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What basic or everyday thing did you recently find out you were doing wrong? (programming.dev)
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[–] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the meantime between getting back to physio, try a cheap TENS unit. I found a lot of relief by slowly over the course of a few days applying 30 mins of electroshock to my lower back when it acts up. When I was going to physio, besides the exercises they gave I would get 20 mins of TENS therapy. I figured I could save time and money by just doing the shocking myself as well as my morning stretches.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    I have a couple of them. I wish I was better at placing the electrodes. So many positions do basically nothing, or just sting the skin, but when I get them set up right, holy shit is it magic.

    Need to order in some replacement gel for the pads, though.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago

    It helps a lot to have another person place them for you.

    I find that if I feel the muscle that is causing pain and put a pad on either end of that muscle group then another pad across it in an X shape then I usually get the muscles isolated.

    It rarely fixes it in one day. I find if I'm at about 70% of how I normally feel then on day two I wake up feeling 75% normal then 85% on day three and back to normal on day four. People thinking it is instant usually are discouraged in continuing but sticking to it for days in a row is more successful.

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