"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

It was hurting this morning, and up to about midday John, but it's eased off a bit this afternoon, definitely better than it was. Thanks a lot for asking :thumbup:
 
Random question; hawkbill blades - since when did hawks have bills? Why is it not a hawkbeak? Hawkbill evokes an image of some sort of really disgruntled carnivorous duck.
 
pmew said:
Hawkbill evokes an image of some sort of really disgruntled carnivorous duck.
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:D ;)
 
Jack Black said:
It was hurting this morning, and up to about midday John, but it's eased off a bit this afternoon, definitely better than it was. Thanks a lot for asking :thumbup:
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Hi Jack - I messed up my sciatica back around 1992 while moving a 55-gallon fuel-oil drum. Anyway, the company sent me to physical therapy for 8-weeks and that seemed to take care of the problem. Then, one afternoon a couple years back while out shooting ground squirrels, I stepped down off the tailgate of my truck and Mr. Sciatica said; "hello Ed"!! Back to physical therapy for a couple weeks and it eased off but has never gone away completely.

Ok, I know everyone has their own remedies for their sciatic but here's what works best for me. Every day (usually early morning when I first get out of bed) I lay flat on the floor and bend my knee (on the side of the bad sciatic) up toward my chest as far as I can and then grasp my knee an pull it up further, into my chest, as far as I can. I hold it for a count of ten and then straighten the leg and then do it again for a total of 20 repetitions. I then do the same thing for the other leg. It doesn't cure my sciatica but it does stretch it out and make it easier to get through the day. Leave the opposite leg flat on the floor straight on the floor while doing the stretch.

One thing I like to do is hunt rabbits and squirrels and that takes a lot of walking. That exercise lets me do it in relative comfort. Sometimes if the old sciatica kicks up while I'm out and about, I'll lay down if feasible and do ten or twelve knee to chest raises.

Anyway, that's how I live with my sciatica. A friend had a bad sciatica and finally ended up getting surgery. It worked somewhat but he still has the old tingle down back, to the hip, around the thigh, and down to the knee and calf sometimes so he still does the old knee to chest stretching everyday.
 
Hi Ed, Sorry to hear about your sciatica, bad backs never really heal do they? :( That is great advice though, and actually I have been doing exactly that exercise these past few days (I used to do a similar yoga exercise years ago), though only about 4 repetitions. I'm glad to hear it works for you, and I'll increase the repetitions I'm doing and try and keep it up. Thanks a lot, and I hope Mr Sciatica doesn't calling again soon :thumbup:
 
Jack Black said:
It was hurting this morning, and up to about midday John, but it's eased off a bit this afternoon, definitely better than it was. Thanks a lot for asking :thumbup:
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Hi Jack sorry to hear about your bad back. I may be preaching to the converted here but have you thought of visiting an Osteopath?
I broke my back in a road accident when I was 15. By my mid-twenties sciatica was nearly crippling me so I bit the bullet and visited an osteopath. Took me a few visits, quite a bit of time and even more money but it was the best money I've ever spent.
Just make sure the practitioner is a member of the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC).
 
donn said:
Hi Jack sorry to hear about your bad back. I may be preaching to the converted here but have you thought of visiting an Osteopath?
I broke my back in a road accident when I was 15. By my mid-twenties sciatica was nearly crippling me so I bit the bullet and visited an osteopath. Took me a few visits, quite a bit of time and even more money but it was the best money I've ever spent.
Just make sure the practitioner is a member of the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC).
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Thanks, it sounds as if you have had it rough :( I hope things are better with your back now. I've had a couple of chiropractors in the past, and an osteopath, and they were very helpful. I'm hopefully seeing someone after the sciatica has settled down :thumbup:

silenthunterstudios said:
Best of luck for all of our backs.
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Definitely Dan :thumbup:
 
Eds knee raise remedy prompted me to remember this one for bad backs and Ive found it effective in the past.Not a miracle cure but may ease discomfort in a gentle way.If you are able.Get a kitchen chair lie on your back on the floor and put your knees up with calves on the seat.The idea is that it relieves tension through the hips and sciatic region.Hold for a short spell 5 mins say.Being relaxed is key.
Heeeaaay....wait a ...whu?....has the porch got a health clinic now? There is nothing we can't do here.:p
 
Electric horses! You heard it here first.
Those electric horses with four gaits that they used to have in gyms would be great for loosening up foramina and relieving sciatica.
 
