Image by estherase via FlickrThese past months i have endured severe back pains which at some point have left me almost immobile for brief moments. It's one of those pains you will willingly trade a one full day of muscle pain from playing ball or a tooth ache which you can remedy by having the tooth pulled out. These pains, you know, are something that is temporary and can somehow be addressed permanently.Not my back pain though. The doctor says its sort of permanent and comes with the age and of course from my good old scoliosis, hitting me back with the stress i have made by spine endure these past months.
The pain is sometimes unbearable that at times there are nights when i cannot make myself sleep without the aid of a mix of medications, from those that you take orally to the topical ones.
In fact, i have taken every medication that anyone has recommended, from the doctors i have seen to the loved ones who have tried something similar and thinking it might work with my back.
Now I am still taking a few of these pain killers but am down to the most basic remedy, albeit palliative, i have had tried so far in so many years - Back Brace!
Though it really looks ridiculous on you with the bulging and protruding sections of your chest and back as well as the discomfort it brings to your skin, not to mention the curious and nervous stares you get from fellow passengers in the plane whenever I loosen the Velcro straps clasping my chest all the way to my back, this back brace is by far the most sustaining pain reliever for the lingering pains.
These past 2 weeks I have traveled straight to 3 countries and while the back pain recurs whenever I remove the brace at night time, so far i have survived 3-5 hours of sitting down in planes without the need for pain killers.
