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Back Pain - Boating Back Pain Help

Back pain just below and between the shoulder blades - Back pain in the upper back - Back pain in the middle of the back - Back pain in the spine - Back pain in the vertebrae - Back pain in a disc - Back pain getting worse.

We have been boating since 2003 and over the years have heard many boaters complaining of "back pain". Some have even gone as far as putting their boats up for sale as they're not sure how they're going to continue cruising!

I was born in 1949 and was serving in the armed forces for 22 years. I'd suffered with back pain and other joint pains myself for many years and my wife who is a year older than me, has been diagnosed with progressive arthritis.

Around the middle of 2006 an older friend of mine, who is a retired professional golfer, hearing I had virtually perpetual spinal pain, recommended I tried, what he called, a 'herbal remedy' - Glucosamine Sulphate.

He told me he was taking one Glucosamine Sulphate 2KCl 1,000mg tablet each day, which controlled his back pain walking and back pain playing golf. I was off to Holland and Barrett like a flash! Paying about 10p per tablet seemed like a good deal to to stop my back pain getting worse at least.

I used to get back pain when laying down, back pain when walking, back pain when sitting and even back pain when standing! My back pain was mainly in the thorasic and lumbar regions of my back.

The Glucosamine Sulphate has given me back pain relief and joint pain relief. I don't get back pain at night stopping me sleeping and I don't get back pain laying down any more.

I believe the Glucosamine Sulphate has stopped my back pain getting worse, particularly back pain in the morning. These are what I now call my "back pain tablets" - To be correct, they're not back pain tablets, they are tablets that are helping with the discomfort felt by thousands of people living with arthritis and joint problems!

They are not a back pain treatment or back pain medication or even a back pain product, they are a dietary supplement that helps build and repair cartilage.

We both take one Glucosamine Sulphate 2KCl 1,000mg tablet in the morning and one Glucosamine Sulphate 2KCl 1,000mg tablet in the evening. We now buy our Glucosamine Sulphate tablets through a website that offers FREE UK POSTAGE on Glucosamine Sulphate and the price is less than HALF THE PRICE OF HOLLAND AND BARRETT!