Average Kimberly, JunkYard Jim and the big pain in the Bottom... Things you need when you have massively hurt your back.

Junk yard Jim is so close to being 

Better and returning to work.

The last 6 months have been a long trial.

I have been looking at everything we got to try to help 

Ease his pain and help him recover.

The above set of memory foam pillows helped him 

Get in positions that eased the level of his pain.

In the first few weeks heat helped him get a little 

Relief from the pain.  He really wanted to constantly 

Lay on the heating pad. His pain was really high.

Sitting was pretty uncomfortable but these 

Special cushions helped him get some time sitting.

At first he could only sit 

For a few minutes.  Slowly as he has healed 

He can sit for longer and no longer needs 

The cushions.  I like them.

The cane allowed him to walk for little stretches.

One thing he needed to do in the healing process 

Was move every hour during the day.

His pain level was so high even with 

Medicine that this was hard for him.

At first just walking from the bedroom to the kitchen 

Was very hard.  It wasn’t until he had the third steroid 

Shot in his lower back area that he started 

To find relief and improve.  That was sometime in July.

I feel like the end of August beginning of September 

Was when he really started to have a decrease in pain.

He can now walk two miles on the treadmill.

Premade meals were a big help. Thankfully 

The store I work at has premade breakfast and 

Dinner meals.  He could not stand long enough to 

Cook a simple meal.  So being able to put the premade 

Meal in the microwave was a blessing.

Yoga mats to do physical therapy on.  He 

Started with maybe 3 simple moves, which were

Hard due to his constant pain.  We set up the 

Yoga mats in our bedroom for him to do these exercises.

We also would take the yoga mats to 

A park and put them on a big beach towel 

So he could get some time outside 

When I had a day off.

Thankfully we have a treadmill at home.

At the beginning he could walk maybe 2 minutes.

He had to keep his hands on the side rails 

To take pressure off his back.

Now he can walk for 2 miles.

The pain caused him to have very little energy.

So he spent most of his day in bed at the beginning 

Of this journey of being hurt and this

Month ( October) has been the first month 

Where he has been close to pain free 

And out of bed.  Hopefully at the end of 

The month he will go back to work.

I will post more of the things you need with 

Severe back pain soon.

Average Kimberly