I stood up in the surf when snorkeling on Grand Cayman six years ago

and thought I was standing on a rough surface with plenty of traction. Wrong! It was a stone formation covered with slimy seaweed and I dropped like a stone right on my left hip. Also wrenched my right shoulder trying to stop my fall. Pain was immense. Could barely roll over and slither to the beach. There was some numbness down my right leg and upper arm. I went immediately to an ibuprofen and heat/cold compression protocol. Same inability to get in a comfortable sitting or reclining position. By the time we got back to CLT I was really hurting. I tried two different TENS units but the batteries would crap out before any relief happened.

It took about three months before it quit making me yelp with every motion. Gradually subsided so that by today, years later, it still only makes me wince a little especially when I wake up in the morning. Ibuprofen fixes it as well as the Leesa mattress we got a year ago.

Nope, I never went to have it looked at by my doctor.

[Post edited by PhotoHokieNC at 09/15/2020 06:55AM]

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Posted: 09/15/2020 at 06:54AM

To anyone who’s experienced a bad fall on your back (long): -- Mama Goose 09/14/2020 11:03PM

Thanks to all of you—the information and descriptions... -- Mama Goose 09/16/2020 9:54PM

Docs advice when I had a back strain awhile back. -- Hokie360 09/15/2020 11:14AM

Yeah, that is a tough place to be -- Tafkam Hokie 09/15/2020 1:04PM

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I'm not a doctor, but that doesn't stop me from giving medical advice -- `lag 09/15/2020 09:16AM

Stretching is key. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 09/15/2020 12:33PM

Agry on the pills. I hurt my back on Labor Day. By Thursday I was down -- 48zip 09/15/2020 10:57AM

See reply below. Inadvertently replied to the wrong post. -- Hokie CPA 09/15/2020 07:41AM

Thx on behalf of MG ** -- PhotoHokieNC 09/15/2020 08:06AM

I had a really hard mountain bike crash 10-15 years ago where I landed... -- EDGEMAN 09/15/2020 07:35AM

I stood up in the surf when snorkeling on Grand Cayman six years ago -- PhotoHokieNC 09/15/2020 06:54AM

Hope you're better soon! FWIW, the last time I was prescribed Vicodin -- Hokie CPA 09/15/2020 07:40AM

Rapid healing / Godspeed 🙏 ** -- astrohokie 09/15/2020 12:24AM

Hope so! Thanks. ** -- Mama Goose 09/15/2020 02:31AM

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Now that you mention it, I hadn’t thought about a nerve getting pressed on. ** -- Mama Goose 09/15/2020 02:33AM

I took a pretty spectacular fall on my back last Monday -- Tafkam Hokie 09/15/2020 12:04AM

Good point about the “keep moving” part. Thanks! ** -- Mama Goose 09/15/2020 02:30AM

I cant really offer you any helpful answers to any of your questions... -- MP4VT2004 09/14/2020 11:22PM

Thank you, MP4VT—I appreciate it. ** -- Mama Goose 09/14/2020 11:30PM

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Sound like a good plan—thanks. ** -- Mama Goose 09/14/2020 11:33PM

Sage advice. I’d 2nd all of this. ** -- VT Pops 09/14/2020 11:18PM

I stood up in the surf when snorkeling on Grand Cayman six years ago

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