Day 26

Lumbago…

…otherwise known as ‘acute lower back pain’, turns out to be a pain in the ass as well!  In case you can’t tell my back is performing at about 35%.  When Jens found out it was still giving me trouble he booked me into a local ‘back doctor’ in Landskrona.  I know he did this out of genuine concern for my well being but the fact I injured it at work while lifting servers probably also played a part.
 

Made my way to the doc for an 11am appointment.  The ‘doc’ turns out to be Annika, one of two Naprapaths in Landskrona.  [Did some research when I got back to work and Naprapathy follows many of the same principles as Chiropractics and is practiced primarily in Sweden].  She did some massagy-stretchy-cracky-type stuff and by the end I was actually feeling a bit better.  She diagnosed me as having Ryggskott (which we translated using Google as Lumbago) and suggested I should try to keep active, that is, not lie in bed all day and rest. 

Wikipedia says:

“Low back pain (or lumbago) is a common musculoskeletal disorder affecting 80% of people at some point in their lives. It accounts for more sick leave and disability than any other medical condition.  It can be either acute, subacute or chronic in duration. Most often, the symptoms of low back pain show significant improvement within a few weeks from onset with conservative measures.”

Hopefully this means that it should get better by itself – which is good news so fingers crossed.

To top of my crappy day I’m getting a cold and my Internet provider tells me I’ve used up my allowed download quota for the month so my Internet speed has dropped right down. 

At this point it would be easy to feel sorry for myself but I’m choosing to look on the bright side.  I’ve got three and a half weeks to get back into shape before my snowboarding trip, I’m still having a great time, and I’m in Sweden!