major lower back pain

[slowhike]

Hey Tim,
Do you like the Exped Dam 7 better than your BA insulated air mattress or do you use one in the winter and one in warmer weather?
MQ

i use the BA in warmer weather & the exped in colder weather.
i have began to feel cool on bottom sleeping on the BA in the low 50s & upper 40s w/ no under quilt.
but some people seem to do fine w/ the insulated BA at lower temps.

[warbonnetguy]

how low can you go with the down mat?

[slowhike]

how low can you go with the down mat?

the coldest i've used it yet is low 20s, & it was nice & warm, but it was in a synthetic insulated hammock.

[lyleb]

I have had back problems in the past. I would be hesitant to push things this early after an injury. As long as you refer to the situation as "still on the mend", you should probably be careful. While actually lying in the hammock may be ok, it can be awkward getting in and out of the hammock, especially at first. It won't take much of a twist or balance loss to re-injure. Don't mess around with this problem.

That said, I now sleep very comfortably in my hammock even tho I was out of work for 9 months and on limited duty for a year due to my injury. My advice would be to wait until you consider yourself healed. The difference for me would be when you decide that your back injury has crossed from "acute" to "chronic". While it is still acute, you must use caution with all your movements. Exercising and stretching designed for troubled backs (and when approved by your Doc) is good and reduces pain quite effectively.

[henhenry]

I am not sure if the hammock can relieve back pain. If I were you, I would prefer to sleep on the bed and try the back/neck heating pad. If the situation becomes more serious, you'd better stop sleeping in a hammock and make an appointment with a chiropractor. Heating pads are useful for relieving back pain.

[Five Tango]

Since I have SUFFERED with back pain and arthritis of the spine since 1994 you might want to listen up
and heed Take A Knee's advice;especially about letting your spine settle first thing in the a.m.

Since hammocks helped my condition,as does sleeping elevated every night in a hospital type bed,my physical therapist told me I must be a "flexsor" and not an "extensor".That,I presume,is why hammock
sleep is beneficial for me.

Also,I take a tumeric capsule and an enteric coated baby asprin every 12 hours which I swear by as NSAIDS the medical community prescribe make me break out in hives.I can't take ibuprofen or Aleve or any of those over the counter meds either.

Finally,I use a teeter hangups inversion table set at about 45 degrees to stretch out the spine when it's telling me to "do something".Also doing leg lifts on a Total Gymn is a life saver.A vertical climber is a great device as well as it stretches me out enough to keep me going.Cold packs help a great deal when it flares up,side sleeping with a pillow against the back to keep it warm at night is a personal must.And if I put a "rub" on it,Wong To Yick,from Amazon works wonders for me.Good Luck.

[Countrybois]

I hope he hasn't waited 12 years for a remedy.

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