You're never the same after an accident, so there is a chance it's related. But back pain is a supremely tricky diagnosis. Lots of people in your situation will get all kinds of answers, from even highly trained Western doctors. Don't be too harsh on the Kunming doctor, a Western doctor might of prescribed the same meds, as that's a fairly mild treatment for a first diagnosis. He could of recommended exercise, but China is a pill popping culture too.

For minor chronic back pain, I'd try machines at a gym that work out the shoulders and lower back (gyms in Kunming have poor selection of those machines). Massages can alleviate the symptoms, but won't cure it. Never tried it, but yoga is as probably as good as back exercises. Back pain has a high chance of being chronic, so it's just something you might have to mitigate rather than try to cure.

Chiropractors, oxycodone, and surgery should not be considered (or as a final resort). Heard to many horror stories related to each of those.

It's not Muslim, but I pass by a very popular minority restaurant that serves a donkey hotpot. I've never tried it myself.

This link is where it is. Pretty sure that's the restaurants name.

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Past the 2nd ring road, you start finding more restaurants that specialize in donkey. I passed one with three very nice looking donkeys tied up in front (felt sorry for the animals, but they looked like they had a good life and were well taken care of). It was on the road to the Yunnan Agricultural University, up north a bit further.

I haven't done this, but it would be similar to TLG. Going in, you can't really avoid the fee (it's possible, but you have to enter by foot/bike at night on the eastern side) but going out, no one really cares to check if you've paid or not. Also TLG doesn't care if your just passing through and your destination is elsewhere; entering means paying.

I would assume the snow mountain is like that too, since the bus going in you pay, but leaving no fee.

www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2199673

@Geezer
Yah, I saw the multiple same day suspicious 5 star reviews of the new Korean restaurant. Agree, total BS.

@blobbles
You can't even directly add listings to GoK. They experimented a while back and it failed for whatever reasons. You might be asking too much of GoK.

www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/374/more_listings

@Philou
I haven't tried that one. My roomate said there is a similar place around Beichen like the one I listed above.

@Geezer
I only rode by the place and tried the lambsticks they had grilling outside. I'll go back now to give that la mian a try. Wouldn't mind getting a taste of authentic Xinjiang or close to it.

@blobbles
The listing section for food and drink just brings up an alphabetical list. Clicking on reviews just brings up a time dated review of all things. Plus it's dominated by reviews of the usual suspects.