Lower Back Problems?

[We_Love_Lime]

I'm beginning to have some lower back problems.
I can't sit on my throne for more than 30 minutues, without my back starting to ache?
I'm rather worried, that eventually I'll become paralyzed or Imobile or something, or can't walk for long periods of times.

I tend to sloutch alot and this might be the cause, but is there anyway I can help it.
Would some Hamstrings or LowerBack stretches help?

[Bonham#1!]

I'm sure stretches wouldn't hurt, and neither would sitting straight. But I'm no expert.

[We_Love_Lime]

Yeah thanks though. ;).

[Drum Monkey]

Sloutching is most likely what has caused this, as that is my case. Make sure when you play you sit up straight, eventually it will become a habit. As for you back now, seeing a professional would be good to do...

-DM

[Sync0pation]

Happens to me too.

Just remember when you pick up something heavy, don't bend and pick it up, squat and use the strength in your legs.

Also, arch your back, and when you sleep, make sure you sleep flat, not bent (taking away pillows in the upper body, or placing lumbar support pillows under you). Stretching may help too, but I'm not sure about that. Just make sure you don't bend too much.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

I had the same problem. It got better by moving my set right up against a wall, so my back would hit the wall, thus making me sit straight up. It worked for me.

[We_Love_Lime]

would getting a throne with a backrest help a bit?

[Sharkey Boy]

get a throne with a back rest?

like so

http://www.activemusician.com/item--MC.ADT330
http://www.birminghamdrumcentre.co.uk/category.asp?category=13&subcategory=154

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Yeah that would/could help.

[We_Love_Lime]

I also walk about 2 miles home everyday with a backpack, I doubt that's causing something, but maybe?

Thanks for all your help guys.

[Sync0pation]

It might.

Yeah I moved my seat against the wall for a backrest. It works fine in that capacity, however my left elbow hits against the wall everytime I play two handed sixteenths on the hihat.

[We_Love_Lime]

Yeah.
I guess I'll just get a seat with a backrest.
I don't really have a flat wall, my set is right infront of a window sill.

[NCDrummer]

get a back rest..i need one...i slouch too much

[We_Love_Lime]

That's what I have intentions of doing, and also sitting up in class.
I pretty much lie at like a 15 degree angle in my desk.

[NCDrummer]

you lie down in class? NICE! what kinda class? Maternal?

[We_Love_Lime]

Uhh...
Biology, Programming1, French2, WrldHistory, English2, and Algebra2.

[stevensonmat2]

Get a rolling backpack. Nothing says sexy like having your papers fall everywhere because you ran your bookbag over a pebble.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Get a rolling backpack. Nothing says sexy like having your papers fall everywhere because you ran your bookbag over a pebble.

hahaha

Or getting it kicked by people 24/7.

[stevensonmat2]

Lol im one of those people who does the kicking :p

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Same here man. There is this kid who goes to my school whos into Anime and the first day of school last year, I ran and kicked the **** outta his bag. Paper exploded everwhere.

I got 5 days suspension though.

[stevensonmat2]

Anime kids with rolling bookbags, tut tut.

[Josiah]

Sounds like a posture issue. Get a large mirror (or two) so you can watch your back while you play. Also video tape it and watch to see whats going on back there.

[Sunshine]

Rolling backpacks are fagtarded =/

[We_Love_Lime]

Sounds like a posture issue. Get a large mirror (or two) so you can watch your back while you play. Also video tape it and watch to see whats going on back there.

I was thinking that.
Yeah thanks everybody.

Especially you Sunshine, for your contributions ;).

[Sync0pation]

I used to have a rolling backpack in 6th grade. I'm sorry ::suicide::

[Sunshine]

You're welcome Lime.

I help where I can o(^-^)o

[We_Love_Lime]

I know. I appreciate your efforts.
I had a batman and robin dufflebag in the sixth grade.

Why?
Becuase it was ****ing awesome.

[Sunshine]

Of course.

Batman is always awesome.

[We_Love_Lime]

I havn't been in a situation where I think to myself, Batman sucks.
Never in my life.
Robin or Superman, however is a differnet story.

Hijacks his own thread.

[Sunshine]

Pfft.

Batman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Superman.

And not without just a little help from The Off-Topic Fairy ;)

[We_Love_Lime]

Your right.
I can't forget you.

I can't belive they don't have a SuperHero called the Incredible Lime or just.. Lime.
I'm going to create one.

I already have a character. He looks like this:

http://dropshots.com/photos/101950/20060601/b_094152.jpg

I just have to give him superhero attributes.

[Sunshine]

You should make him you.

