Hey there, my fellow youths 👋🏻

I turned 43 a week and a half ago and threw my back out on Saturday sitting down in the wife's computer chair.

Not a bad chair either. A pretty dang good one, but set lower than my spendy ergonomic chair that I use regularly.

Just as my butt hit the chair, I felt a pop in my lower back and that was it. I was stuck. It hurt. I was scared of moving.

Then the muscle spasms started and I immediately rolled to the floor onto a yoga mat where I was effectively stuck in puppy pose (see pic) for the next hour or so.

I've been patched up and given meds to deal with the pain, taken the week off from work, and am planning on a normal routine of stretching from now on.

I know this most likely could have been prevented had I already been doing stretches, but I'm pretty stubborn and don't care about my well-being nearly as much as I ought to. Hello wake up call.

I hope for better backs for you all. 💕