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I Have Chronic Back Pain

I suffer from very chronic back pain. Due to my accident back in February of 2015 in which I'm still recovering from, my back has been weak and I have to go through the pain everyday! It's terrible I have to wear a corset type of back brace to keep my spine straight and on top of that a super bulky hard shell brace. Whenever I use my walker to walk I need my assistant to hold my back for even more support due to the fact that my back locks up on me so often. Along with my other braces, neck brace (Miami J collar) and sometimes leg brace.
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I can do most things on my own. I push myself to do things that my doc would probably die if he knew but the more physical things I do, the better I am. It keeps my back muscles strong which helps my back to stay pretty stable. I have refused to let it ruin my life anymore than I have to. I do two tramadol (Ultram) to help with the pain and a baclofen for spasms. At night I add a anti-depressant with them. I do these every six hours. I makes me live on six hour days.