My dad had back surgery later in his life because of slipped disks. The original cause wasn't from shovelling snow: my grandfather injured his back and left the family (we weren't a welfare government back then -- if you didn't work, you had no income to feed your own face, let alone others); my dad, at 14, was the oldest boy and strapped an extra log to his own back when he headed the horse team to the saw mill. However, when the problem actually started, it was related to snow when he was @ 20: the truck trying to push the car out of the snow couldn't get enough traction but there was cleared road only a couple feet behind its tires (tyres, for UK readers); my dad used himself as a push bar between the vehicles; he had back pains from then on. Not fun. I wish you well.OldAirmail wrote:I've never had a particularly bad back. But shoveling the heavy wet snow for the past 3-4 weeks has done me in. I can't sleep without waking in pain when I turn over at night. Just taking a hasty step brings a sharp stab of pain. I wish that it was muscular, but it's not.
Well, let's back up a little: looks like you were out playing flog...Webb wrote:My back has been killing me too. I wonder why.
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