Never ending back pain, how to actually get better when in an injury cycle??
So I’ve had chronic back pain for over a decade now (I’m 30) and it’s only gotten worse. I was an athlete forever and the pain wasn’t as bad then although I still injured way too often (which I now know why). I even had surgery 5 years ago because the nerve pain got so bad. I’m stuck in this cycle of trying to rehab but getting injured and “throwing my back out” constantly, on top of managing all the baseline pains, fatigue, dysautonomia etc, I just can’t find a way through. Has anyone dealt with this and more specifically how do you get “well” enough to actually do rehab?
I’ve done what feels like every type of treatment that exists (I know it’s not), and just recently started clinical Pilates geared toward hypermobility. I wasn’t diagnosed until very recently so I’m sure all the things I’ve tried have actually not helped. But unrelated to the Pilates I just started, I threw my back out again and have to postpone my sessions.
Sorry lots of yapping to just ask for anyone that has chronic back pain or other chronic injuries, how do you actually rehab when the window of feeling ok is so short??