And then go on that show.

"Who Wants To Be A Superhero?"

[We_Love_Lime]

No.
I like to keep underground.

[Sunshine]

Oh ok.

Thats cool.

[stevensonmat2]

Is that character drawn on your wall?

[We_Love_Lime]

It is.

Attribute 1) Throws Limes as apposed to Frag Grenades.
Attribute 2) Can fly via a propeller attached to his hat.
Attribute 3) Heart Balloon acts as a Parachute.

[Sunshine]

Sounds like an underground superhero to me.

[We_Love_Lime]

He is.
He can't be deteted because he's a midget.

[Damo]

Yeah.
I guess I'll just get a seat with a backrest.
Lime, I dont think this will fix the issue.

If you are feeling pain in your back, particularly if its your lower back, it would suggest that youre leaning forward when you play. If you have excessively angled toms, Id suggest straightening them a little, or lowering the height at which you sit. By flattening toms, raising them and lowering your stool you may feel a little uncomfortable initially, but it will force you to sit up on your throne which will keep your back straight.

[We_Love_Lime]

Yeah.
I don't have any toms, but thanks for telling me that a throne won't help it, because I was about to go buy one for 100some dollars or howmuch ever.

I can't adjust my throne height, to make it shorter, but maybe I could just raise a bunch of things.

Thanks.

[Win A Rabbit]

I have major back problems (went for x-rays today finally, after 5+ years of problems), but not when I'm at my drums. I find that when I sit in a certain chair in my living room that's a bit too low to the ground, my lower back starts to hurt after a while. Maybe your throne is too low?

[Sunshine]

OH OH I KNOW.

Tie a wooden board to your back when you play =D

[Sync0pation]

I was actually thinking of doing that.

[Sunshine]

Wait.

You're not talking to me.

Are you?

[We_Love_Lime]

Who else would he be talking to?

[Sunshine]

I was hoping sic.

But I guess not.

I was totally kidding.

[Sync0pation]

Who else would I be talking to?..lol why wouldn't I be talking to you?

[Sync0pation]

Jesus christ you people are fast posters

[DillingerEscp]

Pfft.

Batman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Superman.

And not without just a little help from The Off-Topic Fairy ;)
absolutely not.

superman would NEVER have back problems, I give batman 10 more years and his back is gonna be out.

I rest my case.

[We_Love_Lime]

^^^.
What are you talking about!?

Superman would probably get his cape stuck in a sewage drain, choke and die.
Than a garbage truck would run over his dead corpse and break his back, while maggots infested on his rotting carcas.

[stevensonmat2]

Haha, you say "I rest my case" as if you gave some evidence to prove your claim. :p

[Sunshine]

absolutely not.

superman would NEVER have back problems, I give batman 10 more years and his back is gonna be out.

I rest my case.

Psh.

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about what-so-ever.

[We_Love_Lime]

That's what I'm trying to explain to him.

[Quinto]

a backpack that is heavy can cause scoliosis(sp?) sit up straight, maybe move your throne in, thats my problem, and make your drums higher.

[Zildjian]

I love just taking the books I need for class. Then though the backback in the car when headin home. All those years of having 50lbs on my back over, its sweet

but yea lime your question was answered for the most part

[derryk]

If it's not serious, work out your abs (I'm not joking)

[Sunshine]

^He really isn't.

My lower back is curved in more than most people, and starts hurting if I'm walking straight with good posture for hours and hours and hours on end [but it takes like all day, so it doesn't cause TOO much of a problem].

The doctor said that if I don't do a bunch of ab work outs to fix it, I'll have majormajor back problems when I'm older.

[We_Love_Lime]

Oh okay thanks.

Yeah, I don't even have a permit yet Zildjian :(

[stevensonmat2]

^That sucks dude. Ive been driving for two years and I already have a flashy nick name for my vehicle. The "Score" Runner. Its a 4-runner. Get it.

[We_Love_Lime]

Not really.
I'm still 14.
But my mom doesn't want me to drive, till I'm like 18.
I don't mind, not like I have anywhere fun to go.
Like...parties.

[stevensonmat2]

You mean you dont want to go park at the Bojangles parking lot and compare one anothers red-neck low rider pick ups? Oh wait, thats my town... >.<

[We_Love_Lime]

I like riding the city bus in Kansas, I don't mind it.

[pitchfork]

Slouching is bad, you've gotta have good posture when playing drums.
I just get bad backs because my matress is an utter piece of crap and I used to slouch a lot and I click my back a lot.

Oh and lifting a lot of heavy rubble and helping my grandparents move a few months ago really threw my back in the ****ter, ouch.

