Do you use any form of support pillow or massagecushin when driving your car?

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swedtc

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Do you use any form of support pillow or massage cushion when driving your car?

Hi, we are a group of students who work with developing an adjustable cushion for our semester project.
We would like to know if anyone are using support cushion in any form when driving the car?

Do you use any form of support pillow/massage seat or any form of cushion when driving?
 
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As a group of students maybe a little attention to your spelling wouldn't come amiss! The word is cushion!

I have a seat cushion as it makes it a bit more comfortable when driving. About 30 years ago I damaged my coccyx when falling down the stairs, so I like a softish seat to sit on. I wouldn't wish to be distracted when driving and therefore a massage seat wouldn't be a good idea, imo.
 
Don't worry about the spelling members will know what you mean't.

I personally do not like a cushion whilst driving, I just like the back of the seat very upright..................apologies if that doesn't help you.
 
I use a coccyx cushion. I have a bent tailbone (coccyx) from an ice hockey accident when I was a young dude and never had it removed for fear of the surgeon messing up and snipping a little nerve that runs alongside of it. If the surgeon should just nick that nerve, I would end up wearing a colostomy bag the rest of life, so I chose to buy the seat cushion instead. I am a retired airline pilot, so if you ever saw a pilot walking through an airport carrying a coccyx cushion, that was probably me because I only ever ran into one other pilot that carried one. I used to hide it in my flight bag, but it became to full when we had to carry iPads.
 
Hi swedtc

Yes I use an 11 degree wedge cushion in the car. I have osteo arthritis in my lower spine, and a torn disc, so I have constant back pain, although I'm not disabled. Over the years I've tried every cushion available behind my back to ease the pressure, and nothing worked..cushions usually got squashed quickly leaving no support from what little I gained and or they pushed me too far forward towards the steering wheel, and if I pushed the seat further back I was then too far from the pedals ( being only petite). Last year I discovered the firmer wedge cushion and instead of using it behind my back as I had with other cushions, I chose to use it to sit on, and it keeps my back completely straight , no slouching at all, and I can have the seat comfortably far enough away ( about 12 inches ) from the steering wheel, so if the airbags were to deploy for any reason my ribs wouldn't be crushed from being too close. I can now drive long distances again without being in absolute agony when I reach my destination. Still not ideal but the best I've had in years..

This is the one... but rather than medical green I have it in a matching colour to my car seats so it blends in


http://www.posturite.co.uk/posture-...-back-cushions/posturite-11-degree-wedge.html


This is the cushion...
 
ty for the feedback on the cushion topic - you have all been very helpfull with our project :)
 
Laurie said:
I also use a coccyx cushion. I have spondylitis.
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What else do you do for this? I have only a slight case of it and that is painful enough. The surgery that was offered to me at Johns Hopkins was too risky. I take cortisone shots in may facet joints every 6 months, which do help, but are painful because my doctor does not believe in using sedation. I am really tired of the pain. I also have osteoarthritis and neuralgia. I have had three back surgeries.

Next up; I am going to a spine specialist at the UCLA Medical Hospital in Los Angeles after the first of the year. There is a Chinese doctor there that my brother-in-law, who is a criminal attorney in LA, says that he has known many patients that have gone to him and he has corrected some really bad surgery. I wouldn't say that my surgery was botched, but it certainly did not come out as hoped. At this point, I am ready to try almost anything that does not use the words "high risk." I flew for United-Continental for over 30 years, so I do have free flying and our insurance, coupled with Medicare and a supplement pays for everything, including follow-up treatments and any medicines or therapy. Besides, maybe it will be warmer. Have you noticed that you feel better in warm, dry climate?

Hope that I didn't hijack the thread.
 
oldman said:
What else do you do for this? I have only a slight case of it and that is painful enough. The surgery that was offered to me at Johns Hopkins was too risky. I take cortisone shots in may facet joints every 6 months, which do help, but are painful because my doctor does not believe in using sedation. I am really tired of the pain. I also have osteoarthritis and neuralgia. I have had three back surgeries.

Next up; I am going to a spine specialist at the UCLA Medical Hospital in Los Angeles after the first of the year. There is a Chinese doctor there that my brother-in-law, who is a criminal attorney in LA, says that he has known many patients that have gone to him and he has corrected some really bad surgery. I wouldn't say that my surgery was botched, but it certainly did not come out as hoped. At this point, I am ready to try almost anything that does not use the words "high risk." I flew for United-Continental for over 30 years, so I do have free flying and our insurance, coupled with Medicare and a supplement pays for everything, including follow-up treatments and any medicines or therapy. Besides, maybe it will be warmer. Have you noticed that you feel better in warm, dry climate?

Hope that I didn't hijack the thread.
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Apart from the cushion I use a body belt, with magnets, and I take up to 3600mg of aspirin a day. I must stress that this is really dangerous and is constantly monitored by my doctor.
 
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