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Username John · 03-05-2012 12:51PM

pakalasa wrote: »

I have a bad back, or at least I had during the winter. I use the hand yard slurry scraper a lot during the winter, so I was putting it down to this. I changed my chair at work too to a wheeled one. I noticed in the last week or so that the pain is gone. It's down to one of these, not sure which.......:D. You'd be amazed how simple things like sitting posture and the right stretching exercises can really help.

When I hurt my back, I had to go see a physio.
When I was there, I asked about shoulder pain, as I had developed a dodgy shoulder somehow. she asked me to show her how I sat at work - I did. That was my problem, she told me to move around keyboard, mouse, & to change chair. Within a few days, my shoulders were better...
She was saying she sees an awful lot of people with similar back / shoulder / wrist complaints, all from the way they sit for 8 hrs a day.

bbam · 03-05-2012 01:17PM

rancher wrote: »

Would you try a chiropractor, Rory Murphy in mullingar is very good, people come from all over to him, I had very bad back pain for years, hospital consultant told me after xray mri etc that I'd have to live with it, but murphy sorted it and he won't hurt you....much, haven't had bad pain for years now

Naah.
Been to a few. But with current problems I've been warned that going back to one could lead to permanent disability. Never got any releif from them.
I was just having a moan really, out on the road for the afternoon in the sun so much happier now.

rancher · 03-05-2012 02:19PM

bbam wrote: »

Naah.
Been to a few. But with current problems I've been warned that going back to one could lead to permanent disability. Never got any releif from them.
I was just having a moan really, out on the road for the afternoon in the sun so much happier now.

I was told the same, doctors don't like chiros, ''six weeks physio in five minutes'' they call it

kevthegaff · 03-05-2012 02:34PM

I do a bit of weights nothin extreme, but ive never had any back trouble. carrying weight around the abdomin will cause trouble in the long run. All the pullin and draggin will take its toll eventually tho. theres a good lad in gort, ill find out hes name for u if ye want

bbam · 03-05-2012 02:35PM

rancher wrote: »

I was told the same, doctors don't like chiros, ''six weeks physio in five minutes'' they call it

Madness my consultant calls it.
Weren't they banned in Canada due to the number of cases of permanent peralisis in their patients. In fairness they often do severe " manipulations" based on very little investigation and no radiography, essentially working blind.

bob charles · 03-05-2012 03:16PM

leg wax wrote: »

straw shed just filled with 200 4x4 bales of golden barley straw.:D

Some fellows are mad to be the first one out cutting

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Ordered mine last week as it cheaper that growing it, so I will sell my own:rolleyes:

rancher · 03-05-2012 03:45PM

bbam wrote: »

Madness my consultant calls it.
Weren't they banned in Canada due to the number of cases of permanent peralisis in their patients. In fairness they often do severe " manipulations" based on very little investigation and no radiography, essentially working blind.

I just wasn't prepared to live with the back pain,so I had nothing to lose when I found this guy, could'nt farm, catch sheep or even cough

whelan1 · 03-05-2012 03:50PM

rancher wrote: »

I just wasn't prepared to live with the back pain,so I had nothing to lose when I found this guy, could'nt farm, catch sheep or even cough

god they say women are bad for complaining:D

Muckit · 03-05-2012 07:09PM

Oul lad had operation to repair some of the damage to the ligaments in his knee yesterday. He's back out of hospital tomorrow;)

It'I be 6-9mths according to Doc's before all's back to normal

whelan1 · 03-05-2012 07:39PM

got some cattle out today:rolleyes:

snowman707 · 03-05-2012 08:15PM

bbam wrote: »

Many of ye suffer from bad back ?? Must be very common in farming circles..
I'm struggling at the moment although mine isn't farming related it does restrict what I can do... On a good day I need help with any heavy work... working the tractor where I need to turn round all the time to look back is a killer...

