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Post by Blue Angel on Nov 25, 2007 22:30:50 GMT
Would anyone have any recommendations for a cure for a back ache. I've been all over our sodding company sorting out poorly organised shops this week and if anyone thinks running a book shop is for delicately built 9 stone weaklings I advise you to come and hump some of the deliveries we were getting around - especially the 200 or so 60 and 70 pound boxes.
in one particular place.
The upshot is after 6 days of rebuilding walls of books and windows and advising people on what to put were to get sales my back feels ****ing awful -I'm just wondering if anyone here has any ideas or cures they've tried that worked for them. The girlfriends tried a massage but not much luck there even though she is normally good at them.
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Post by leeside on Nov 25, 2007 23:02:35 GMT
Seeing as you have hurt your back already then the only thing to do is to rest it. Dont lift anything for a while until the pain go's away. There's nothing really that can cure back pain other than temporary relief with paracetemol or other pain killers. In future, when you're lifting heavy boxes, i suggest that you keep the heals of your feet firmly on the ground at about a foot apart so that when you are rising with the weighted object the strain is obsorbed by your legs and not your back. Also, dont forget to keep your back straight throughout the exercise.
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Post by Wasp on Nov 26, 2007 0:14:40 GMT
After being involved in a bad car accident I had all the usual therapys. But the only one that worked was accupuncture and I swear by it. Take nurofen or iboprofen (not sure of spelling) for inflamation.
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Post by Jim on Nov 26, 2007 1:43:57 GMT
Call in sick for a few days and try not to move it much. I had a sore back a while ago from work and it was gone in about 4 days of resting. Sleeping helps it too.
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Post by earl on Nov 26, 2007 9:47:50 GMT
There's nothing worse than back-pain. sitting, standing, lying down, none of it helps. I had to sleep for a few weeks on a hard floor one time as it was the only way I could get the pain to die down. no real advice other than stay away from chiropracticts. I've heard they are psuedo-science and could potentially leave you in an even worse condition.
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Post by Shades40 on Nov 26, 2007 15:19:04 GMT
Less of the riding mate!
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Post by Blue Angel on Nov 26, 2007 15:24:26 GMT
I haven't been on a horse since I was little and mum taught me to ride one on her brother's farm  |
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Post by Shades40 on Nov 27, 2007 15:00:35 GMT
Get off the rodeo ya durty mare ye! |
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Post by bearhunter on Nov 27, 2007 19:22:11 GMT
sick and wrong sick and wrong! Never ever mention your mother and riding in the same sentence!  I would like to second the sentiments of my honourable friend.... By the way, the only real cure for backache is rest and heat. I wrecked my back years ago and it still gives me gyp. Be bloody careful with your spine mate. |
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Post by Blue Angel on Nov 28, 2007 20:39:08 GMT
i'm trying to be, my deputy also feels wrecked today- we have made a moan to our head office saying the eejits who are packing up delivery need to be more aware of health and safety as everywhere we have been going we keep finding boxes and tubs weighing in excess of 100 lbs - we actually weighed one to prove a point and found it weighed 123 lbs - that's fine if we were working on a building site- but even abuilder would not lift say 500 boxes weighing that much in say a period of a hour usually as we would on a large delivery in one of our shops. We pointed out since about 50 per cent of our employees are women and a lot of of our sales staff are teenage girls and boys that this is really really unsafe and they are leaving themselves open for a legal case eventually. Anyway, thanks everyone - it feels a wee bit better today.
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Post by Wasp on Nov 28, 2007 22:52:13 GMT
Very true BA the legal implications are there for you all to see. For just below waist height (knuckle) and close to body the recommendations are about 25kg for men and 16 kg for women. If these tasks are being carried out frequently then the allowance must be lowered.
The law states, The Regulations state that employers should adopt a hierarchy of control measures:-
To avoid hazardous Manual Handling Operations so far as is reasonably practicable
To assess any hazardous Manual Handling Operation that cannot be avoided
To reduce the risk of injury so far as is reasonably practicable.
The assessment should look at the task, the load, the working environment, individual capabilities when carrying out the assessment.
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