To take/send DH to local walk-in?

One of the things I was told when I damaged my neck / back was that it is really important to take the painkillers that you need. Being in pain makes you tense and that can make the damage worse. So you actually need to take your next lot of painkillers before the last lot wears off.

I used to alternate paracetamol and ibuprofen which can have 4 and 3 doses in 24 hours. So I would have a strict 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm & 10pm schedule which left me one dose for the middle of the night. After a couple of days I delayed a dose to see if I was healing and discovered I suddenly couldn’t speak for pain and so carried on. I think it was nearly a week before I was able to reduce the doses to every 4 hours.

Lots of painkillers he could have, and they'd probably do a good job. The NHS is unlikely to prescribe them though.

you can’t take/send a grown adult for medical intervention if they don’t want to go
stop infantilising him

It largely depends on the cause. Most of my friends have back/shoulder problems, as adults we handle the various lapses. We don’t wander around ‘in agony’ refusing help. Crack on with your day and assume he’ll make adjustments to his routine and seek help if he needs it.

The poster who said they won’t prescribe anything stronger than ibuprofen, is wrong. There are several stronger painkillers he could have and a muscle relaxant like diazepam would help.

I can’t help wondering how bad he actually is if he’s resisting getting help.

He’s an adult so he’s free to make his own decisions. As a caring wife you can make suggestions, painkillers, walk in centre but it’s his choice whether to take them. Some men are just stubborn (as are some women before I get flamed! I’m a stubborn ass myself) DH has fibromyalgia and doesn’t like taking painkillers so I just ask would you like some painkillers. On occasions if I can see he’s in agonising pain I just put them on his plate with his meal without saying anything and 9 times out of 10 he’ll take them!

If you've got codeine at home and he won't take it, then there's no point taking him to a walk in centre where they are likely to prescribe the same thing. It's so so painful when your back goes, but often time and keeping moving is the best way to recover. Hopefully he can get an urgent osteopath appointment tomorrow

It's up to him. The most they'll do is prescribe codeine which you already have at home. V unlikely to give dizapam or similar if you're in the uk because the NHS is convinced it immediately turns you into a raving junkie.

It's agony but it does pass. Any way he'd get down into child pose? It's the right stretch to start gradually correcting the spasm. But only when he's past the 'have I been shot in the spine?' stage.

He will not be a priority and I can guarantee that sitting on an A&E chair for 8 hours won't help him.

does he need diazepam?

I doubt they'd prescribe anything stronger. It sounds like he needs to keep moving and let it heal. Has he tried ibuprofen gel? I use it for my arthritis and it works well.

He is being completely unreasonable and I’d tell him he is being an idiot but it is his body and you can’t treat him like a child.
What I would do is not put myself out more to accommodate someone who won’t help himself.

I'm with a PP. Let him decide what to do, he's a grown up after all. Same goes with whether or not to take pain relief.

Why is he resisting getting help?

He's an adult - he gets to decide what he does (or doesn't do).