Is there a Back Pain Pandemic?

At 36 I feel under-qualified to have a back issue that is preventing me from leaving the house on some days 🙁

I spent the whole lockdown sitting on my 🍑, jumping from one client zoom call to the next… Not to mention the 15 years of office work leading up to this.

It hit me really bad 18 months ago when I couldn’t sleep for 2 nights straight as I developed a bulging disc.

As I’ve been looking for help all this time – I’ve been hearing from more and more friends of my age or even younger that they also started to experience sciatica and lower back issues recently. Just last month a friend of mine had it so bad – he had to undergo an emergent back surgery 😥

I assume a lot of us are also spending quite a bit of time on our lovely 🍑s, so I decided to talk about it here, because I want to:

1 – OPEN UP this conversation for others who are also feeling under-qualified to be experiencing back pain right now. And to encourage you to take good care of it early on

2 – SHARE RESOURCES – if you had lower back issues that you managed to heal – please share

I feel like I tried everything in the last 18 months and starting to loose hope. From fisio, osteo, back strengthening (can’t do it properly as it flares up every time I start), a touch of acupuncture, dry needles, homeopathy, energy healing, and therapy.

What else is out there…?

3 – GET ENCOURAGEMENT – please send healing vibes and positive thoughts my way while I’m going through the current flare-up, also to my friend who is recovering from the surgery and to anyone else out there struggling with this.

I’m fantasising about a moment in time when I feel strong in my body again and looking back on today’s day – I discover that there was a super-valuable lesson in all of this. And my heart fills with gratitude for this experience and for the healing.

Until then – I’m still in search of that ‘lesson’ and I’d love pointers from you where else I could turn to?

Please share in the comments (or message me directly) any helpful resources and positive stories.

Thank you so much 🙏