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About one week ago to the day, I injured my lower back. And though I am now fully on the road to recovery, I can't help but wonder what it would be like to be saddled with nagging lumbar back pain indefinitely as is the case with many disability claimants.

It would be awful without a doubt. But here are some specific things my spouse (also a former DDS examiner and a current D.O. CR) and I discussed: light jobs would be difficult because handling any amount of weight, let alone, say, 20 pounds, would aggravate a back problem. I rediscovered this reality yesterday as I, in a limited fashion, tried to help my wife with groceries. The simple weight of a gallon jug of milk was enough to make me wince. How about a sedentary job? Well, the problem with sedentary jobs has to do with...being sedentary.

As many claimants with chronic lower lumbar pain will attest, being in a seated position can become very uncomfortable even after a few minutes. But even

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The author of this article is Timothy Moore who publishes information on antioxidants at http://www.vitaminstuff.com/antioxidants.html

Posted on: November 27,2005

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