Have you been experiencing stabbing pains in your lower back? Is bending over, turning round, or rolling over into your bed even difficult for you? If this is the case, you might have a sacroiliac joint inflammation, and that is one pain in the back you would gladly do your Christmas holidays without. What exactly are the sacroiliac joints, you might ask? They are two 'L-shaped' joints located on either side of the spine, down at the lower back. They rest between the pelvic ilium and the sacrum (small wedge-shaped bone at the bottom of your spine), and are held in place by a variety of muscles and ligaments. Sacroiliac joints make it possible for you to move your pelvis - they get pulled and twisted along the pelvic girdle, which is what happens every time you move your lower back. When either of these joints gets inflamed, it can create a sharp pain in the lower back, upper thighs, and sometimes the buttocks. This is either caused by the fact that the joints get stuck, or that one half the pelvis continually glides backwards and forwards, irritating and inflaming the iliolumbar ligament. Mild inflammations of the sacroiliac joints and the surrounding regions are not uncommon, but the more severe forms of sacroiliitis tend to crop up with old age. The most significant causes of sacroiliitis include pregnancy (because the pelvis is forced to expand during labour); trauma or sudden impact injury to the spine or pelvis; and degenerative arthritis, or osteoarthritis of the spine (which deteriorates the sacroiliac joints). But do not fret: it is possible to treat sacroiliitis, just as long as you visit your osteopath and keep an eye out for any early symptoms of the disease. The most noticeable symptoms of sacroiliac joint inflammation include: - Restricted hip movement (having difficulty turning around or rolling over in bed) - Stiffness in the lower back after long periods of immobility (such after long car journeys) or when waking up in the morning - Difficulty bending down - Pain during sexual intercourse - Sharp pain the thighs when swinging your legs out of bed or out of the car If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, it is important that you visit someone who understands the sacroiliac joint well, such as an osteopath. In the meantime, you can try to reduce the pain by doing the following: - When sitting or lying down, place a pillow in between your knees to take some of the pressure of the pelvis - Wrap a damp tea towel around an icepack and place it on the inflamed area for 10-minute intervals for a half hour. You can do this up to three times a day. - At night, sleep on your side instead of your back While sacroiliac joint inflammation can be a real pain in the back, osteopaths can help cure the problem effectively through a combination of physical therapeutic techniques and anti-inflammatory medication. So as long as you visit your osteopath and nurture your body, you should be fit and healthy for the upcoming holiday season.
For many of us the concept of camping brings up two distinctive pictures in our minds. One is the windswept traditional family holiday located in a windswept field in Devon with the kids maiming themselves on tree stumps and stinging nettles whilst you chase your illusive tent dances in the wind after which you pass out from blowing up you camping airbeds. The second is the mud soaked sheet that passes for a tent sinking into the mire at a festival.
At least these were the images I had until I stumbled across a website which changed my conception of camping airbeds. I was setting out on a camping trip, something that is not my usual style as I am more of a Four Seasons gent who lives for his creature comforts, well at least hot water. Opening the camping airbeds link and before me was an invention that would have looked more at home on MTV Cribs than on a webpage underneath a very reasonable price tag.
The camping airbed before me was a thing of majesty and beauty. The double layered self inflating air mattress can be used for camping and in the home. I started to visualise me proud compression on the lever that would inflate the bed as I sat sunning myself reading the paper whilst the other dads on the campsite were huffing and puffing into their lilo-esque, red cheeked and green with envy. I thought this was the perfect bridge between my hotel suite and the great outdoors.
Granted the camping airbed would mean an additional cost, as I would have to purchase a larger tent but the images of my tent-manor being the landmark and social centre of the campsite. This was my opportunity to get into camping however like communism, it was good in theory but there were a couple of practical hitches. The first being my inability to set up a basic pop up tent let along my Taj Mahal tent which required blue prints a team of civil engineers.
I had never seen so many poles and after my meagre effect of the smug inflation of the camping airbed was completely reversed by the site of me rummaging lost like a parachute ghost in the vast expanse of the tent, impaling myself on poles at regular intervals. To top it off a neighbour nearby came over and emasculated me by ordering me about with Ray Mears style expertise in how to put the tent together.
He did however comment on my camping airbed and I have to say I slept extremely comfortably, so much so that I now use the camping airbed as a mattress in my home. I have obtained a certain return on investment although my pride remains slightly dented, much to my wife's amusement. I would recommend quality camping airbeds to anyone looking for a good night's sleep whilst camping and they can double up as useful guest beds or mattresses in the home.
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