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Written by bdpickett on 5/20/2010 at 05:05 pm

I tried a Utopia backrest many years ago and did not care for it. For one thing,
it made it more difficult to swing a leg over the seat, and secondly, I found
that I tended to slump my back into the pad rather than sitting up straight;
poor posture when riding causes a burning pain through my upper back and
shoulders.

I sometimes have lower back spasms that can last for weeks, and which make even
walking a painful chore. My lower back pains are alleviated by following the
exercises listed in "The Bad Back Book" by Jerry Wayne ($13 @
http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Back-Book-Jerry-Wayne/dp/0918024250/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\
&s=books&qid=1274374301&sr=8-1 ), however, when I lapse in doing the exercises
and the spasms return, I resort to wearing a "Back-A-Line" support full-time (
http://www.back-a-line.com/ ), and this greatly reduces the pain so that I can
walk without discomfort. Like Mac, I also wear the Back-A-Line when riding
long-distance, even when I have no back spasms, and it helps me to sit
straighter, thus preventing both the lower back spasms and the upper back
burning.

I recommend both the Back-A-Line and "The Bad Back Book".

Be seeing you,
Bruce Pickett
Federal Way, WA
'90 PC800 "Blue Pacific"
'93 ST1100 "STimulus"
'05 GL1800A "Blue's Brother"
http://bluepc.home.comcast.net

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "DICK MACINNES" <swiftly1@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone having and using a Utopia drivers backrest please comment. I have a
> just out of surgery miserable back and wondering if it would help or do I
> just have to quit riding?
>
> Dick MacInnes
>