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Forum: iSpine 08-16-2014, 10:03 PM
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Posted By AZRickD
Six months since my last post. I'm doing...

Six months since my last post.

I'm doing pretty well. I can still over-due it. When I get the slightest hint of fatigue or nerve involvement, on goes the ice treatments. A little elasto back...
Forum: iSpine 02-19-2014, 10:39 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
No drugs, to speak of. If I spazz out, I use ice....

No drugs, to speak of. If I spazz out, I use ice. Then I invert and stretch.

In mid December my back started to lock up again. It stayed that way until mid January, and now it is fine again (with...
Forum: iSpine 10-21-2013, 11:27 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
After nearly two and a half months of nada, a...

After nearly two and a half months of nada, a couple of weeks ago my back started behaving itself. I still have to stretch, hang upside down, use the back brace quite a bit (and ice).

Here is the...
Forum: iSpine 07-11-2013, 06:12 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
I did the left-side two weeks ago (on June 26th)....

I did the left-side two weeks ago (on June 26th).

So far, the process is going more standardly. Last October I got fairl immediate relief. The docs and literature said that the relief would be...
Forum: iSpine 06-13-2013, 02:18 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
I miss the trail running, too. I can do it, I...

I miss the trail running, too. I can do it, I suppose, but I have relegated myself to the mountain bike. Swimming and pedaling motion is usually very good for my back. Makes it loosey-goosey. A much...
Forum: iSpine 05-31-2013, 08:14 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
We are all just surfers on a bell-shaped curve....

We are all just surfers on a bell-shaped curve. Sometimes I go tubular. Sometimes I get a really bad sunburn.

Last week I was on ice, stiff, and listing to starboard.
Last night I did a 16-mile...
Forum: iSpine 05-08-2013, 04:45 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
Sometime around mid-March I started to have a...

Sometime around mid-March I started to have a little bit of back tightness. It was a pretty dirtbike-race heavy few weeks. The tightness went away, but more slowly.

In April I started to...
Forum: iSpine 01-15-2013, 03:43 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
I'm still hanging in there. I have to be careful,...

I'm still hanging in there. I have to be careful, but things are much improved.

Working on my dirt bike is risky for my back. It gets stiff. Riding the bike is less a problem. A day of rest is...
Forum: iSpine 11-23-2012, 12:31 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
The pain (pressure, really) from the procedure...

The pain (pressure, really) from the procedure was gone by evening.

The hang over from propofol is still with me. Didn't happen last time or during my upper and lower GI probes. :rolleyes:
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Forum: iSpine 11-21-2012, 05:43 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
To report ont the right side that they did a few...

To report ont the right side that they did a few weeks ago -- Four sites were zapped.

I think that three of the four have taken quite well. So well that I am no noticing a bit of sacral...
Forum: iSpine 11-21-2012, 05:38 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
I am going to the one associated with Arrowhead...

I am going to the one associated with Arrowhead Health on 59th Avenue south of Bell Road in Glendale, Arizona.

I just got this morning back from doing my left side. I went straight to the ice...
Forum: iSpine 11-14-2012, 04:45 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
Yeah -- cervical spine traction is nice every...

Yeah -- cervical spine traction is nice every once in a while.

I had to reschedule the left side because of a doc conflict.

Rescheduled for the day before Thanksgiving.

I didn't do the...
Forum: iSpine 10-31-2012, 10:20 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
I have scheduled the left side for next week. ...

I have scheduled the left side for next week.

I have a 450-mile dual sport ride on tap for the following weekend.

Participation in that event might not be wise for me, with or without this...
Forum: iSpine 10-30-2012, 06:58 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
I completed an 8-hour, 140-mile dual sport ride...

I completed an 8-hour, 140-mile dual sport ride on Saturday in Payson, Arizona. Mostly forest two-track and some highway to connect trail.

I was very tired (calf muscles, mostly). Afterward, I...
Forum: iSpine 10-24-2012, 06:54 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
I spent Monday evening out in the garage changing...

I spent Monday evening out in the garage changing two tires on the dirt bike. Hunched over and fighting with tire spoons for all of that time is a major test. I stood up all crooked and had to hang...
Forum: iSpine 10-22-2012, 10:36 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
I completed a 2-hour 30-mile offroad dirtbike...

I completed a 2-hour 30-mile offroad dirtbike race. Nothing too challenging in the course.

My back handled it well. After the race it stiffened up a bit. Ice and rest as usual. The lack of...
Forum: iSpine 10-18-2012, 11:35 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
After a day of office sitting with random walks...

After a day of office sitting with random walks about the office, I'm ready to go home and stretch on the inversion table. A little bit of muscle tension on the right side.

So far, so good.
Forum: iSpine 10-18-2012, 02:53 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
Morning of Day 2. After having an ice pack...

Morning of Day 2.

After having an ice pack as my constant companion (even while sleeping) the sensation of post-op pressure is gone. I took two ibuprofens before bed just for the heck of it. I can...
Forum: iSpine 10-17-2012, 08:17 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 10,146
Posted By AZRickD
Just got home from RF Ablation (L2-L5)

Background: 52 years old. Active. Highschool and college wrestling in the old days. Pick-up sports, hang gliding, mountain biking, off-road dirt bike racing currently.

Symptoms first surfaced in...
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