Spending the weekend with a backache

It seems that I spoke too soon when I said I thought that I exceptionally healthy for my age: yesterday morning, I carried my laundry basket with my dirty clothes to the laundry area. As I bent down to put the basket down on the floor, I felt a sudden sharp pain in my lower back. Alarmed, I stood up straight right away and immediately regretted that I didn't take care to bend down the correct way, that is, bend at the knees rather than by the lower back. Anyway, I didn't feel any more pain then and was hopeful that no major damage was done. But I felt stiff as I began to walk around and especially after sitting down even for a few minutes. And so it was for the rest of the day which was rather inconvenient because I practically do work sitting down whether at my desk or at my PC in my office. (Curiously though, after spending half an hour sitting down reading books at the Catholic book center I mentioned last time, I didn't feel any pain or stiffness at all as I left the place to walk back to my office.)

I'm still as stiff as ever today especially after sitting down. Lying down flat on my back does bring a little relief (at least it used to when my back would feel tired) but I found that I felt no pain at all if I remained standing. Perhaps sitting down means bending my back at the point where I injured it hence the stiffness upon standing up. Anyhow, I can't stay too long here at my laptop surfing or writing this post for my blog and so will have to log off soon. I hope I will be much better tomorrow since I brought home something to do from work, was looking forward to practicing some piano this weekend and have mass (with all the sitting, standing and kneeling to do) to attend tomorrow morning.