Post #239023 by Howland on Wed, Jun 21, 2006 9:35 PM

Tanx, G good to be back.
Back's better than ever. Some people assume that if you have had a back operation-that you have a bad back. Truth is- I HAD a bad back (not extremely bad, according to the Doc) but I had the problem worked on and now there is no problem. Kinda like if your car had a case of the rattles and you took it in to the 'car doctor' and had the rattly stuff tightened up--viola! no more rattles--better than almost ever.
It's all about body mechanics--keeping good form, using legs instead of back to lift, etc., etc., etc. Stuff we should all do anyway. Maybe I should take this over to the safety thread.
Come-along works great and I got it right after back op so I could get busy on some log hackin'. I started the cocojoe style tiki about 2 weeks after back op. Was back on the longboard, bicycle, etc. 2-3 weeks after operation--piece of cake-no worse than going to the dentist to get a tooth pulled.