u/SobrietyOfThought

Does anyone feel like they're laying on the wound? Like it almost feels like I'm laying on a semi-hard tennis ball but it's inside? I find the most relief laying on my stomach... I do have a firm mattress and I don't sink into it as much so that might be contributing but is it just me? Laying on my back is comfortable for only so long until it's not, it just gets more sore the more I lay on my back...

Hey everyone, just on here to get some hope and timelines on what this injury can look like. I hurt myself doing deadlifts in the gym - it wasn't a sudden or sharp pain, but I believe just gradual damage I did by not listening to my body and misunderstanding the pain.

I am 6 weeks from when I felt the main effect of this injury which is the sitting position for me. I have a desk job so I started noticing sitting HURT. But because walking was totally fine, I still continued light upper body workouts for the first week from noticing this pain. Starting from the second week, I fully stopped weight training but still kept active - walked for 40-50 mins a day and did all the stretches I could do(this is also when I started feeling some minor tingling but nothing crazy). Things just felt the same and worse after stretching. Finally met with an MD Physiatrist and he confirmed just from physical evaluation my symptoms matched a minor disc injury and asked me if I wanted to start PT and I said yes. Following two sessions of PT, my body was telling me PT was doing more harm than good or nothing at all - cupping was tried on me too and it felt fine in the moment but I felt terrible after; flu-like symptoms and just burning throbbing pain. I would push through sitting at work because I was in denial that I couldn't just sit and do my work. I would push through sitting on my couch, in the car for long rides and just going out and sitting - I always just pushed through the sitting pain.

Finally 2 days ago I decided I had to take time off work. I started having really dark thoughts. I was just wailing crying helplessly. I tried to keep reminding myself I was grateful that this pain hadn't taken my ability to sleep yet. I realized the only thing I haven't tried yet is true rest - now when I say rest, I don't mean being completely bed-ridden but I hadn't tried FULLY staying away from sitting (which is my main trigger) for more than two days at least. So here I am - 3 days in and I mainly recline on my couch and lay on my bed. I've taken time off work and idk how long that will have to be for. Do I still feel some pain not sitting? Yes, I do but it's not nearly as bad as it is when I'm sitting. I am also currently taking Meloxicam (day 2) but I hope to not have to tomorrow.

I'm just posting this to see if anyone has had a similar experience to me and has some success stories to share? Or even if you're currently going through this, I'd love to chat. The mental struggle now seems to be similar to the physical and I'm trying.

Thanks for reading!

Hey everyone, just on here to get some hope and timelines on what this injury can look like. I hurt myself doing deadlifts in the gym - it wasn't a sudden or sharp pain, but I believe just gradual damage I did by not listening to my body and misunderstanding the pain.

I am 6 weeks from when I felt the main effect of this injury which is the sitting position for me. I have a desk job so I started noticing sitting HURT. But because walking was totally fine, I still continued light upper body workouts for the first week from noticing this pain. Starting from the second week, I fully stopped weight training but still kept active - walked for 40-50 mins a day and did all the stretches I could do(this is also when I started feeling some minor tingling but nothing crazy). Things just felt the same and worse after stretching. Finally met with an MD Physiatrist and he confirmed just from physical evaluation my symptoms matched a minor disc injury and asked me if I wanted to start PT and I said yes. Following two sessions of PT, my body was telling me PT was doing more harm than good or nothing at all - cupping was tried on me too and it felt fine in the moment but I felt terrible after; flu-like symptoms and just burning throbbing pain. I would push through sitting at work because I was in denial that I couldn't just sit and do my work. I would push through sitting on my couch, in the car for long rides and just going out and sitting - I always just pushed through the sitting pain.

Finally 2 days ago I decided I had to take time off work. I started having really dark thoughts. I was just wailing crying helplessly. I tried to keep reminding myself I was grateful that this pain hadn't taken my ability to sleep yet. I realized the only thing I haven't tried yet is true rest - now when I say rest, I don't mean being completely bed-ridden but I hadn't tried FULLY staying away from sitting (which is my main trigger) for more than two days at least. So here I am - 3 days in and I mainly recline on my couch and lay on my bed. I've taken time off work and idk how long that will have to be for. Do I still feel some pain not sitting? Yes, I do but it's not nearly as bad as it is when I'm sitting. I am also currently taking Meloxicam (day 2) but I hope to not have to tomorrow.

I'm just posting this to see if anyone has had a similar experience to me and has some success stories to share? Or even if you're currently going through this, I'd love to chat. The mental struggle now seems to be similar to the physical and I'm trying.

Thanks for reading!

Hey everyone, just on here to get some hope and timelines on what this injury can look like. I hurt myself doing deadlifts in the gym - it wasn't a sudden or sharp pain, but I believe just gradual damage I did by not listening to my body and misunderstanding the pain.

I am 6 weeks from when I felt the main effect of this injury which is the sitting position for me. I have a desk job so I started noticing sitting HURT. But because walking was totally fine, I still continued light upper body workouts for the first week from noticing this pain. Starting from the second week, I fully stopped weight training but still kept active - walked for 40-50 mins a day and did all the stretches I could do(this is also when I started feeling some minor tingling but nothing crazy). Things just felt the same and worse after stretching. Finally met with an MD Physiatrist and he confirmed just from physical evaluation my symptoms matched a minor disc injury and asked me if I wanted to start PT and I said yes. Following two sessions of PT, my body was telling me PT was doing more harm than good or nothing at all - cupping was tried on me too and it felt fine in the moment but I felt terrible after; flu-like symptoms and just burning throbbing pain. I would push through sitting at work because I was in denial that I couldn't just sit and do my work. I would push through sitting on my couch, in the car for long rides and just going out and sitting - I always just pushed through the sitting pain.

Finally 2 days ago I decided I had to take time off work. I started having really dark thoughts. I was just wailing crying helplessly. I tried to keep reminding myself I was grateful that this pain hadn't taken my ability to sleep yet. I realized the only thing I haven't tried yet is true rest - now when I say rest, I don't mean being completely bed-ridden but I hadn't tried FULLY staying away from sitting (which is my main trigger) for more than two days at least. So here I am - 3 days in and I mainly recline on my couch and lay on my bed. I've taken time off work and idk how long that will have to be for. Do I still feel some pain not sitting? Yes, I do but it's not nearly as bad as it is when I'm sitting. I am also currently taking Meloxicam (day 2) but I hope to not have to tomorrow.

I'm just posting this to see if anyone has had a similar experience to me and has some success stories to share? Or even if you're currently going through this, I'd love to chat. The mental struggle now seems to be similar to the physical and I'm trying.

Thanks for reading!