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Message: [QUOTE="atom58, post: 3061326, member: 7262"] Now I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night, but recovery from a lumbar strain or even sprain for a young woman should not take too long. Years ago I had self-diagnosed sciatica (pain radiating down the outside of one leg) from lifting. I stopped lifting, did bed rest for a few days over a weekend and got over it. I have thought that the more you mess with something, the worse it can get. My wife has back trouble from a work injury nearly 10 years ago. It was a herniated disc by MRI and she was in chronic pain for nearly 6 years despite traction and epidural injections which apparently eventually worked. Two of three neurosurgeons told her it was not bad enough to do surgery. One physiatrist (physical medicine and rehabilitation) told us about surgery, "sometimes the best thing to do is to do nothing". As long as she lifts less than 10 lbs and avoids excessive bending she has no pain but then she knows biomechanics and how to leverage things in a shopping cart. Over the years I have encountered several people who still had pain after surgery. As a medical consultant I used to work with in a State job once told us, "after back surgery, 1/3 get better, 1/3 get worse, and 1/3 stay the same". Anyway, your player should be OK with "conservative Rx". [/QUOTE]