Have a degenerative condition made much worse a few years ago when an idiot in a transit tried to drive across my car head on... in fairness to him he made it up to the wipers before he ran out of steam

Enough moaning... tis a lovely sunny day here

Have you tried the Bowen Technique ? I couldn't believe the relief I got

http://www.boweninfo.com/

I have recommended to a few people , some got good results and other just minor but all were postive

Good Luck !!

ecospace · 03-05-2012 10:12PM

Just done my own knee in (playing a bit of junior hurling) scan was ok just some small ligament tears and cartilage damage but physio reckons it will be months comming right. Wife not too happy as we have a newborn, boss not happy as i cant travel as much and auld fella not happy cause i cant catch the calves for tagging

1chippy · 03-05-2012 10:39PM

chiros are a shower of chancers. done my back 6 or 7 years ago(couldnt even walk for a short spell).Got aenough relief to do a bit for a few years and then it went again. Then spent 6 months walking like an old man who spent ost of his life carrying coal. was with every conceivable form of quack imaginable and no cure. The doc told me i would definately have to get it operated and i was booked in; 12-18 MONTHS OUT OF WORK.
A lad gave me a no of a guy, i tried and thank f*k i,m flying again.
I know most reading this will say ive tried everything and usually sit saying another waste of time, but if any of you want his no. pm me.
Couldnt say enough good things about him. when you finally get proper relief you dont know what to do with yourself.

Man of Aran · 04-05-2012 06:45AM

1chippy wrote: »

chiros are a shower of chancers. done my back 6 or 7 years ago(couldnt even walk for a short spell).Got aenough relief to do a bit for a few years and then it went again. Then spent 6 months walking like an old man who spent ost of his life carrying coal. was with every conceivable form of quack imaginable and no cure. The doc told me i would definately have to get it operated and i was booked in; 12-18 MONTHS OUT OF WORK.

.............when you finally get proper relief you dont know what to do with yourself.

Agree with the posts on many quacks & chancers out there .... I don't see 20+something year olds with a 90 day Back Alley Diploma or completion of a correspondence course in medicine really being able to do a lot for our 40+ year olds with back / disc issues.

There are reputable Chinese / Asian Traditional Medicine clinics out there with trained people who studied craft for 7 years or more.

Saw successful results 1st hand and with friends several times with acupuncture (incl those hot needles and candle-in-cups) and proper massage.
(Not the happy ending type either!)

Follow up medicines too ... boiled soups made of ginseng, wolfberry, " tropical tree bark" and believe it or not pig's tails (full of gelatinous material same as in human backbone cartilage).
Aye lads ,,,, ye'd be fit for the Olympic gymnastics after a few treatments.

pakalasa · 04-05-2012 08:14AM

Every farmer I know is suffering from either a bad back, arthritis in the hips etc. Do you not think it's time all farmers should get proper training in manual handling? We have to do one regularly in work. It's a real eye opener. It might save a lot of unnecessary suffering.

rancher · 04-05-2012 08:49AM

pakalasa wrote: »

Every farmer I know is suffering from either a bad back, arthritis in the hips etc. Do you not think it's time all farmers should get proper training in manual handling? We have to do one regularly in work. It's a real eye opener. It might save a lot of unnecessary suffering.

Its not lifting heavy weights that cause the problems, its lifting light weights that have a mind of their own...ie sheep,

whelan1 · 04-05-2012 08:53AM

rancher wrote: »

Its not lifting heavy weights that cause the problems, its lifting light weights that have a mind of their own...ie sheep,

or pulling a calf , or moving a downer cow

Johnsey · 04-05-2012 09:11AM

rancher wrote: »

pakalasa wrote: »

Every farmer I know is suffering from either a bad back, arthritis in the hips etc. Do you not think it's time all farmers should get proper training in manual handling? We have to do one regularly in work. It's a real eye opener. It might save a lot of unnecessary suffering.

Its not lifting heavy weights that cause the problems, its lifting light weights that have a mind of their own...ie sheep,

Why do you need to b lifting sheep up?

reilig · 04-05-2012 09:56AM

Johnsey wrote: »

Why do you need to b lifting sheep up?

Shearing, hoof trimming, checking under bellies etc.

jerdee · 04-05-2012 10:05AM

pakalasa wrote: »

leg wax wrote: »

two of us are thinking of going up and over to sixmilebridge mart on saturday for a look ,anyone know what time it starts and directions,thanks in adv

Coming from Waterford, take the Ennis road from Limerick City to Co. Clare. Head out the Ennis road until the first flyover after about 5 miles. Up through Cratloe village and then on into Sixmilebridge. When you arrive in the center of SMB village, take a left over the small bridge, then a right. The mart is out that road, on the right hand side after a mile and 1/2. You'll pass the hurling field and school as you go. Starts at 11am as far as I know.
It's a small enough Mart compared to say Ennis, up the road.

