Greetings, Rick!!
While you were muttering to Tom Mckeever, , you spake
thusly:
RM> Tom - if I read one of your posts correctly - you work in a print shop.
Ahhhhh.. Nooo... and Never did.. 
I am an Aerospace Engineer, retired on disability.. :-)
RM> The warning is that it now seems that the marginal polio victums are more
RM> suseptible to onset of spinal calcification, chronic fatigue/pain 
ymptoms
RM> etc. The problem encountered is that the neurological damage that can be
RM> done is so extensive that decades can go by before the problems really
RM> surface. One of the first things to do is to protect the spinal area. Get
RM> one of these new back braces and use it. They don't help you to lift 
ore,
RM> but by slowly increasing the restraint when moving/lifting etc. in the
RM> wrong direction, they reduce the stress inflicted on the body. I find in
RM> the car the back brace and an Obus seat/back insert reduce problems
RM> immensely.
Good thoughts...
RM> Another thing is if you can - get xrays done of the lower spinal area. If
RM> the calcification is started, then you have a warning to slow down. If it
RM> hasn't, then you have a baseline for future testing.
Interesting point - Gonna look into that! 
Take care!!
Tom..
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