3 quick tests to diagnose if your “fat pain” is from your dry discs — and how to fix it
Each one takes under a minute. You’ll feel the answer before I explain it.
Rise up on your toes. Now drop onto your heels.
You dropped one inch. And you felt it in your back.
A disc full of water eats that. Yours passed it straight through to the bone.
Put both hands on your kitchen counter and push down.
Nothing about your back changed in those 20 seconds. Nothing healed. Nothing moved.
The only thing that changed is how much weight was sitting on it.
Go lie down. Don’t get up until I tell you.
Two pillows under your knees — not under your head. Take your phone with you.
Don’t get up yet. Keep reading right there — I’ll tell you when.
By the time you stand up, something will have changed. I want you to feel it before I explain it.
Stay lying down while you read.
These are not medical tests and this is not medical advice.
If you have numbness, leg weakness or any loss of bladder control, see a doctor.