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Lon wrote:
The pain you describe is what I call normal back pain. It sure hurts too but it is a different hurt. It is like comparing a Huffy and a Calfee. They are both bicycles... I used to do the same thing with the back pain I had.

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One of the very first things I learned in nursing school is that everyone's pain is unique. Everybody has a different threshold and tolerance. You can only compare the two types of back pain you had with each other. There is no way you can compare it to what anybody else is experiencing.

...sometimes I just wanna tell my patients to "suck it up and quit whining!" "I've had hang nails that have hurt worse!" But I don't because I don't TRULY know what they are experiencing. I can only take their word that it is ok, tolerable, untolerable etc.

I think we, as a group of avid cyclist, tend to be on the masochistic side. We enjoy the pain involved with riding hard.

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