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[Macca]

. A couple of swarthy looking Slavs. .

Channelling the ghost of Enid Blyton there. I seem to recall in the Famous Five books the baddies were always foreigners, easily identifiable by their swarthiness.

You didn't see a gang of entitled, middle-class teenagers following them did you? They would have had a dog.

[Ninanina]

I sympathise with you Bev, back pain can be total misery.

Don't know the nature of your problem, but with me it's sciatica, which nags my back and sends "electric shocks" down one leg if I've been standing, walking or reaching up for more than a few minutes. Luckily, sitting sorts it, then I can get another few minutes.

Sometimes the problem is muscular spasm, and can happen if I've lifted a heavy or awkward object (my head sometimes thinks I'm 30, and my body goes "actually you're sixty").

I found chiropractors can help, but can get a bit pricey (about £40 first visit, £25 subsequent visits). And the effectiveness varied with the three different chiropractors I used. Still worth a try though. One of them recommended cod liver oil capsules too, but I don't know if it was them, or the therapy that helped me. Once my back was better (after a couple of weeks) I discontinued both.

Whatever treatments you go with, I wish you well.

Ste

Thanks Steve...

I did try a chiropractor some years ago but it got very expensive as I had to keep going to keep the pain at bay

I would urge anyone with back pain, especially lower back, to try a back stretcher like this one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bodi-Tek-...72.m2749.l2649

I use it for just 5 mins morning and night and after 5 mins my back is so much better and strangely it immediately makes me stand different as well... very odd...

[Pigmy Pony]

I've long thought my posture is a bit wrong, so this back stretcher, medieval-looking as it is, might be just the ticket. Certainly at that price, it's worth a try.

[Pigmy Pony]

Channelling the ghost of Enid Blyton there. I seem to recall in the Famous Five books the baddies were always foreigners, easily identifiable by their swarthiness.

You didn't see a gang of entitled, middle-class teenagers following them did you? They would have had a dog.

They've gone to Smuggler's Top.

[Marco]

I've long thought my posture is a bit wrong, so this back stretcher, medieval-looking as it is, might be just the ticket. Certainly at that price, it's worth a try.

Try more 'horizontal jogging'; that's great for stretching and 'loosening up' all sorts!

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

I can only do 'horizontal' these days, 'doggy-paddles' gives me cramp in my legs

[Macca]

Try more 'horizontal jogging'; that's great for stretching and 'loosening up' all sorts!

Marco.

Good for slimming down too. When my mate got a 23 year old girlfriend he lost about 2 stone. Massive paunch just vanished in a couple of weeks. He said he had actually been eating more than usual just to keep his strength up.

[struth]

He must have been going at it a bit lol

[Pigmy Pony]

Respect to the man I wouldn't have the energy or inclination. These days I even disappoint myself.

[Marco]

Good for slimming down too. When my mate got a 23 year old girlfriend he lost about 2 stone.

Haha - well that's certainly NOT why you're so skinny!!

Marco.