Pellet heads!! What's up today?

scajjr2 · Feb 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM

bogieb said: ↑

This has nothing to do with my back but back in the late 1990's I was playing volleyball at a picnic. My left thumb got smacked when I was trying to block a spike. A couple of days later I went to the doc and told them my thumb was dislocated, I just needed it pulled back into place. They decided I needed xrays. Well, they saw nothing, so decided it was a soft tissue injury and sent me to PT.

I went to 2 sessions and just didn't go back because it made things worse. A couple months later I went to my chiro for a hip adjustment, and happened to mention my thumb. He popped it back in. That didn't instantly cure everything because my body was trying to make a new socket where my thumb had been at but it was much better from that moment on. I wasn't in constant pain and my thumb was once again fairly useful. I had to be careful using that hand for physical labor because the thumb would try to jump back out until I got the tendons and muscles used to being where they were supposed to be again.
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Therapist took one look as I walked in and went "oh that doesn't look good". He had me do a bunch of stretching and light exercises and I was moving pretty easily. He changed a couple of the exercises to put less stress on lower back/hip. But by the time I got to my car afterwards I was getting very tight again and could barely get out of the car when I got home.

By last night I could barely walk again and didn't get much sleep. I see him again tomorrow so if the exercises still aren't working I think it'll be my last visit.

sam

Snowy Rivers · Feb 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM

Getcha to a good Chinese acupuncturist...They can help a bunch....

Snowy Rivers · Feb 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM

26 F this morning

Snow on the way.....
I rolled the 4000 watt HF Genny out of the basement yesterday and checked it out.
Started up on the 2nd pull of the string.....Ran like a top....
Let it run for 10 minutes and then shut off the fuel and let it run out......

WE SEEM TO BE READY ......

imacman · Feb 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM

jtakeman said: ↑

on this February weather!

imacman keeps teasing with nice 70ºF and we get

Need a smiley waving the white flag! Only tractor fun me have had was moving white crap and I nearly froze to the seat!
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Well, the 70º days are gone for a while, replaced by lots of rain (had a gusher last night)......but still better than that white crap.

jtakeman · Feb 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM

imacman said: ↑

Well, the 70º days are gone for a while, replaced by lots of rain (had a gusher last night)......but still better than that white crap.
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IHATEPROPANE · Feb 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM

bogieb said: ↑

This has nothing to do with my back but back in the late 1990's I was playing volleyball at a picnic. My left thumb got smacked when I was trying to block a spike. A couple of days later I went to the doc and told them my thumb was dislocated, I just needed it pulled back into place. They decided I needed xrays. Well, they saw nothing, so decided it was a soft tissue injury and sent me to PT.

I went to 2 sessions and just didn't go back because it made things worse. A couple months later I went to my chiro for a hip adjustment, and happened to mention my thumb. He popped it back in. That didn't instantly cure everything because my body was trying to make a new socket where my thumb had been at but it was much better from that moment on. I wasn't in constant pain and my thumb was once again fairly useful. I had to be careful using that hand for physical labor because the thumb would try to jump back out until I got the tendons and muscles used to being where they were supposed to be again.
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Unfortunately XRays are only as good as the person looking at them.

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