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"VivienB" wrote:

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:17:50 +0100, Sacha
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Have you done the lying on the floor with your head on a telephone
director
thing (or something the thickness of a telephone directory!) It
does
seem
to help relax things quite a lot. This time of year seems to
result in
'gardener's back' for so many people. ;-(

I have not yet tried lying on the floor - I can imagine it would
help.
As it happens, it was not gardening that started the problem, but it
does seem to have aggravated it slightly. I have not been prone to
back problems to date, but this may be a warning to thosw who are!

It might be a good idea to see a chiropractor before it gets worse or
'set'.
People tend to put it off and then think the problem has gone away but
quite
often it's just that the body has adjusted itself to a different
position
which, over time, exacerbates the problem.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Rotten things sore backs, I am now after 5 weeks able to function
without
industrial strength pain killers/anti inflammatory, in my case its
sitting
that is the most painful/uncomfortable thing so going to plant sales in
the
van has been sore. My back incidentally doesn't hurt at all, its the
cramps
down my leg that won't go away, and all I did was lean under the
greenhouse
bench for a tray of plants!!

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
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What do you mean by cramps Charlie? Where exactly are the cramps are
they down one leg, two? Front, side or back of leg?

It sounds, on the surface like a soft tissue injury but that shouldn't
case any cramping.

Judith

Down the back of my right leg, now retreated to just the buttock, but were
all the way down into my calf during the first week, I do not as a rule get
cramp and have in the past been (slightly!) unsympathetic to being woken in
the middle of the night by my otherwise lovely wife rampaging around the
bedroom on one leg and swearing but I now get the point, it hurts especially
if it wont go away.
Still I can just about touch my toes again which is a blessing as I kept
seeing weeds then regretting the swift bend to remove same!
The thing I found worked best was to keep changing what I was doing so 5
mins at the key board followed by 10 mins weeding etc. I am fortunate as I
think in time it will mend, and I do not suffer from asthma so was able to
take the pills.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
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I was going to say sciatica Charlie which is usually buttock to knee.
My other half says that as it is getting better probably a bt of that
and also straining ligaments, muscles etc.

Did you know that A&E in hospitals are so busy at this time of year,
mostly with garden related problems, backs usually, disc problems and
injuries to feet etc with forks, spades!!!

I hope you get completely better soon.

Judith