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Well, I had planned on giving up the corset and just building my ab muscles, but the past few weeks have been killing my back. I don't just want a corset at this point, I NEED one in order to be able to work more than 20 hours a week. :/ I've been in a lot of pain and it makes me mad that I never bought a new corset before. I thought my back was ok since I've been working my midsection more. Guess not.

Still looking for a short corset so that it doesn't dig into my high hip bones. I actually still have scars on my hips, unfortunately. Since 20" corsets are so hard to find, I may have to just settle for 22", which, if I'm not trying to waist train seriously, I guess is ok.

How's everyone else doing with everything?

Hey Doll-- Glad to see you're back!

I just wanted to add something here.

If you want to build your ab muscles and you have a bad/weak back, that is unfortunately one of the WORST things you can do for your back. NOT because you removed the corset which functions as a brace and possibly even a crutch in some situations, but because the abdominals are opposing muscles to the back. If you strengthen one set of muscles, the opposing set of muscles will be weaker as they are no longer in balance. Basically, what was already a bad back in your case was made worse by having strong abdominals. If you want to workout your ab muscles, you might want to consider doing some exercises for your back as well. Obviously, you do not have to focus on building the back muscles. Strengthening is all that is necessary in your case.

I hope you will be able to bring your back pain to an end soon!!!