Orthopaedic mattresses seemed a good idea but so many were too hard
- when I was a medical secretary in the 1980s they were often suggested …..
I suggest that an hour before you do anything strenuous, you take your regular pain relief medication. This morning I thought of you
[oh Santa hats are here!] …… I bent down to stroke the :cat scratch: ….. and went 'oh!' - should have bent my knees! [note to self
]. I also suggest that swinging legs over the bed before trying to get out might help.
Forward planning helps. If my sciatica is bad I take 2 Neurofen and go for a brisk walk. I wonder why the 'crawl' stroke was advised?
……… breast stroke is so much more gentle - but it's a phaff for me to get to the town, find parking, pay for swimming, get undressed …… so haven't been for oh, 12 years. Does the gym have a physio for advise, some do?
DH uses the gels with good effect. I find pre-planning actions ……. i.e. how to lift, bend, I even crawl round to tuck sheets into the bed and kneel to load the various laundry machines in the utility room - when I remember
……… it's usually the 'oh!' effect that jogs my memory though.
Let us know how you get on!