much less than it would be in the for the same procedure.) at surgeons
like him do what they do, with almost total impunity, is criminal.. As far as I am concerned, though of course I am not a doctor, never allow
anyone to perform orthopedic surgery on you (unless it is reconstruction
work following a serious accident) until you have thoroughly investigated
non-invasive alternatives. Be sure you have pursued both chiropractic and
trigger point therapy first. For serious problems you will need to go beyond
treating yourself with trigger point therapy. See a chiropractor who has
received training in this area, or a certified Bonnie Prudden myotherapist,
both of which are available in the .May
. One Friday workout in May I was not feeling but foolishly decided
to push myself nevertheless, even to the point of breaking form a little, to
get my planned squats. is was an example of when it would have been
better to have eased back for a workout rather than push hard, or to have
postponed the session for a day or two. In pushing hard my form broke
down and my lower back went into a crisis of spasms. It felt worse than it
ever had. I was almost crippled.. I applied myself to lower-back and glutei trigger point therapy with extra
vigor. I got my wife in on the act, to apply greater pressure with a bodo than I
could by myself with the backnobber. At that time I had not discovered that
the jacknobber could be used instead of the backnobber. Had I, I would not
have needed the assistance of my wife. e usual trigger points were ultra
sensitive now, more so than when I first started using the backnobber in
December . I had my wife use a pen with indelible ink to mark the key
trigger points on my skin so she could apply pressure with a bodo at subse-
quent sessions without my having to direct her with, “Up a bit, left a touch,
down a tad.”. It all seemed in vain as I continued to be disabled. But I did not give up, and
by Wednesday the spasms and pain had gone. I was back to normal and I
returned to a regular level of trigger point work.. is got me to thinking that had I known about trigger point therapy back
in July I may never have had to lay off from training for more than a
week or so. e April lower-back problem was much worse than the
July one. I fixed it in less than seven days in , but the injury