Struggling with my lumbago. I need advice.
Hey back pain friends, little background for you.
I've been camping with some friends and family for a long time now. Feels like Everytime we get settled somewhere we always ending up just moving on.
For starters, I've dealt with terminal lumbago for as long as I can remember, maybe since I hung up my guns as far as retirement is concerned. I used to be somewhat of a one shot kid in my youth so I lived pretty fast and loose to say the least. These decisions have cost me in my older and wiser years as if even so much as lift a finger some days, I always seem to overdo it and get a relapse, I mean it's very serious.
It's usually pretty dull and achey on most days and prevents me from doing things I would otherwise "for sure do" like go horse riding, or shuttling friends into the nearest town, or make plans to rob a stagecoach (figuratively speaking). Hanging out at our camp and having a drink and even some light dancing helps a bit but normally any sort of laborous task tends to take the wind out of me. Not sure how I can feel productive when this feels like such a slow and painful death, my brothers...
Usually hot coals and stretches tend to help but I'm just past my boiling point and need some outside advice. Especially when the one calling the shots in our group keeps going further off the proverbial deep end.
I hope I can get some good advice before someone asks me to help build a barn or something...