FAZ
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anyone else suffer from a pain in the lower back, making it almst impossible to mve,
noticed it ever since i got the buckets and do alot of motorway miles on the harder suspension
anything i can do to make the journey more cmfortable, apart frm the obvious revert to standard setup?
also any household methods of curing a bad back?
ta x
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harrisp
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Originally posted by FAZ
anyone else suffer from a pain in the lower back, making it almst impossible to mve,
noticed it ever since i got the buckets and do alot of motorway miles on the harder suspension
anything i can do to make the journey more cmfortable, apart frm the obvious revert to standard setup?
also any household methods of curing a bad back?
ta x
Extra cushion on the seat base?
I can never get on with fixed back buckets.
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FAZ
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isit the vertical position thats causing the pain?
whats the natural way a back should be? with a slight slant or....?
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Corsa_Sport21
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Just looking at fixed bucket seats gives me back pain.
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Ben G
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it's not just bucket sets mate.
my puma seats give me awful back ache as they have no lower back support for me.
when i drive my fiesta it's so much better and the seats properly support you and you can definitely feel the difference.
think it's called lumbar support?
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Ben G
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also if you have general pain in your lower back, stand up straight and push both your fists into your middle lower back area together, pushing forward.
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boylers11
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NB// diagram below hasn't worked, but you get the idea!!
Don't know if this helps mate, but here we go.....I work within the NHS and recently we had to attend a 'manual handling' lecture. The lady picked us lads out for being tall and asked if we had bad backs - we all said yes, the lower back.
She reckoned that if you lie on the floor on your back, then lift your legs up and put them on the sofa making a shape like this:
_ (feet here on sofa)
(head here on floor) _I (Sofa here)
...for 5 minutes each night, it helps to unwind all of the muscles in your lower back which you use most of the time, especially when driving.
No idea if it works, but she's the expert - worth a go?
[Edited on 07-05-2011 by boylers11]
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Ben G
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i does work, my mate does it whenever his sciatica flares up.
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FAZ
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cheers guys, ill try tht sofa idea out from now on 
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gazza808
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that pain your having is because you have bad posture,
i find the best way to stretch it out, is layflat on the floor with a full 2litre bottle under the base of your back,
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boylers11
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Let us know how you get on, might try it myself if it makes a difference! I can't justify lounging around on the living room floor unnecessarily!
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FAZ
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oh righty, cheers.
so its just a couple of muscles being pathetic and needing time to become unspazzed?
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Ben G
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i went to the doctors last week because i get terrible back pain and he said it's a spasm of the 2 muscles to the left and right of the spine.
he prescribed me diclofenac and diazepam for 4 weeks.
probably best to go to your GP also.
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Steve
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do you still have sex ben
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lee303
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what seats are they? if its a decent one with good lumbar support, its probably how its fitted, do you feel relaxed in the driving position?
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FAZ
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corbeau revolutions
yes ido, but then my back will start being agonisingly painful, so i shuffle around n lean forwartd etc
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
do you still have sex ben
no 
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FAZ
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lee303
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they look fairly upright and too high above the wheel height in that pic, you’re probably straining your back being hunkered over the wheel and with the seat being upright the front cushion isn’t giving good lumbar support either
you can get little lumbar pads that velcro in the corners of the rear back cushion about 1/3 of the way up that may help but i’dlook at remounting them differently
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FAZ
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so that im sat lower down?
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lee303
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yes and tilt the seat back a little so the front cushion gives good support to your lumbar via your thighs
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lee303
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is hard to tell from a pic of the empty seat though but i have the exact same seat and drive to germany with no back problems
[Edited on 07-05-2011 by lee303]
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FAZ
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tilting it wont be a problem, but lowering will need new / customised subframes? i knw in ur nova u sit quite low
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lee303
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its relative to the pedals and wheel though, looks like they are on sliding subframes? this usually means you sit higher than the stock seat, but you do want to be a little under the wheel if possible and the angle of your legs to the pedals is important, its not the easiest thing to do unless you do seat rails and fix the sat in one position, but well worth it imo
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smcGSI16V
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You can buy velco backed inflatable lumber supports which you can use in them type of seats if your finding you need lower back support.
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