Reply #144: A pinched nerve is a "minor" health problem....

[Bridget Burke]

But it does hurt like hell. One day, I stood up from my office chair & immediately felt a dagger going through my spine. Each morning, I'd wake up & lie rigid in bed, afraid to move. Who needs a job! But hydraulic pressure drove me to the bathroom & a warm bath allowed me to hobble in to work.

When I finally went to my doctor, she diagnosed a Pinched Nerve almost immediately. She prescribed Ibuprofens that would choke a horse & a muscle relaxer to take before bed. The very first morning, I woke up with a sore back--but without the icepick through the vertebrae effect. By the time the pills were gone, the pain was gone. Exercise is recommended to prevent recurrence; it's worked so far.

A pinched nerve doesn't indicate a serious health problem--just too spent much time sitting at a computer, reading or watching TV. But it does smart.