Mike and His Back

This pas week has been a difficult one. Last Sunday night Mike and I were cooking dinner and messing around. I hip checked Mike and thought nothing of it but then about 30 seconds later he moved a little bit and had a really bad pain in his back. He hurt so bad!! We tried everything from walking around to loosen a possible muscle spasm, ibeprofen, icing and heating, and trying a back massage. He still hurt in every position he was in whether it was laying down, sitting or standing up. We went to bed that night and hoped he would feel better on Monday. On Monday he still hurt and on Tuesday he was hurting but his back was feeling a little better. On Wednesday he hadn't improved much so I talked to a friend at my work who goes to a chiropractor and gave me his chiro's number. I called the chiropractor and told him I needed to get Mike in that day if possible because he was hurting a lot and thought it may be his sciatic nerve. The chiro was really really nice and even though his day was pretty packed he got us in that evening. We got Mike in and found out he had a bulged disc in his lower back. The chiropractor suggested spinal decompression and an adjustment. So we did both of those and went back Thursday for the same thing. Mike's pain level for his back has been dropping but he is still hurting. He is going back in on Monday and Tuesday. We are really hoping he gets to where he doesn't hurt soon. We have been icing his back a lot and trying to rest him a lot so he is laying down. He has really been working on his posture which should help. We are just hoping it goes away soon and won't bother him anymore!