well did you travel up if so what did ya think....

redzerologhlen · 04-05-2012 11:15AM

What a feck up of a day yesterday. Was dehorning calves in the morning and knocked another twist out of my back. Went to the mart in gort in the evening then with a bull and a heifer. The bull went buck ape and tried to jump out of the ring and the scales, the heifer was a November calf and was 220kg and only making 550, I said no sale, auctioneer told me not to be so thick that I was getting the price of her...I told the auctioneer I know the road to Ennis too. Came home then to a cow bawling at 11 o clock lastnight and her calf having meningitas, had to catch him and bring him to the vet but she reckoned he should be ok because we got it early. She reckons it was the stress of the dehorning that brought it on, Anyone ever hear that before?

leg wax · 04-05-2012 11:48AM

jerdee wrote: »

well did you travel up if so what did ya think....

its tomorrow we are thinking of going:P

lakill Farm · 04-05-2012 12:04PM

ladies and lads, have a lamborgini 1050 premium and last week i had the pan mixer on it for the first time. ANd it was lifting the front axle. The tractor is same as a SAME 100.4. Looking for weights on donedeal and only set in donegal (the very top at mizen head) . i need 250kg plus so blocks wount work. any other ideas apart from only mixing a smaller batch? i ended up reversing with with every batch.

Kovu · 04-05-2012 12:13PM

lakill Farm wrote: »

any other ideas

Do what any farm did in the 90s.

Tie kids to the front. Simples:p

Johnsey · 04-05-2012 12:20PM

lakill Farm wrote: »

ladies and lads, have a lamborgini 1050 premium and last week i had the pan mixer on it for the first time. ANd it was lifting the front axle. The tractor is same as a SAME 100.4. Looking for weights on donedeal and only set in donegal (the very top at mizen head) . i need 250kg plus so blocks wount work. any other ideas apart from only mixing a smaller batch? i ended up reversing with with every batch.

Fill the front tyres with water. ??

tanko · 04-05-2012 12:48PM

redzerologhlen wrote: »

What a feck up of a day yesterday. Was dehorning calves in the morning and knocked another twist out of my back. Went to the mart in gort in the evening then with a bull and a heifer. The bull went buck ape and tried to jump out of the ring and the scales, the heifer was a November calf and was 220kg and only making 550, I said no sale, auctioneer told me not to be so thick that I was getting the price of her...I told the auctioneer I know the road to Ennis too. Came home then to a cow bawling at 11 o clock lastnight and her calf having meningitas, had to catch him and bring him to the vet but she reckoned he should be ok because we got it early. She reckons it was the stress of the dehorning that brought it on, Anyone ever hear that before?

I have put off dehorning my calves while the weather has been so bad. Extra stress brought on by dehorning could lead to pneumonia, scours etc. Never had a calf with meningitis tho. Hope he pulls through for you.

redzerologhlen · 04-05-2012 07:28PM

tanko wrote: »

I have put off dehorning my calves while the weather has been so bad. Extra stress brought on by dehorning could lead to pneumonia, scours etc. Never had a calf with meningitis tho. Hope he pulls through for you.

We had a few fine days together so thats why we went at them. It came on in in the space of a few hours. He was going around the field and the cow was bawling at him and he kept running away, never bawled back to her and then he started throwing himself down and his ears and head were kind of going into a spasm, the best way I could describe it is he was running around like a headless chicken. Was lucky to cop it so early on to be honest. Hes much improved today though, has bonded with the cow again and sucked, hopefully he will keep on that track!!

vanderbadger · 04-05-2012 08:38PM

http://www.charolais.ie/video.php
was just looking at this video of charolais sale, notice the same breeder from scotland seems to be buying all the high priced bulls, wonder what he does with all of them

Muckit · 04-05-2012 09:08PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

http://www.charolais.ie/video.php
was just looking at this video of charolais sale, notice the same breeder from scotland seems to be buying all the high priced bulls, wonder what he does with all of them

Runs them with all his cows?

How many bulls would you want for 300 or 400+ cows? He'd get better value out of them too because he could rotate them around

vanderbadger · 05-05-2012 05:48AM

Muckit wrote: »

Runs them with all his cows? How many bulls would you want for 300 or 400+ cows? He'd get better value out of them too because he could rotate them around

googled him
http://www.falleninchcharolais.com/news.html

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