Pulled my back muscle on first load

Ruthless · Nov 24, 2018

MartinFromBC said: ↑

It happens all too easily. I had a driver who hurt his back climbing out of the truck, he was off work for 3 months. He said that he didn't do anything else to it, was just climbing out and snap. I myself am moving slower than usual lately, and not working too hard. Threw a chain across the trailer last week, nothing that i haven't done thousands of times before. This time i tore something in my right shoulder and have to take it easy on it. Most of my time this week has been spent in the passenger seat while the rookie drives. I must say she is really impressing me. Such a simple job today and so short I let her go alone. No nasty roads, and only picking up a D6 and delivering it. She was back in the yard only 9 hours later, and my tired old shoulder got a rest.
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Sound like one of those injuries *from* repetition. Like sports players get.

Jazz1 · Nov 24, 2018

sounds like weak back muscles common to folks who sit all day. You need to strengthen core muscles. Nothing wrong with your back likely. MRI would define the problem

ulenie · Nov 24, 2018

JonJon78 said: ↑

Icy Hot patches help
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Never tried one of those. Am sitting at walmart now i guess i can grab a couple. Are they both cold and hot at the same time?

Sharky88 said: ↑

You need to make sure your seat rocks it will help with the bumps
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Ya i have been trying to adjust it to get it right

tucker said: ↑

It’s stress , you just think your back hurts.
Get Dr Sarno’s book on back pain
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No, i actually felt the tear. Its a small tear though. Not that painful. I have tore muscles elsewhere from sports. I know how they feel

BrandonCDLdriver said: ↑

I feel really bad to laugh at other people's injuries on the job but when I read the title I was thinking "That's why you have to do no touch freight." Then I read that this guy injured himself IN THE DRIVERS SEAT while driving and he didn't hit anything. I've never heard of that happening.

I hope that its something that heals quickly man but I gotta be honest, your OP gave me a chuckle. I was NOT expecting that.
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Lol ya muscles are pretty stiff...specially the hams. Going 60 mph on a bumpy road in a tanker is no fun. It just pulled me up and down side to side too much

x1Heavy said: ↑

Ok, get a big body pillow and get it between your seat and back any way you can. If it's long enough you can fold it over. Find a cushion at least two inches thick or even the sheepskin type (Beads over it for airflow and massaging) would be a alternative.

Get yourself to a doctor capable of doing Xrays in a clinic somewhere. If you get sharp stabbing or unable to have full range of motion, you visit the ER. You only have one spine.

Hang in there. Do whatever you can to get some heat on there. Even if you have to fill a couple of stanley thermoses with hotwater from truckstop coffee source, and use a pharmacy based store rubber bladder to hold that liquid on the rough spots on your muscles as it slowly cools to you as you rest. Do whatever you can to keep it moving, even if it means taking a slow walk around the rig carefully going through your range of motion. Hopefully without a hitch or stab in it.
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Its a small tear. Its not bothering me much. Just a little sore. I need to start streching everyday

Jazz1 said: ↑

sounds like weak back muscles common to folks who sit all day. You need to strengthen core muscles. Nothing wrong with your back likely. MRI would define the problem
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No my spine is good. Just a small muscle tear. Not a big deal to go to doctor for. It will heal

JonJon78 · Nov 24, 2018

ulenie said: ↑

Never tried one of those. Am sitting at walmart now i guess i can grab a couple. Are they both cold and hot at the same time?

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It heats it up really good at first then eventually cools down. They last for about 8 hours I believe.

Walmart sells them in single packs for like a $1.50 so you can try a couple to see if you like them without buying a pack of 10.

D.Tibbitt · Nov 24, 2018

ulenie said: ↑

I was going over some highway bridge in Arkansas that was very bumpy and I guess my back couldn't handle all the yanking. Felt a couple small tears, back has been a little sore since then. I feel like I have to move off the back rest of the seat when going over bumps so I don't hurt it again.
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Take some advil aka flatbedder candy

mustang190 · Nov 25, 2018

Unlock the slide stop on the seat. Let the seat slide fore and aft.

agitator · Nov 25, 2018

ulenie said: ↑

I was going over some highway bridge in Arkansas that was very bumpy and I guess my back couldn't handle all the yanking. Felt a couple small tears, back has been a little sore since then. I feel like I have to move off the back rest of the seat when going over bumps so I don't hurt it again.
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Wow...I don’t even know what to say...I was just thinking what back pain my Dad May have had when he started trucking in 1948 with a wore out Mack....Or when I started with a 1968 International COE 4000 with Hendrickson suspension...

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