
Yes ma’am🥰I’m doing my best to rest. We are “back out” of town again. Pun intended. Spending time between meal preps lying down with my feet up for relief😅
I'm So sorry you're in so much pain! I hope you're feeling better by now! I would totally bring you a meal and snacks and help out if I lived nearby! 💕
Ellen we started daily posterior chain exercises and I know eventually they will help but I had only just started when I also started gardening 😅We looked up videos on RU-vid for the exercises and wrote them on the white board in a common area we can do then throughout the day- preferably first thing in the morning we stretch and exercise. But sometimes these old backs are stubborn after 20+ years of carrying my body wrong to overcompensate for pain. You know how it is. I hope you find something that helps make you stronger in your core and supporting muscles. 🌻🌻🌻
I also have chronic pain too. I am getting a spinal injection on Monday. Sometimes I can barely walk. I have a herniated disc and it can get extremely painful. So I know how you feel. Please take care of yourself. The key is to not overdo. Have a good time on your trip. Love your family. 😊
I have a referral for the spinal injections- I cancelled my last appointment cause I was scared of the GA they wanted to use in me because of my anxiety level- I get shaky and they didn’t want me shaking when they do it. So I have forgone. But I really need relief. It’s awful as you know- walking can at times be excruciating. The cane really helps take some of the weight off my stepping. Hope you get relief!!!
When you ask for help, you allow people to show you they love you 😊 I hope you can rest, exercise and get well soon, cause chronic pain is the worst. I finally feel better, and so will you!
Katie. Praying for healing and relief of pain dear. And yet you still suck it up and smile. I’m so very proud of you !! Great momma and God loves you as we all do !! Glad to hear Aaron is so busy. I bet he’s happy. And grateful he helps you. I know that’s harder on you ,I lived that life too with 6 plus kids. I fully understand ! Keep the positive vibes and I’ll be praying for yall. How’s the garden coming? Mmmm that toasted marshmallow creamer sounds good. I need to try that
Back pain is the worst. Yes, pull that belly button in to tighten and support those muscles, and you will have less back pain. I had that for years but got the tummy tight. Prayers for healing...
I hope that you feel better! I never had any back problems until the birth of my daughter, and now there are some days where I can barely get out of bed-The chiropractor helps me as well, but also just being kind and nice to myself, helps me! Also, for the food girl, you feed your kids so healthy! Even most of your snacks are not that bad! Be kind to yourself that way too. Your babies are running all around getting so much energy out a little bit of sugary carbs is not gonna kill them. I pray your trip is good and that you give yourself a lot of grace.l
Hope your back will improve! I injured my back in 2014. The only way I can prevent flare ups of pain is to see the chiropractor once a month to keep things aligned. Glad you have a good chiropractor!
Yes she is great!! I need to be a better more consistent patient like you. I think after the past 6 months of flares- I have some abdominal pain issues too I’m dealing with so when one part of my body flares, everything else does too. It’s a viscous cycle. I hurt my back in 2000 as a teenager. Allopathic MDs told me I was too young for back pain so they didn’t investigate despite me telling them I had impact to my back. They assumed my pain was running related because I was a long distance runner and competed. Then a CHIROPRACTOR told me to get scans cause I had major inflammation. After years of being mistreated in PT for the wrong diagnosis, we discovered I had herniated discs and the PT and running was aggravating it. I have been through years and years of pain management treatments and PT. I stopped all of it when I became a mom. I am now trying to heal again. Slowly and surely I will. Thanks for watching.
I hope so- it’s been 24 years of trying to live normal with chronic back pain. I had too much fun with extreme sports in my youth- little known fact- I raced motocross… and crashed a big motorcycle many times. Lucky to be alive and walking after all the wild things I lived through.
I had the big twist and crack last week with a different provider out of desperation, cause she was booked, and I was worse off after. She seems to target very specific areas and doesn’t do the one size crack all that some of the other (typically male chiros in my experience) do. She also documents it all and the other guys just see as many patients as they possibly can. I was a skeptic about the activator, but I have seen so many chiros in the last 24 years that I FINALLY know what helps me. Any bit helps at this point. 😅thanks for watching!!!
