Well, I went to the chiropractor for the 1st time yesterday (2/28) All went well  THANK GOD! I am no longer convince that it is a scarry or painful thing! It is a good thing!  . 

I got a consult, xrays, some alignment done, decompression table treatment, cold lazer treatment & did some physical therapy like exercises. I did not recieve the official results of the xrays wedensday...which was sort of a bummer because I really, really wanted to know.
(God is just teaching me patience LOL)  I was told that I definatly have some instability issues going on with my back & that I definatly have stuff out in my back... The arch in the lower back is suppose to be 40 degrees... well mine is 1/2 that!!!  

So... I went back in today (3/1)  to get more work done on my back & got the results of my xrays!!!    Well....Here I have a herniated/bulging disc in  my back!!!!! I believe he said it was my"L4".
He showed me all my xrays & totally explained everything which was GGRRREEEAAAATTT!!!! So looks like I am going to be seeing alot of the Dr. 

Well back on Wedensday, I had to fill out paper work stuff & explain what I did to myself, on Valentines Day/3 weeks ago at work.  I told them about & tried to show them how  the "dog hurdling" accident happened, which was a long story & sorta odd to show them.
He said that when I twisted to avoid stepping on /tripping over the dog is what did it & that the 3 pops I heard were my back going out of whack, & the muscle spasms/knots  I have, that kept coming back, were because my muscles were trying to keep that area stable & over working themselves  .

They asked me if I filed a compensation claim at work... & I told them no because I am done there on the 16th of March. They said that I still should since it was a work related injury. Well after today's news the realization of how seriously I messed up my back, & how many more times I will be going there...(atleast 6 more times)... I decided that I should do tell my boss & file a claim. I have no health insurance & am paying 75.00 a visit for all my treatments.. ALL because of an injury I sustained at work!

Sooooo.....today after my appt.  I went into work & talked with my boss & told her what exactly was going on with my back....she asked me why I didn't report it when it happened & I told her it didn't hurt right afterwards, not until the next morning & that the pain  seemed to be just muscle knots/spasms.  I wasn't going to turn that in if that's all it was.  I told her the knots kept coming back & then I was getting a sharp pain in my spine, which really concerned me & figured I better get it checked to see what was going on!  She said well, You told me hurt your back before this could be from an old injury." I told her my OLD INJURY was torn or strained muscles  NOT a spinal injury!!!.   So..I explained to her when, where, & how this all happened at work. She said, "Well I can turn it in for you but I need the name of your PCP & Chiropractor & how it all happened on paper."  We are probably going to need your old records to make sure this wasn't from a previous back injury... so we need to have this info." So I gave her all that info & wrote out the accident exactly how it happened.  

SORRY..... I am VERY irritated at work right now, It just makes me mad that they are trying to give me a hard time instead of help. They can check every piece of my med. history. I know & God knows that  I HAVE NEVER had a spinal injury!
Also from the sound of it.... There is NO WAY that I could have gone years & years with this kind of injury & not know it! 
I am the type of person who loves hard work, & willing to help anyone with just about anything. ( I'm odd) 
At work I typically get called to help lift heavy dogs, restrain very unruly, big dogs, help hold for xrays,  carry heavy dogs to the creamatory that can wiegh alot (100+++ lbs that requires 2 people to do.)   I carry 50-80lb stuff up & down stairs at work by myself & it doesn't bother me none. ..... the list goes on & on.. I haven't been able to carry anything over 30 lbs for the last 3 weeks! Soooo we'll see what they do.

What irritates me even more is just about everyone I work with knows that my back has been screwed up for 3 weeks because I told them, "I'll help you if you need it but NO LIFTING & no restraining big, rowdy dogs for now because my back is killing me." 
2 weeks ago on a Tuesday, my boss specifically told me that they were going to need help restraining upstairs, & I told her that was fine EXCEPT  that I screwed up my back so I can not doing any heavy lifting & if the dog is a big rowdy one.. NO can Do.   She said well see what you can help with...That was all & she walked away.  Not once did she ask what the problem was or what happened. So for her to act "SHOCKED" that my back is messed up is rediculous!!!!!!

Sooo I will update with what is going on when I get a chance ... For now I am trying to rest up & let the work that I'm getting done to my back take hold..... while I continue to devour my OSH magazines!!!

GOD BLESS & thanks for reading my rants.
Sorry I got so rowdy  
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Shannon