5K Qs said:
I'm with meako on this watch issue. I've worn a wristwatch every day for at least 40 years, and probably the last 36 of those years I've worn a series of 3 Casio digital watches that cost me a total of less than $36. They've kept time accurately enough for me to function in modern society, and I've never had to reset the time (except for the semiannual daylight savings switch that I must do manually). My time-telling needs are met more than satisfactorily for a buck per year! But I'm also a guy who likes "econobox" cars, clothes from Goodwill, store-brand foods, and Rough Riders. My wife is the one who has more refined tastes in our family! :D

- GT
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I shop at Goodwill too and i get my watches on ebay for less then most Casios...lol. Old watches can be found for a few dollars and are just so cool to me. Of course I secretly want to be a horologist.:D And the tick tick tick reminds me of the teleological argument. The engineering that went into them and the skill involved in putting them together just lights something up in me. The history of the companies and the people...all of it.

You do have to wind it but i enjoy that...my honey...not so much. I'm wearing an old 1930's art deco skyscraper now i got for...7 dollars...they do call me mister frugal. It keeps perfect time..and its art as Jolipapa said. You do have to look a little as some may want a lot more for the same watch. Just wanted to offer a reframe resource:D

I do understand the digital thing though...I have had the same Timex Ironman since college and just change the battery every few years. It waterproof and so I still wear it when its raining.
 
I'd go with the traditional Scottish remedy;

Take a lemon, some cloves, some honey or brown sugar, and a large glass of whisky. Throw away the lemon, cloves, honey or sugar and drink the whisky. If pain persists repeat process and supplement with a pint of heavy taken alternately with the whisky.
 
pmew said:
I'd go with the traditional Scottish remedy;

Take a lemon, some cloves, some honey or brown sugar, and a large glass of whisky. Throw away the lemon, cloves, honey or sugar and drink the whisky. If pain persists repeat process and supplement with a pint of heavy taken alternately with the whisky.
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In the American version of this cure, just substitute a drink we have made form corn, called bourbon. When my L5 disc is bothering me, or my old army injury, I use large quantities of it. Works pretty good!
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Jack Black said:
It was hurting this morning, and up to about midday John, but it's eased off a bit this afternoon, definitely better than it was. Thanks a lot for asking :thumbup:
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I have sciatic nerve pain if I am on my feet for more than about 30 minutes at a time. It would build up to a burning pain running from my lower back along the side and front of my left thigh. Once it would get started I'd need to sit down for about 10 to 15 minutes to get it to subside.

It used to be much worse but the doc prescribed some anti-inflammatory pills that really made a huge difference, though it took about a week of taking them twice a day before they started to have a noticeable effect. Now I may only take one every couple of days if needed. Still bugs me from time to time but nothing like it was. I start to notice it after about an hour or so but it's not as painful as before.

So I kind of get where you are coming from. At one point I thought I might need surgery (still may at some point) but the pills helped a lot. Check with your doctor.
 
pmew said:
I'd go with the traditional Scottish remedy;

Take a lemon, some cloves, some honey or brown sugar, and a large glass of whisky. Throw away the lemon, cloves, honey or sugar and drink the whisky. If pain persists repeat process and supplement with a pint of heavy taken alternately with the whisky.
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I have certainly been following that advice over the past couple of weeks Dr Paul! :D :thumbup:

jackknife said:
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In the American version of this cure, just substitute a drink we have made form corn, called bourbon. When my L5 disc is bothering me, or my old army injury, I use large quantities of it. Works pretty good!
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I had a glass of bourbon yesterday Carl, when a barkeeper friend was lamenting the fact that Jim Beam Black Label will no longer be available here. I've often thought that I should learn more about bourbon, and after mentioning this, he invited me to a staff borbon tutorial they're doing :) Having seen the state they were in after their recent gin tutorial, I reckon it should be fun! :D :thumbup:

jc57 said:
I have sciatic nerve pain if I am on my feet for more than about 30 minutes at a time. It would build up to a burning pain running from my lower back along the side and front of my left thigh. Once it would get started I'd need to sit down for about 10 to 15 minutes to get it to subside.

It used to be much worse but the doc prescribed some anti-inflammatory pills that really made a huge difference, though it took about a week of taking them twice a day before they started to have a noticeable effect. Now I may only take one every couple of days if needed. Still bugs me from time to time but nothing like it was. I start to notice it after about an hour or so but it's not as painful as before.

So I kind of get where you are coming from. At one point I thought I might need surgery (still may at some point) but the pills helped a lot. Check with your doctor.
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Thanks again for the advice John :) About 15 years ago, I discovered an anti-inflammatory called diclofenac really helped with my back (chronic lower back injury, spondylosis in the middle back, 2 dislocated neck vertebrae, and with various other ailments (broken bones in both feet and various tendon injuries). I took it daily for 10 years, and it really gave me a lot of relief. Then I got an ulcer and had to stop taking it regularly, along with other anti-inflammatories. I have taken it a little over the past couple of weeks, along with some ibuprofen, but if I take it too regularly my stomach bleeds :(

It sounds like you have had it bad John, so I'm glad you're suffering less with it these days my friend :thumbup:
 
We all seem to find out as we get older that you need to protect your body and you need to start when you young.
 
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