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@TooTallTim
Stretching is definitely not helping, and has been excruciating at times. "If it hurts then don't do it, but you need to stretch to make it better" was the reply from the physio. What I'm getting annoyed about is the blanket responses from doctors, without doing any scans to find out what's wrong first. I do understand that the majority of the time, rest and painkillers will help most people, but this time it hasn't and they've already twice dismissed the need for a scan.
I'm hoping that something as drastic as injections will help me a) get some decent rest, and b) relax everything so I can do this physio properly and stop it returning
Oddly for someone so tall, I've never had any serious back problems. This is the first time and it's manifested itself as a huge problem!