Back injury from babywearing

cro · 05-03-2012, 11:05 PM

E (3yo) rarely wants to be worn anymore, but I still pop her in the Ergo every now and then for short bouts. Well, 2 weeks ago I wore her for 2 hrs for a walkathon on Friday, then for an hour on Saturday in another walkathon. I felt fine - just a little sore in the hips...and my legs were tired.

Fast-forward a couple days and my low back suddenly started hurting. Got worse each day, and took me a while to realize the cause of it.

After nearly a week of pain meds, arnica, ice, chiropractic, and "rest," I'm finally starting to feel a bit better. Still hurts to sit for any length of time (which is why I haven't been on GCM in a while).

So the moral of all this: if you haven't worn your preschooler much lately, don't randomly start back up for hours at a time. Build your muscles back up to it.

SweetCaroline · 05-04-2012, 04:05 AM

i know you're the baby wearing warrior!- sorry that happened!

tryin-to-FROG · 05-18-2012, 02:17 PM

I had that happen with the ergo in particular also as my kids tend to move their weight around a lot when in it. I had to switch to taller panneled carriers- Boba, Oh Snap, Beco etc to hold their torsos snugger up to me. Sorry you got hurt- hope you are better now.

05-18-2012, 10:56 PM

I pulled a muscle in my back when I decided to wear my then 2 year old on a hike in the Redwoods after sleeping on a air mattress the night before. Not fun!

cro · 05-18-2012, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tryin-to-FROG

I had that happen with the ergo in particular also as my kids tend to move their weight around a lot when in it. I had to switch to taller panneled carriers- Boba, Oh Snap, Beco etc to hold their torsos snugger up to me.

Good to know. If I wore dd more than once every few months, I'd probably invest in one of those.

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Originally Posted by mcomommy

I pulled a muscle in my back when I decided to wear my then 2 year old on a hike in the Redwoods after sleeping on a air mattress the night before. Not fun!

Yeowch!

allisonintx · 05-19-2012, 06:16 AM

I have a degenerated lumbar disk from baby wearing. There are consequences for choices..even good choices sometimes have them

05-03-2012, 11:05 PM	#1
cro Rose Garden Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 7,779	Back injury from babywearing E (3yo) rarely wants to be worn anymore, but I still pop her in the Ergo every now and then for short bouts. Well, 2 weeks ago I wore her for 2 hrs for a walkathon on Friday, then for an hour on Saturday in another walkathon. I felt fine - just a little sore in the hips...and my legs were tired. Fast-forward a couple days and my low back suddenly started hurting. Got worse each day, and took me a while to realize the cause of it. After nearly a week of pain meds, arnica, ice, chiropractic, and "rest," I'm finally starting to feel a bit better. Still hurts to sit for any length of time (which is why I haven't been on GCM in a while). So the moral of all this: if you haven't worn your preschooler much lately, don't randomly start back up for hours at a time. Build your muscles back up to it. __________________ ISTJ, DYT 4/2 mama to: M ~ born in Russia 8/31/02; adopted 7/21/04 J ~ born in America 3/20/05; natural bio surprise E ~ born in America 12/08/08; natural bio miracle

05-04-2012, 04:05 AM	#2
SweetCaroline Rose Garden a little Attachment Parenting will fix that Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,981	Re: Back injury from babywearing i know you're the baby wearing warrior!- sorry that happened! __________________ Gently mothering 5 babes one day at a time, only by the help of my Lord - ages 11,6,5, 4, & 2 Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ISFP

05-18-2012, 02:17 PM	#3
tryin-to-FROG Rose Bouquet Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 924	Re: Back injury from babywearing I had that happen with the ergo in particular also as my kids tend to move their weight around a lot when in it. I had to switch to taller panneled carriers- Boba, Oh Snap, Beco etc to hold their torsos snugger up to me. Sorry you got hurt- hope you are better now. __________________ Lorene~Mom to 6 great kids 09/02,08/04,10/06, 05/10, 06/11 and 11/13

05-18-2012, 10:56 PM	#4
mcomommy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Back injury from babywearing I pulled a muscle in my back when I decided to wear my then 2 year old on a hike in the Redwoods after sleeping on a air mattress the night before. Not fun!

05-19-2012, 06:16 AM	#6
allisonintx Rose Garden Some Cal/Mag will probably fix that. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: catching up on the laundry Posts: 41,294	Re: Back injury from babywearing I have a degenerated lumbar disk from baby wearing. There are consequences for choices..even good choices sometimes have them __________________ allisonintx Wife to Stephen Mother to Elizabeth 19, Andrew 17, Abigail 14 & Evelyn 12 Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turn of the world. Love keeps her in the air when she ought to fall down. Tells you she's hurting before she keens. Makes her a home. . . . . . . .

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