My Shattered Lifeline Where All Insane People Congregate

You probably remember my articles about back pain and its implications on living a normal life.

Well, at least I thought that. Yesterday I’ve experienced the worst of all back pains in the world. Let me tell you how it started: I was doing some jobs in the garden, taking care for some vegetables I’ve seeded this spring. At a point, I bended over to take something from the ground and I had a big surprise, as I wasn’t able to get back at the vertical position. So there I was, in the middle of nowhere (my garden and my indoor greenhouse are far away from houses), not being able to stand anymore. Walking was also out of question. I had no mobile phone with me, so I had to figure out a solution to get back inside my house.

While I was thinking, a neighbor just passed by. I called him, and luckily he heard my voice and came to see what happened. After exchanging a few words, my neighbor ended up by taking me over his shoulder and carried me like then the whole way through the mud of the garden, into the house.

Getting inside the house, I called an ambulance and when they arrived I realized that I had tons of dirt under my fingernails.

Do you want to know why? Because my neighbor is a 9 years old boy, and he’s not so tall, so my hands were on the ground while he was carrying me. Funny, huh?

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Back pain is one of the most common ailments nowadays. Unfortunately, it attacks even people at young ages, like 30s or 40s. These are the most endangered categories, and you’ll see why in a moment:

Young people, especially males, tend to show off, so they cannot accept they suffer from something and they need to take care of their actions for the rest of their lives.

They will attempt to lift weights, which is absolutely forbidden in case of back pains, because they may exacerbate those pains and increase the damage to the spinal cord.

Young people would tend to neglect the way they bend themselves when they want to take something from the floor: the correct movements needs to be done from the knees, and not from the waist. Moreover, if their purpose in bending is to grab something heavy from the floor, they might end up in the hospital easily.

Back pain is not a joke: it needs to be seriously treated and taken care of.  So, if you suffer from back pain, go see your doctor and obey the medical advice you get, even if you think that you are still young and brave. Be brave, not stupid.

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