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Steve — Is it mere coincidence that a couple days after you started this thread, my low back “went out”? Or did you put a WWW hex on me? 🙄 In any event, there would be no way I could hunt when I can’t even stand up straight. Walking uphill feels great but downhill is misery. A single 10 mg Valium works better than any pain pill I’ve tried, but makes you a bit dizzy for a couple of hours. Sports Cream is the best topical I’ve found — not greasy or stinky. And Doc Dave Sigurslid has some excellent stretches that really help and I guess I need to remind him again to come on here and offer suggestions. Several days later I’m still sore but if I move carefully I can do pretty much what I want. Took a long stump-shooting walk yesterday. Thing is for most of us, if we stay with a gentle routine of stretches and stomach-tightening exercises, the back is usually OK. I’m just glad this happened to me now, rather than in 2 weeks when turkey opens. dp