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By Yvonne Herbst
Times Newspapers Writer
A couple of years ago, I was rushed by ambulance to Fauquier Hospital with sudden, debilitating back pain that left me unable to stand, sit, lie down, or breathe. I will never forget being carried downstairs on a stretcher, screaming in pain while my two bewildered children looked on.
The diagnosis? "Mother's back.”
My 1-year-old daughter had been ill with the croup the night before. All night long I had been bending over her crib to lift her out or put her back, holding her,, rocking her, going up and down the stairs with her. By morning, my back had had enough and it gave out.
My own mother had suffered a similar episode that left her bedridden for several days when I was just 5 years old. In her case, the triggering event was bending over to button my jacket before I headed off for school.
My frightening experience with "mother's back" prompted me to
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