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Re: Question Dealing with Lower Back Fatigue

To: John Homonek <jhomonek@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Question Dealing with Lower Back Fatigue
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:36:51 -0800
John,

I bought two wedge-shaped lumbar supports from Office Depot.  They 
aren't cheap--think they
were $40-50 apiece--but they do help (I sometimes drive for 8-10 hours 
straight).

bs



John Homonek wrote:

>Listers,
>
>it was about 45 and clear here in Atlanta yesterday and thought it would be
>great to go for a short drive in the BN7.  I have found that after driving
>this recent restoration for any length of time...15 minutes to an hour or
>more...my lower back takes days to recover.  It is sore and tight today
>after a 45 minute run..  I bought a small pillow to jam down in the lumbar
>region of my back and that seems to help  but the fatigue still comes, just
>not as bad.  I am reasonably fit..180lbs and 5'9" tall and only 50 years
>old!
>
>What to do...and selling or giving the BN7 away is not an option.  I don't
>feel fatigued after driving the Jensen-Healey.
>
>Looking for suggestions so this car doesn't end up sitting in the garage all
>the time.
>
>I can't be the only one with this problem so please share..
>
>Thanks in Advance,
>
>John E. Homonek II
>BN7@mindspring.com
>1959 3000 BN7
>1974 Jensen-Healey
>  
>

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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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