orichalcum

So, I've been having this sudden week of massive lower back pain, possibly caused by the fact that my job now requires me to stand in more or less one place for several hours each week. Or, I don't know, carrying a 13-pound puppy down stairs a lot.

Last night, my brain decided to deal with this my inventing a dream in which, not only was I initially in a swimming pool (having apparently rented out one of the tanks at Sea World for my birthday), but pseudosilence and fajitas happened to be visiting, and Pseudosilence offered to give me a massage.

Sadly, her dream massages are much less effective than the real thing. But I appreciate my subconscious' attempt to help. :)

Anyone have any real-life suggestions for simple ways to deal with lower back pain? And on this list, I suspect there will be...