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The story
A poster who says he’s 28 and works at a delivery company earning ¥4.8 million a year wrote on 5ch that the moment he tried to stand up from the toilet after getting home, a sharp pain shot through his lower back and he couldn’t move. While some in the thread were shocked — “throwing your back out at 28?” — plenty of others shared their own stories, saying it’s basically a rite of passage in trucking or warehouse work. The discussion mostly centered on practical questions: should you ice it or keep moving, is a hospital visit even worth it, and will he make it to work Monday — with the question of whether workers’ comp applies also coming up.
What people said
I said I'm 28, it's right there — can't you read?
That's an old man's injury, dude
I have to live with this pain from now on? No way, I can't do that
First time I've ever felt pain like this
My first time was at 16
Don't look at me for that
They just tell you to take care and that's it
Can't they at least give you painkillers?
I got to buy a back brace, so it was worth going
I'll find a hospital that's open tomorrow and go
Problem is I can't even stand up right now
You can't stand up with this, huh
I'm trying but it's just not happening
There are degrees to it, but even a mild case takes 3-4 days before you can walk without it feeling off
A bad one can take a week before you can even sit up
Seriously? I might not be able to work Monday at this rate
Then let my guard down reaching for a drink on the floor and threw my back out — turned into a herniated disc
Ever since, every winter I get this tingling running from my right hip all the way down to my toes
It's my back, but somehow my stomach hurts lol
No way, I can't move at all
Just turning to the side makes it go 'crack,' you know?
I'm a full-time employee so I don't think it'll come to that
But what do I even do if this isn't healed by Monday
It's probably inflamed, so icing should bring the pain down
I'll try icing it
Thanks
Your life's not over until your legs and back are completely shot, so hang in there
Figured it would happen to me eventually, just didn't expect it this soon
It's not that easy to just take a day off…
Wear it whenever you're lifting something heavy or your back feels off, from now on
For now I'll ice it, and once I can walk I'll buy a corset
Do pharmacies even sell those?
It wasn't during work hours, so probably not
Rolling over in bed will probably be rough too, and you might barely be able to get up the next morning
For now I'm just icing it
That's so pathetic lol
I feel that
Even bending a little sets it off cracking
Makes you appreciate jobs where you just sleep at night and wake up in the morning.
At my company we at least get paid overtime
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
“Gikkuri-goshi” isn’t an official medical diagnosis — it’s a colloquial term for the sudden, sharp lower-back pain triggered by ordinary movements like bending forward or standing up; the medical term is acute lower back pain. Trucking and warehouse work routinely involve loading and unloading heavy items, making them industries known for accumulating strain on the lower back, and the recurring claim in the thread that “everyone in the industry goes through this at least once” reflects that reality. As for workers’ compensation, cases that occur at home outside of working hours are unlikely to be recognized as work-related, so the “probably not” assessment in the exchange between replies #72 and #77 is broadly accurate in practice. The debate over resting versus moving (replies #50 and #52) reflects a broader shift in medical guidance: the once-dominant “rest first” advice has in recent years given way to the view that moving within a pain-tolerable range speeds recovery, and the apparent disagreement in the thread mirrors that evolving consensus.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “28-Year-Old Delivery Company Employee Earning ¥4.8 Million Apparently Threw Out His Back“.
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