The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-03
A Crick in the Back.
Peek Sun.


 4 correspondent al Council Bluffs who seems to labor under the impression that Tie Sar knows everything, asks what IS the .use of crick in the back and what is the bes, remedy flor it, and wha, is good preventive against it. lfthere IS one thing VIC know Ass about, II is that same cnck in the back. That is we ex- pericnce it's beauties, and know nothing of i,s origin, and nothing will prevent it when i, is due. 4 man may chop wood shovel snow, drive pair of pulling horses, exercise with dumb bells, go through gymnasium and try all the ap pliances for developing muscle, and ex- pee, every minute that his back will break, and it will be all right. And yet some day he will be putting on his over coat; or will reach across his desk for a photo graph of his sirl or pick up paper o:f the floor. and the crick catches him, and he IS as limp IS ! rag. and suffers horrors for two days. every breath he draws seeming to 30 right through that crick. When d large healthy man has a criek in,the back he realizes what weak, pany thing he Is. Before .he arrival of the crlck he adnircs himself in the glass before retiring, as he looks al his mus cle, and almost wishes somebody would pitch onto him To whip him. when he could wade in and maui the tlhng out of hjs anta goniS,. He often looks up in m iiapaden, manner se rough as though he wished for an excuse To thump him. ard If lady was insulted in his presence he feels that he would make a hero of himself in her defense. He wants some thing to occur tha, will give him m op- poriunliy io -she@ !. &t though ihc is con med to an office. and does no hard work, ;ha, he is endowed with hereulean strength. and il would be mighty unsafe for an ordinary man to tackle him. But when the crick Is due by schedule time. and shows upon his back the great pow crtui man Is a perfect baby. and he is afraid of q chijd on handsled. l. is then tha, he hunts np an old revolver and carries t when he goes down town nights, for ielr he will 5c assaulted. Before the cr5ck arrives he Iast aches e, have sand- b4Eecrs and too,-pads attack him anS as he walks along ne ? -Gs,S out places where he would knock saud-51ggers down. and la his mind he has them corded Up all along the streets. bG; after the orick comes, lizirg skeleton Ni.h link of saaSase could driye him ali over town. .Ns ,o d remedy for a1eriSk in the back, there are several. but none of them seam to do any good The cfick goes of of IS own accord. after Il gets in its work and shows a man that he Is only poor weak creature. Sometimes we think all the crick Is for is to take the conceit out Of a fellow. and learn him to keep h;s mouth shu, abou, being terror on the muscle. \ porous plaster is very good, but they always put t on few inches above or below the place where the crick k. \ eriek is very chanseable. You knowsh here i, IS perfectly we'll. and when you getyour back prepared for the bi posting oi porous pias,ers. and try to tell where the criGS WAS last felt, you can't tell ,o save you. You wiggle around in all kinds oi shapes to feel it. so as to tell l., location to the friend who is acting as bill ,;lcker. but you can't feel pain to save you. and you think il is gone. and you conclude 10 postpone the plaster, but before you ges your shirt half on, the erleS gives you one ache that makes the hair stand on your bald head. but 1t seems to be the whole length of your back. and you have the plaster put on on general principles. about the middle, so
 il will catch the crick on its up or down trip from the attic to theebasement ofthe spine. 4 porous plaster ought 10 be a good short stop to game of erick Tn the back. but our experience is that the plas- ter mufis the crick oftener than 1t takes 1t in on the fly There are several differ ent kinds of linment. each of which Is better than the other. but as the crick is ll,,, la If ak -I. ~f flesh and couple of inches of bone, lniment tha, is in luck if it gets through the skin is not very good detective to act as search warrant for a crick that has so many places of eoneealment, and is so ohangeable and migratory. The bes, doctors will tell you. when you so ;o them with a crisk. that you have caught cold. and 1t has settled all over you, and that if you are careful you will be better when you ge, over it. There IS something very oonsoling about this, and you pay the bill of the doctor with feel ing that you are glad the bill is not twice as big. The best thing we have ever tried for criek in the back, Is to grunt. That Is something anybody can do with olt assistance. and | IS cheap, and If 1t does not do any good it cannot do any harm. The idea some people have of hiring someone ,o grun; for them when they have crick in the back. is an evil dcnce of la;ness and dependence. Every person should do his own grunt- ing, and do i, well, and when the crick is gone. he will feel that he alone has cured il. lfthere is anything in this tha, can benefit our Council Bluffs friend. he can send registered letter or ostoffice order.