I’m rowing the same boat with you. Had a car accident at the end of 2016 and I’ve been living in pain since. I go by the pain scale. If I’m below 5 then I can do things. If I’m 6 or 7 I slow down. If I’m an 8 or above I take an ice pack to bed and R.E.S.T. (Reset Every System Time). Listen to your body. Your family is counting on you. The are waiting and wanting to help you. It is part of where they get their worth. Let them give you the love that you give them. Let them have that joy too. ❤
That’s a good pain scale. I was a 6-8 yesterday depending on what movement a 10😫 before treatment and I’m about a 4/5 today. I’m resting and moving slow. I keep getting those knee jerk muscle spasms that make me yelp out. Trying to breathe and relax but everything is guarded. 😅 I’ve been in bed a lot the last month with ice heat alternating. I like my HigherDose mat the most. It helps my muscles relaxx x x
@@RowesRising yes. Those sudden jerk pangs of pain are a real kick in the aspirations. The pain scale I s the only way I can get anything resembling productivity done. Today I woke a 3 so I got up and went to 8:00 Mass as today is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics. But it was at a different church in our parish than the one I usually go to and the pews were not comfortable at all for my spine. Since I came back at a 6. I made tea and rested. Then I got up at a 5 and made nut butter and vacuum packed the remaining nuts. Now I am a 7 and have ice on my neck. I praise God for the bad days as well as the good so that I might recognize the good days and it strengthens me for what God has in store for me in heaven.
I can’t seem to stop myself- it’s insanity I tell ya. I need therapy😫🥴 My brain says “Katie, you are good enough- get out there!” While my body is screaming “nooooooooooo somebody stop this lady!” I don’t stop until I’m physically incapable of moving without yelling in pain. Then I rest. Stupid I know. After 24 years of chronic back pain you’d think I’d learn. My pain doc said I won’t injure myself further- I’ll just be in pain. He should have said I would cause more damage- maybe I’d slow down.
I am hoping you feel better soon! My chiropractor uses a clicker too and it is amazing how well they work. I think the snack food you have chosen for your family is as healthy as it can be when you are struggling. Take it easy and take help and my prayers for healing are coming your way.
Katie, try putting 2 pillows under your knees when lying in bed. I do that to take pressure off my sacrum. It helps me alot bfor I got my ajustable bed.
That’s seems to be the only way I can rest is flat on my back with my feet elevated. Ahhhh sweet relief, Carol. I’m looking into those beds for this next half of life. Definitely would make life easier for Aaron and I when we are down. 🌻🌻🌻🌻
Sonia we can’t just stop living- sometimes we have to rest- but the moment I’m moving about better I’m back out doing stupid lifts- those darn tomato planters got me. 👩🏼🌾
It’s complicated. Mostly, after 14 years of me being alone while he travels, I’m ready to not be alone with the kids while he travels. It’s been too hard on me over the years, and I just need him to help me with these kids. I’ve stayed home alone in pain having to care for infants and toddlers- it’s really hard and stressful, and I always end up sick with ENT infections from the stress (I have an immune deficiency in addition to chronic back and stomach pain) He’s a disabled veteran. So we need to be together for support. We don’t have anyone else. So if he leaves me alone at home- I’m up a creek with 5 kids. If he travels alone- I might have to drive 30min-5hours to pick him up on the side of the road…been there. I’ve stayed home alone with the kids when I’ve been in bad shape, and he has had friends travel with him. It’s really hard either way. I prefer keeping us all together because we are all we have. 🌻🌻🌻
Oh my goodness, I am so glad that we have a blueberry orchard and if we don't get enough from that, we have a gigantic orchard nearby that we go pick at. Our neighbor brought over some food that her MIL always brings from the food pantry and it had frozen blueberries in it. I opened it up for my husband to use for kombucha and for us to eat in our sourdough pancakes. Yuck, I forgot the difference in taste from fresh picked from our orchard compared to what they sell in the stores. Something else that I wish i could share with you...mmmmm fresh blueberries. Even after being frozen, they taste better. Make time for your excercises and stretching. You need this and your kid's need Momma feeling better. I can 100% relate to your back problems. I am FINALLY after 6 months of little sleep and suffering, I am finally starting to feel better. I am really guilty of putting myself last and not doing what should be done to feel better. No matter what, I'll take advantage of even 1 minute to do a quick exercise that helps my sciatica. Get yourself a SI belt and wear that often. It helps SOOOO MUCH!