I need a massage :(

[Zildjian]

^That sucks dude. Ive been driving for two years and I already have a flashy nick name for my vehicle. The "Score" Runner. Its a 4-runner. Get it.

my car's nickname is "hey I wonder what its ganna hit next"

Sersiousally ive had my car for under a year and i alreaddy scraped the hell out of my drivers door because i didn't see a poll pulling out of a gas station

ran over a fire hydorgen because i had to stop an idiot friend trying to light an m-80 in my car

theres a couple more but i dont feel like typing

But im a good driver.

[stevensonmat2]

I would have mutilated the guy lighting the m-80/:smash:

[Zildjian]

oh i did

[Sunshine]

After 4 days of having my license I hit a lightpole in the parkinglot.

So damn lucky I was doing no more than idling and didn't crack the headlight.

[stevensonmat2]

doh!

[Zildjian]

After 4 days of having my license I hit a lightpole in the parkinglot.

So damn lucky I was doing no more than idling and didn't crack the headlight.

ahh we all learn one day...unfortunally my learning cost me around 2k in repairs :p

[Sunshine]

Haha, see.

My learning just earned a "..stop banging up my car!" from my mom.

And she's way glad I wasn't driving the stick. You can't idle with a stick, I would've been going much faster and probably would've cost upwards of $600 in damages [3 for the headlight I would've cracked, and 3 for the bumper that would've crumpled like paper as Japanese car bumpers tend to do].

[stevensonmat2]

I drive a manual, stick ftw.

[Zildjian]

I drive an automatic...Im driving my grandfathers giant buick

Its awsome

[stevensonmat2]

Pimp mobile

[Sunshine]

We have 2 cars [well, 3 now, but one of them I don't even touch so I don't consider it as "existing"] --- The 2000, automatic, white Honda Civic, and the 2001 black Honda Civic with the stick.

My mom has this really weird...order...that I have to do things in:
-Permit [done]
-ONLY ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE AUTOMATIC because it'll "screw me up on my driver's test" [which I took two weeks ago and passed]
-Must have license and be driving the auto 'til like January ['tha hell =/]
-Must be able to drive the stick in EVERY CONDITION IMAGINABLE [including starting it, going uphill in a monsoon..and snow..and so on] before I can have it
-Then, and only then, after I master the stick, am I allowed to learn to drive a motorcycle

Which blows, my dad would've bought me a motorcycle even before I had my permit. I waaant one.

[pitchfork]

Lesson to learn, if you see and mxer on a road, pull the hell over and wait til they're out of site if you value your car and your life.

Come on is it really that hard to not crash, neither of my parents have ever crashed a car nor my grandparents.

[Panopticon]

We have 2 cars [well, 3 now, but one of them I don't even touch so I don't consider it as "existing"] --- The 2000, automatic, white Honda Civic, and the 2001 black Honda Civic with the stick.

My mom has this really weird...order...that I have to do things in:
-Permit [done]
-ONLY ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE AUTOMATIC because it'll "screw me up on my driver's test" [which I took two weeks ago and passed]
-Must have license and be driving the auto 'til like January ['tha hell =/]
-Must be able to drive the stick in EVERY CONDITION IMAGINABLE [including starting it, going uphill in a monsoon..and snow..and so on] before I can have it
-Then, and only then, after I master the stick, am I allowed to learn to drive a motorcycle

Which blows, my dad would've bought me a motorcycle even before I had my permit. I waaant one.

s'all for good reason.

[stevensonmat2]

Ive never wrecked or dinged or anything, like da vinci said, "you just have to learn to pay attention!" And if you know where that quotes from your as lame as me.

[Win A Rabbit]

Man I've never had a driving lesson, don't have my license (have my learner's), and I drove all the way to New York with a friend. We split up the driving 50/50. Neither of us had our licenses. Didn't get stopped once.

[stevensonmat2]

You dont get pulled unless you dirve like a jackazz.

[Sunshine]

s'all for good reason.

I still don't understand learning stick before learning motorcycle.

My parents wouldn't've even needed a new car had they just gotten me a little, used motorcycle.

I'm not a big person, a 250 would've done me fine.

[psychocream]

http://www.birminghamdrumcentre.co.uk/category.asp?category=13&subcategory=154
I sat on that throne at that place (birmingham drum center) today.

[crazyguy832]

I have scoliosis and a crapload of back problems.

Step 1: See a chiropractor

Step 2: Perform back stretches regularly

Step 3: Repeat

Because I feel like having this topic be somewhat on track.

[othankheavenfor311]

i want a backrest for my roc-n-soc