whittled on twice.hurt myself 2 weeks ago.laid up last week. got my D.O. to pop me back in.I will not use a chiroprator. Not a 100% yet but getting close. wanted to fish the BPS open this weekend.But the wife might raise her eye brows on that.I have a new jig color I wanted to throw.

Yep, for about 20 years now.

back is good,but when i fish my neck starts to hurt between my sholder blades.after fishing i'm fine.

i'm 40 be 41 in jan.

when it comes to fishin,..strong like bull - smart like cow.

back, L1-L2.
2 M/C wrecks haven't helped !!

Bad back for about 19 years now. Was laid up a couple of weeks ago for 4 days and doc calls today to go over my X-rays on Friday. I know part of the reason was wearing a helmet, flack vest and 180 rds of 5.56mm to work everyday for 14 years. Desk job for my last 6.7yrs.

46 and counting.

SportFisher

First herniated disk hitting my psyatic nerve at 15. The youngest the doctors had seen at the time. A couple epidurals and a lot of physical therapy and I was fine.
Fast forward 14 years and 7 epidurals later, I needed surgery to repair 3 herniated disks and 2 degenerative.
Now, 4 years later, I am back to golfing, fishing, snow skiing, and the shotgun doesn't hurt so much on the recoils.
Thank you Dr. Peloza!!

Yes, not fishing related.

The less active I am in my everyday life, the better change I have of pulling a muscle in my back while fishing.

Scoliosis. Bad back from day one. 50 years with it.

I can't blame mine on fishing that's for sure, although running across rough lakes at break neck speeds has not helped it over the years. I sure am glad I bought my kitty kat though, cause it does ride nice and never gives me a beating.

I used to have a lot of trouble. I've had two ruptured discs. One in my neck and one in my lumbar. Had two surgeries to fix them. It got a lot better but I still had some problems. Then I married a chiropractor. She adjusts me regularly and now I hardly ever even think about back trouble anymore. Every now and again I wake up a little sore but that's about it.

my whole body aches and im young

+1 on the bad back...keep a large bottle of Advil in the glove box.

Have 3 herniated disks in my lower back at the ripe age of 48. I fish most of the day sitting on my backside.

+1 on that... My Dad used have a saying when I'd complain to him about one body ache or another..

" Son, it's just gonna get worse". LOL He wasn't kidding either.. OUCH...

What is a good matress to sleep on? Pain every day but when I sleep in different beds .hotels sometimes it seems to go away for short periods. I slipped a hunk of plywood under my old matress and the pain changed sides.

My Dad's saying about his bad back is "it's better that the Alternative", that being death.

SportFisher

I have two herniated disks, three steroid injections this year and will start therapy this week and if it doesn't help then a diskectomy in Dec.
I herniated my first one at 28 but had trouble sitting in certain cars at 15.

I have had back surgery (3) times 1973 1984 2008. I still fish but not has much. I have bad c5c6c7 but no surgery at this time.I am 63.

I have broken my back two times and neck once and now am dealing with a bulged and torn disk in my neck(C5 and C6).

best sleep i have ever had, was on a hard sealy futon mattress with a 2" memory foam topper.

I'm 21 and work construction and my back starts to get sore after long days on the water. I can already tell im in for back problems in the future. Going to school at night so i won't have to be hanging pipe all my life.

Interesting read.

I ruptured a disk back in 1978. Live with continuous sciatic pain ... sometimes worse than others. About once or twice a year I am down for 3-4 days to a week with it. No surgery until I start losing function in my leg(s).