black_horse
Well-Known Member
As some of you may be aware but i have a cronic bad back, and probably will do for the rest of my life. I currently have a prolite back support, i use it whenever i am not sitting. (So all day at work and when riding). It 'stabalises' my back, making it possible to walk.
I broke my coccyx (sp?) and prolapsed 3 discs in my spine as well as substained a significant leg injury 5 years ago. Never suffered any form of back problem and was very atheletic prior to the accident. I suffered from continued siatica, RSD and SI back pain as well as pelvic and hi[p pain on the right hand wing of my pelvis.
The old adage was to rest a bad back but i have ridden all my life and riding tends to help me. Dee has such a big walk that her swinging lossens my back a little before doing more advanced work.
But today i am crippled. Having hacked out (involved a lot of rising trot up hill) and schooling after, i can barely stand up. Im almost in tears if i try. Its been 3 weeks since i first triggered my back. I am on 5mg of diazepam four times a day, 60mg of codeine phosphate four times a day, 500mg of naproxen twice a day for the back. Alongside this i take 20mg of nortriptyline twice a day (a much stronger form of the amitriptyline family) 300mg of pregabalin three times a day and 30mg of mirtazapine once daily.
Do not get me wrong, the prolite is a fab piece of kit, but i think i need something stronger. Any ideas?
I broke my coccyx (sp?) and prolapsed 3 discs in my spine as well as substained a significant leg injury 5 years ago. Never suffered any form of back problem and was very atheletic prior to the accident. I suffered from continued siatica, RSD and SI back pain as well as pelvic and hi[p pain on the right hand wing of my pelvis.
The old adage was to rest a bad back but i have ridden all my life and riding tends to help me. Dee has such a big walk that her swinging lossens my back a little before doing more advanced work.
But today i am crippled. Having hacked out (involved a lot of rising trot up hill) and schooling after, i can barely stand up. Im almost in tears if i try. Its been 3 weeks since i first triggered my back. I am on 5mg of diazepam four times a day, 60mg of codeine phosphate four times a day, 500mg of naproxen twice a day for the back. Alongside this i take 20mg of nortriptyline twice a day (a much stronger form of the amitriptyline family) 300mg of pregabalin three times a day and 30mg of mirtazapine once daily.
Do not get me wrong, the prolite is a fab piece of kit, but i think i need something stronger. Any ideas?