Picked up a heavy ramp on my work truck on a goofy sidehill and instantly radiating pain..
Been tough to stand up ever since and barely any pain if I'm sitting or laying...

What's the quick cure?

xrays and go from there.

Ice and ibuprofen to start.

Get a Tens unit, small electrical charges that relax the muscles. Will work if it’s a muscle issue.

There is no quick cure. My Dr. told me, and I quote, "don't do stupid stuff". I reckon, he was right.

take it easy. heals slow

Ice and heat alternating can help. Depends on the exact injury. Either way take it easy for a couple weeks at least. Gentle stretches in the morning as well.

Inversion if you can get one. We have a teeter hang ups and it has helped me although it was a bear doing it while I was hurt. If you know anyone close who has one ask them to use it a couple times

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you don't want to screw around and make it worse. Just wait tel it's so bad it drops you and you scream out in pain and you can't even get uo and struggles to roll over so you can pee.

Once you get a bad back injury it's easy for it to come back and get worse.

It's one of the few things I would recommend going to a doctor for. Down side is they will run a bunch of expensive test starting with the cheap x ray.

slow stretching can help.

When I was young and had kids to feed I took a job hauling meat. If I unloaded myself I got another 75 bucks. lot of money early eighties. Ground beef was in 90 pound boxes. Not much you would think for a young man. I felt mine go and toughed it out finishing unloading. Called and told them I pulled a muscle or something. Took a few days off and went back to driving. Then started unloading again. Went out so bad a few years later I had a surgery. Bulging disc ruptured. Surgery didnt help much. About 10-11 years later had another. Lots better now

Doc told me after that first injury I had bulged a disc. Should not have done any lifting for months. What you described with the twisting sounds like what I was doing. Dont play with it. Dont keep lifting. See a Dr not a chiropractor. It will heal if it just started but not very fast.

I’d suggest taking it easy for a bit-maybe try some light stretching and use a warm or cold compress on your back. If it doesn't get better soon, definitely check in with a doctor.

So what your all saying is drink a dozen beers and rub some dirt on it... Sounds good

It is feeling a little better. Unfortunately my work is a fair amount of weight and time spent on a wheeler..
I do at least 3 pretty easy days planned out for next week and gonna go to the office Monday and fill out an accident report just so I have a paper trail in case it all falls apart on me...

The wife was a message therapist for a bit and been stretching me out good followed by ice multiple times today. It's definitely made things better...

Quite a bit of stomping around telling the wife and kid pick this up pick that up time today. Been a little fun...

And sitting on the porch swing feels about the best

One of the key questions is: Is the pain in your back or does it go into and down the leg? Either way, you need to see an ortho spine specialist. They might just give you some meds (prednisone and a muscle relaxer) but if the pain continues an MRI is what you need, not xrays. They will probably do xrays anyway but there is no getting around the process demanded by insurance unless you are paying out of pocket.

In the big picture, you have just been giving a warning, one that I got a few years ago. The warning is that your back is not going to tolerate what it has tolerated for most of your life and you need to accept and adapt to that.

If you can still joke about it, you don't have back pain. Carry on. But, seriously, once you've ruined your back, it's over. Your life will be changed forever. Things you never thought twice about doing will have you begging your wife to help you.

Spot on. I apparently ruined my back decades ago but it didn't show up until a few years ago. Now, at 70, it has changed my life and not in a way I like at all, but I'm still above ground sucking air.

I came to trapperman as my last resort for sure on a medical issue...thumbs up

Thanks to the early posters. I think you guys did talk me out of a chiropractor and if it still hitting hard Monday to get X-rays..

You’ll know how bad it is tomorrow morning if you can’t put your socks on. I forget what I had a year ago but it wasn’t muscle. Lower back around to the hip joint on one side. Was told to lay off the electro and avoid stretching the crap out of it until it healed, then I could start stretching and Dr Hoes if I wanted. I always stretched after back injuries thinking it’d help but this last doc told me that by stretching a nerve/tendon strain, I was taking 2 steps forward at night while resting and one step back while stretching in the morning. Best thing I ever did, let er heal for a bit before any physio.
A good chiro is golden if you have one in you’re area, some are a joke.

I feel for you. Back pain is no joke.