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Originally Posted by Obesity Discussion  How did you end up hurting your back?
I've hit a few roadblocks myself. Torn ACL, before that a torn meniscus, also had a torn tendon/bone repaired in my foot, and as of late have had some shoulder discomfort, and I think I need surgery on my big toe which I hurt playing football recently  .
I'm falling apart at the seams.  |
I fell apart at the seems years ago.... but with a little sewing you can get better
My apologies in advance but this is a rather long story, I will try and keep it short
This is all between 25 and 30
1st - I worked in a warehouse and I was one of the 3 biggest guys there so the three biggest were in a truck unloading to the rest of the guys on the ground (no dock available that day) there were 6 guys on the ground and as I said 3 in the truck. We were unloading a checkout counter that weight an awkward 500 lbs or greater and the other 2 in the truck thought the 6 on the ground had the load and the 6 on the ground thought the 3 of us had the load so the other 2 in the truck let go and I took the brunt of the weight to stop it from falling on the 6 on the ground. Out of work several months
2nd time – I was a mechanic and very stupidly, since I had no patients and the shop foreman was on me to get the engine in (the lift chain was locked in the box of the guy that went to Germany on vacation) lifted a 4cyl engine and again was out of work for several months
3rd time – Working in a hospital and helping (ironically my back doc) lift a rather large woman (300 lbs exactly – as I later found out) from an ambulance stretcher to an ER bed and he never gave me time to get ready and I helped unload 3 other ambulances that night. Ended in an ambulance myself the next day and I was in the hospital for a week and out of work for several months.
Then I got smarter when I turned 30 and went back to college couple of minor issues since then but nothing that caused me to be out more than a day or so and in the last 5 years I have been doing pretty good, except for additional weight gain on top of what was already there, so I will take it slow and careful and get the weight off because it sure isn’t helping.