http://mjg2.com/articles/2006/06/24/ouch-my-back en-us 40 just my initials... <p> So today I really hurt my back - not sure how badly, but boy oh boy the pain was really bad. It all started with a innocent trip to Costco and Lowes to replenish our stock of drinking water (bottles for the fridge) and salt (40 lb bags for the water softener). </p><p> Well, luckily the injury didn't happen until we arrived home from our errands. I started by moving the 160 lbs of salt (4 bags) out of the car trunk and then proceeded to empty two bags in the softener. I must have totally used my back to lift the two bags cause immediately after that I tried to pick up one of the cases of water and my back gave out and I dropped it! Oh boy, I could hardly make my way inside. </p><p> So now I'm laid up in bed. Using some ice for about 10 min each hour. Just into the second hour now and waiting to see how it feels later today. I hope it feels well enough so I can be mobile again soon. </p> Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:27:10 -0700 urn:uuid:364dda64-3422-4377-8965-2f3370efe58a joe http://mjg2.com/articles/2006/06/24/ouch-my-back health