Opioids....the nightmare continues...

I hear ya. I haven't seen a friend of mine in a long time, but he started with the back problems before I met him in 1984 and it continues to this day. He was a heavy equipment mechanic who didn't think anything was too heavy to lift or move. He's also got some cool cars that he cannot enjoy...

But, I will say it's not just bending over fenders. Over the last few years if I spend too much time here in this chair at the computer my back gets to really barking at me. I NEED some activity to keep things a little loose. The real problem with me and many of us with what I consider minor back problems is lack of core strength. If I just do bridges once every few weeks my back pain drops to almost nothing. If I did them every day I probably wouldn't have any back problems, but I'm not that disciplined.

I do feel very fortunate in that 41 years ago I cracked T-11 and don't really have any lingering problems with that.

Also, don't feel bad about venting on here. We're supposed to be the family that didn't mess up your head growing up...