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Not a good weekend for my back
Mar. 6th, 2021 05:11 pmEarly yesterday morning, I upset my lower back, my usual kind of issue, the one that makes today's greatest triumph that I managed to put on my socks and tie my shoelaces. I don't quite know how I injured it, maybe a bit of early morning vacuuming before work. I wasn't as productive as I wanted yesterday, being distracted by the discomfort. Therefore, I shelved my grander weekend plans and started today with a hot bath. In the usual pattern, my back will probably be a little better still each day.
While healing, I think that my back's bothered by sitting in an armchair; it felt nice to lie in bed. I'm experimenting with sitting atop one of the stools at the bar by the kitchen, in case holding a more upright posture helps. Though, with the ongoing work on the house, my furniture is in quite some disarray, I needed to do some rearranging to even make the experiment possible. Also, given that ongoing work, it is premature to order a sofa or a proper bed, I have nowhere good to lie apart from the fold-out cot I sleep on as I kind of camp out in the house as it is. I plan to try bringing the cot's small mattress and blankets over into the drawing room, a large central space with the fireplace and television, currently largely vacant apart from tools and supplies as it's partway through floor treatment. Then, maybe I can lie down and watch shows or somesuch. Besides, I shouldn't be ordering more furniture in case I think it okay to assemble it instead of figuring our 2020 taxes.
I did not get these back issues while I used the cross-trainer. I am not about to get another, given the aforesaid work in progress, but perhaps I need to think about other ways to build core strength. Maybe I ought to build bridges and stretches and suchlike into my morning workout routine. Back issues run in my father's family and I do not want to come to suffer as they did. My late aunt was unable to attend my wedding celebration in England because of the pain that the journey would cause her, my late father was similarly unable to visit me here in the US.
While healing, I think that my back's bothered by sitting in an armchair; it felt nice to lie in bed. I'm experimenting with sitting atop one of the stools at the bar by the kitchen, in case holding a more upright posture helps. Though, with the ongoing work on the house, my furniture is in quite some disarray, I needed to do some rearranging to even make the experiment possible. Also, given that ongoing work, it is premature to order a sofa or a proper bed, I have nowhere good to lie apart from the fold-out cot I sleep on as I kind of camp out in the house as it is. I plan to try bringing the cot's small mattress and blankets over into the drawing room, a large central space with the fireplace and television, currently largely vacant apart from tools and supplies as it's partway through floor treatment. Then, maybe I can lie down and watch shows or somesuch. Besides, I shouldn't be ordering more furniture in case I think it okay to assemble it instead of figuring our 2020 taxes.
I did not get these back issues while I used the cross-trainer. I am not about to get another, given the aforesaid work in progress, but perhaps I need to think about other ways to build core strength. Maybe I ought to build bridges and stretches and suchlike into my morning workout routine. Back issues run in my father's family and I do not want to come to suffer as they did. My late aunt was unable to attend my wedding celebration in England because of the pain that the journey would cause her, my late father was similarly unable to visit me here in the US.
