Drivers with pain? How do you manage your pain?

When I was driving and unloading, my chiropractor was a great help. I'm retired now but I suffer from the abuse my body went thru over the 42 years I drove.

 

Chiros and massage therapists can assist, but they can damage as well. I had a great 1 in Colorado that made me cry once a month, but my sciatica was almost never noticed.

 

6 cracked ribs, chipped bone in one of my fingers, slight road rash on chin, hands.

my FAT truckers wallet actually saved my butt cheek.

then general bruises, aches and pains. was on morphine in the hospital for like 3 days, then taken off it.

i be like......

 

I hurt all the time. All the accumulated knocks on my body are coming home to roost.

Just all the little, nagging joint stuff.

I take tylenol or advil as needed.

But for me pain is "ops normal".

 

i gotta wonder if an office worker that sits all day gets many of the same aches and pains as we do.

for instance, if thier seat is not adjusted properly, do they get knee joint problems?

if they bend to lift a case of printing paper, do they run the risk of a slipped back disk?

i supposed (in thought) all occupations have some sort of quirks about them, that catch up with them, as they age too.

but working in all sorts of weather, all hours of the day and night, higher stress levels, not enough restful sleep, may just hasten our bodies weakening sooner than the average worker.

 

Lots of lower leg and hip pain sometimes, tramadol works for me.
It doesn't make me feel drugged up , it also doesn't take away all the pain but makes it bearable. I may take it a couple times a month, mainly when I'm at home and need to relax. I would never take it while driving.

 

For the first 3 or 4 months starting out, just plan on lots of pain in places you never imagined. You are using muscles you probably didnt use much before, to drive a truck. Eventually, those muscles will get built up and stop hurtin.

My personal favorite was the outside of the fronts of my shins.

Follow PattyJ's advice on avoiding tense shoulders/base of neck pain: yer elbows should be hanging at yer sides as you drive, in a relaxed position. If ya hold em up in the air all day, yer gonna pay tonight. Adjust yer seat and steering wheel to assume the proper position.

THANK YOU PATTYJ FOR THIS LONG-AGO ADVICE.

 

Ibuprofen for me works better than tylenol. Aleve works good too but is harder on the body when taken regularly

 

All of them overtime are bad for our bodies, funny thing about Tylenol is it would unlikely be able to get FDA approval today as a new medicine.