How you know you're getting old
 

Yesterday morning I decided to replace my rear difusser. I put down a moving blanket to lay on while installing the 4 bolts on the bottom of my bumper. After getting it installed with no issues I was cleaning up and the very last thing I was doing was bending down to fold up the moving blanket and felt a twinge in my lower back.Today I can barely walk.
So, after contorting my body to get in various positions to install the bolts with no problem, I bend over to pick up the blaneket and my back goes out. I was suppose to drop my car off today to have a new clutch installed and a few little things done, I can't even bend down to get into my car. :mad:

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Been there, man.

I twice had the same results just bending down into the Z’s trunk to get something.

And I am only 37.....lol

Time to see a good chiropractor...

Or surgeon.

I had a microdiscectomy, although I’m not pain free I am ready and able again.

Messed up my back about 25 years ago. Much better now but can still have problems if I pick something up wrong. I've gotten pretty good at picking things up properly. :)

It appears I'm not the only invalid on here. :rofl2: Fedex dropped off my clutch kit today. When the driver handed me the box I about dropped to my knees in pain. Fortunately it didn't make it any worse and the back is feeling somewhat better now.

Just had an "episode" in late November and I feel your pain!
The one thing I've noticed is that the older ya get, the longer it lasts!
This last "episode " lasted 7 days and I lost 3 days of work
Good luck

I blew my back out at the tender age of 33. I was working for Goodyear at the time. I was changing tires on a car, and WAM!. Felt like electric shock in my spine. I was off work for 3 weeks. Go back to work. 2 weeks later, they terminated me. Found out a couple of years later. They don't want anyone with back issues working for them. :mad:

Probably more like they didnt want to pay workers comp!

They did pay me for the off time.

Just clutch or flywheel and **** too? The OEM setup is like 50#.

Just a clutch (ZSpeed Stage 4). It was in a pretty big box though which made it feel like it was 100# to my back.

That sucks

Damn! Lots of back problems here. Mine has been a long-term problem but manageable. I have to get in and out of my Z like a little old lady, but I can manage and not be too embarrassed by it.

But every once in a while, just like OP, I'll bend over to pick something up off the floor or ground, and the ol' back just locks up. It is almost always a very simple movement that brings the most severe and longest lasting acute pain.

It's a cruel world out there, guys. Hope your pain passes quickly, OP!

Yeah, but on the positive side, I got my new clutch. :happydance:

I feel for you and the people that have chronic back issues. Fortunately for me, it's only happened a few times but each time it was just like you said, a simple movement. It really stiffened up last night while sleeping but feels better after getting up and moving around.

Ibuprofen a few times a day and a hot bath usually speeds up my getting back to normal. Good luck!

It's been almost 30 years since I blew my back out. Since then, I think I've only had about 4 times that my back has flared up. For me, it's a weird twist. I have some arthritis that makes my back stiff at times. I'm finding out that I have a hard time touching my toes anymore.

I have a hot tub. :tup:

That’s got to be hard when wifey pegs you...:rofl2:

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In the midst of a flare up as we speak. Have had bronchitis for the past week and a half and all the coughing has me sore everyplace.

Getting old ain't for the meek, my friends.

Had an MRI a year ago....degenerative disk disease, 3 bulging disks in my lower back. Someday I'll look back on now and remember these as the good old days when I could still do stuff. :shakes head:

My brother just blew his knee out. He was carrying a ladder. Slipped on some ice, and twisted funny. He's 73. But looks like he's 60.

Had the back attack myself.

Last year ripped a bicep tendon!?! What the hell.....all these years I've been working out and my tendons aren't worth $hit.

I torn the tendon off the bone when I did mine year and a half ago. Got a nice scare on my right elbow. I'm about 75% back in strength.

OUCH, I know that feeling.

Surgeries that I've had. :eek:

1. Left wrist. broken bone.
2. Throat. Tonsils, and corrective.
3. Gun shot. Left kidney
4. Left kidney. Stone the size of golf ball.
5. Right hip replacement.
6. Hernia.
7. Right foot. Bone spur.
8. Left foot. Torn tendons and pins to straighten out bones that was broken 3 times. :shakes head:
9. Right elbow. Torn tendons.
:shakes head:

Both of my knees have torn meniscus. Was getting syn-vis shots in my left knee.

Me thinks our friend Rusty needs to never leave home without the bailing wire and duct tape.....and not for his car either.

For awhile. I thought that my orthro surgeon was my PCP. :shakes head: