Never Broke my a*s before, but I have had two Spinal Fusion surgeries. Pain killers are so overrated, I took the prescriptions for 1 week after the surgery each time (while I was in the hospital and when my mother made me) and "grinned and beared it" the rest of the time. I think my tolerance for Pain (which had never really been real high) went up considerably. That was six years ago when I was 18, what a way to spend a Christmas holiday, laid up. Doc said that the pain could flare up again if I do something to my back that I'm not supposed to do. Well this summer I did do something I wasn't supposed to do. I spent two hours slouched over in a crawlspace looking for the Dominion War book four. (We put everything we didn't absolutely need into storage so we could try to sell our house). Worst part of it, I still didn't find it. But the next morning I woke up with such a pain in my back, so much so that I wanted nothing more than to get into that one spot where I was comfortable, and lay there all day. Unfortunately...I also had to go to the bathroom, finally I decided that I didn't want to pee on the bed, but I also didn't want to scream for help either. I got up, and the pain washed over me, so much so that I blacked out. I vaguely recall hearing a thud, which I later found out was myself finally hitting the ground, and I woke up thirty feet away from where I blacked out (up two stairs and through a closed door, dont ask me how that happened). I let out a loud moan, realizing that I was half-way into my sister's bedroom (thankfully she was at work) and completely unable to get up off the floor. After my dad came up to give me a hand, I took a couple of Tylenol so I could get through the day. Those are the only Pain Killers I've had since my surgery, hopefully they'll be my last.
Essentially, take it easy, the Body has a wonderful regeneration property, youd be surprised what it can fix if you let it. Intake plenty of Calcium, and let your body do its work.