How do you balance it all??

[SFgirll853]

I am/was a super active person... LOVE to get out and do sport, snowboard, etc..  Since my car accident(s) I have been taking too many pills. I have 3 herniated discs in my back/neck and am so tired of hurting.  I also realize that i dont exercise for rehab like I am suppose to because I take too many pills and am too tired.  what is the right balance?  it is SO FRIGGIN hard to figure out what is the right thing to do every day.  How not to hurt so much I cant do rehab, how to not over-medicate so I am too tired to do my exercises.  I just want to feel good again physically so i can feel good mentally.  How do you balance it all????  btw this has been going on for 5 years.  my journal tells more i guess.  I dont  think i hurt that more either.  i am pretty much sure i am just addicted to the pills.

I am just a girl trying to figure it all out.  This pain/ addiction S**t is CRAZY!!!  I have cut back from 10 norco a day to 5.  At least there is that......

[jim811]

hi....i started taking percs because I fractured my knee wheile running; was also very active and now i am again.  while i was on meds, was very reluctant to exercise because i thought i would hurt myself even worse. so after 5 years, i fianlly stopped and have been back in the gym for about 8 weeks now...there's pains (i think i screwed my other knee now) but feeling good....

peace,  nick

[usarmymedic1]

OK let me talk to you as a therapist if your rehab is causing that much pain than you need to tell your therapist it should not cause so much pain that it decreases your functional life. by not doing your exercises just pisses of the therapist so they take it out on you if this is happening you need to speak up. go to my photo's there is a picture there tittled core exercises try them there made for the beginer starting there exercise. pain from therapy should not last longer than 2-3 hours without taking meds and yes the pain will decrease as you get off your pain meds I have 3 herniations with preasure on the nerve root and the spinal cord at the L3-S1. You should look into other types of pain relief TENS units really do help. Injection can help and lidocane patches can decrease the pain. Donot let a therapist do more than you are comfitable with if it hurts tell them if they don't stop stop them. you should only feel 5-6 pain level during exercise that dropes after the exercises to a 4-5 at the end of the exercise if you walk out of therapy with 7-8-9 pain to much change therapist...

chris