My wife was hit by a car in April 2019 and I've mentioned on here before about how her sense of taste and smell was greatly diminished due to a concussion. 3 months later she started having intense back pain. The doctors were hesitant to associate this problem with the accident, so it was not included in the settlement.
Anyhow, she's found that activated B-12 works well for nerve pain and has reduced her use of steroids subsequently. I thought perhaps glucosamine would regain cartilage growth. I used it when I developed a pain in my knee and I'd feel it going up our stairs after jogging at night. Glucosamine worked well for me, at least. The problem is getting my wife to take anything at all, especially if they come in large-sized pills. She's already taking other stuff, so it would have to be good because she doesn't want to take many supplements. If people have recommendations, especially based on experience, advice would be greatly appreciated.
I've been into alternative medicine for 15+ years already, but I've learned a lot by coming to this forum. GEOTUS talks about medical breakthroughs coming and we've seen the suppression of stuff like HCQ and Ivermectin. I'd never heard of Fenbendazole before coming to this forum. Please help if you can. She goes to physical therapy nearly every Saturday. I have a stretch ball, but I'm surprised they don't have her use one at home. I use it when I have lower back pain, and bought it 12 years ago at a chiropractor's insistence. My wife was doing well over the summer, but now with the weather cooling down, she has difficulty boarding a bus with its steep steps when she goes home. What about even stuff like eating more red meat? Thanks in advance.
It's hard to go against cultural habits such as diet or too much bending at the waist.
Re: calcium - vitamin D is what is required to absorb calcium. You are going into winter now, so that will have to be from supplements. (The fact that she is having more pain may be because of waning vit D levels) What the dose is on the bottle is bunkum (1000 IU per day). Most peeps recommend 5000IU to 10 000IU. If she is in pain I would definitely recommend the latter. It helped me when I had bad arthritis BTW.
I have seen some academic articles about bending at knees rather than back, and the verdict is that everyone has their own way, and that those Health & Safety recommendations are just speculation, and possible harmful for some. So don't get your knickers in a twist about how she is supposed to bend over. The point is to avoid the pain, but if she can't pick up a baby without pain, she may have to avoid that, and that means a discussion with the heads of the school, which may be an issue, as Japanese do not like to argue with their employers.
Have you guys investigated some other means of helping children? Maybe setting up a daycare at home. IDK just spitballing here, again I don't know the rules in Japan.
Maybe some yoga? But that is a long term solution.
Is your bed something you can improve? Again, I don't want to infringe on any cultural or traditional beds, but having slept on a thin mattress on the floor for over thirty years, we finally took the plunge and bought a new bed with pocket springs in the mattress, after my hips were excruciating, and it's a lot better now.
Be sure to take vitamin K with your D.