Minna I was looking at blue berry bush plants $10 each. Is that a good deal? I just don’t know about this climate- it’s so hard to grow here I don’t want to waste money. Aaron keeps saying we are moving- we are just getting his next career sorted. So I’ve held off planting anything expensive. But at $10 a bag of blueberries… plants would be worth it!!! Minna the sleep is so bad- every movement in bed takes 10 minutes and it’s so painful to switch positions, get into and out of bed. Horrible! The mat I lay on to rest has helped so much!!! The heat helps my muscles relax. The muscle spasms are so severe I look like my spine is crooked with my hips one side and my chest way over- it’s crazy looking!!! I’m doing the exercises but I guess I need a lot more time. I do my belly to spine and all my posterior chain exercises daily. But lifting diet wheelbarrows uphill etc and building that shed… I just don’t quit unless I can’t move.
@@RowesRising OMG, I know that pain. Can't get comfortable and moving from side to side just praying I can fall asleep and moaning in pain when i flip back and forth. Heating pad is about our only friend. Get some whole cayenne, soak them in castor oil and slather that on your back. I use the castor oil packs and then i will use one of those slim trimmer wrap thingy's and wrap it around my hips and back at tight at I can. I think that has helped my sciatica nerve pain heal. I'm still hurting but it's really mild compared to the last 6 months. When I'm brushing my teeth, I'll do side leg lifts, I'll use my 2 yr old as a weight when i lay on the floor and do leg lifts. We count together and she likes feeling like she is flying. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 She is my weight when i do my pelvis lifts. I cringe in pain when I'm doing them, but everytime I'm done with them, the pain is almost gone. Stretching in bed before I go to sleep. I can stretch my hip flexors the best in bed. It all hurts when i do it, but when im done, i feel so much better. FINALLY getting some sleep. I now wake up around 3 or 4 am hurting. I'll take that over crying in pain all night long. And yes, they say that if we see a chiropractor for this, that the clicky thing does way more for us than actually getting cracked. I see my massage specialist once a month and she was happy with me last Tuesday at my appointment. I hate excercises, but if I do them here and there quickly throughout the day, then I'll keep at it. I'd rather walk.
@@RowesRising OH and we have nasty winters here, some years are worse than others and blueberries survive. They actually prefer cold winters. I'd definitely wait to see where y'all plan on landing first. Search and see if y'all have any blueberry orchards around. We usually wake up early, grab our buckets and make it a family outing. Picking blueberries for the year. And my kid's do a lot of eating them when we pick. 🤣😂
@minnamae25 maybe I’ll go buy 5… I want to designate a whole area to them so I would need to add more fencing. 🤺 (that emoji just popped up and my momma was in fencing in college)
@minnamae25 it’s like being 10 months pregnant again😅😂😂😂😂 I went and had the big back crack last week and I left there in way more pain and I was worse for the trip. Then yesterday she did the little thing and I’m doing about 50% better already. Still pain but I’m standing up straight and I don’t look like an S from the front and back. She actually tests my to see what needs adjusting. I told the other chiro and he just starts doing the same crack he did to the 15 patients he saw in 10 minutes before me. I’m not kidding is a $$$$. I walked out worse. But my lady chiro takes time, checks everything and adjusts gently and I stood up straight and was able to grocery shop. 😅I definitely over did it yesterday- I need to chill today. Tomorrow I go back to her. I was desperate last week and she didn’t have openings so I ended up somewhere else. My bad.
My grandma is a chiropractor and I call the clicky thing her protractor 😂 I have no idea why I've called it that my whole life. I think its called an activator
Yes activator! I cannot remember that for some reason. The chiropractor that helped me 22 years ago and validated me that I had something wrong- she used one. I haven’t had a chiro that used one since until I found this current lady. And now I’m considering a career in chiropractic care cause I believe it works so well.
@@RowesRising agreed it's amazing, I had it all the time growing up so we were lucky. I didn't know until I was adult that people didn't get it as a regular thing. Now if I don't get an adjustment for I while I can really feel it. I have an aunt and an uncle that's a chiropractor as well and I feel like chiropractors learn way more about nutrition than even our regular family drs do. I know that depends on the doctor though.
I so feel for you Katie.I wish I lived closer to you (I am in central Iowa) We would go for a all day girls spa day.facials, massages, pedicures,comfy robes and slippers.Relaxing the mind and body. Hope you get to feeling better my friend
