Having moved - and packed - and packed and moved again, I don't envy either you or Doug this task. And doing it via email requires a huge amount of trust...I don't even want to imagine what Rich and I would wind up with if we tried an experiment like this. You two are amazing!
Make sure you get up and stretch...a good exercise for lower back pain is as follows: lie on your back, legs bent. Make sure your back is pressed as flat as possible against the floor, bed, whatever you're using, then suck in your stomach as far as you can, like you were trying to have your belly button and spine meet. Then, exhale little by little until you can breathe but your stomach isn't all the way out. This is, supposedly, your back's natural alignment. Hold it for a count of 10, then exhale and repeat. It does actually work!
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Make sure you get up and stretch...a good exercise for lower back pain is as follows: lie on your back, legs bent. Make sure your back is pressed as flat as possible against the floor, bed, whatever you're using, then suck in your stomach as far as you can, like you were trying to have your belly button and spine meet. Then, exhale little by little until you can breathe but your stomach isn't all the way out. This is, supposedly, your back's natural alignment. Hold it for a count of 10, then exhale and repeat. It does actually work!
Oh, and take a warm bath! =D