Bad Backs and The King's Trust
An unexpected cure for backache: surprisingly effective, slightly ridiculous...
Last week I felt my back go. Anyone who struggles with bad backs will understand what I mean. It just ‘goes’.
The ridiculous part of this is that it did not happen whilst cantering down the beach, or fighting for a win on the pickleball court or hauling boxes of aid in and out of trucks, it happened when I bent over one morning during the gentlest of warm-ups before yoga.
I spent the next few days doing all the things we do when our backs go; lying down, standing up, hot bath, cold bath, gentle walking, no walking, pain meds, no meds…