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Originally Posted by colrob1  thats what happend with me.i had 6 months of pain in the right leg and the mri showed slight narrowing and a disc bulge l4/5.i ended up needing surgery last october which has given slight improvement but consultant says i might have to have the disc out and a fusion done to give full relief. i have found doing alot a core work has given me a lot of relief but im gonna stay away from any loading exercises but it has been a real hard journey i could hardly walk even 2 weeks after surgery and an mri has shown that a fragment of the disc is trapping the nerve again but not as bad as before.keeping more active is better for pain relief than laying about the house though!i hope to hear some advice off some of you guys as what to do and what not to do as the physios are saying stay away from bodybuilding full stop. |
Hi mate
How much pain were you in before the surgery?
So you had surgery and you only had a bulge? The disc had no herniation?
Did the MRI show whether the nucleus is just poking out of the disk or has a piece "broken off" completely?
I've got a S1 herniation and it's quite badly dehydrated, although I'm not any real pain, I can't sit for to long and I tell my back isn't right at all
I've had a problem for 1.5 years, surgery isn't the answer for me, the pain isn't serious enough
As you say mate, keeping active but within reason seems the best way
look into Inversion therapy, helped big with me
I think you need a full recovery before trying with any weights, unless you go steady, like I did for while, you can't train with any bite, any training must focus on recovery, like staedy glute - ham - raisers, steady leg curls ect, thats my shout anyway mate
This might help
http://www.vax-d.co.uk/VAXDTreatment/Intro.htm
Look into the Wobble Chair
http://www.pettibonsystem.com/
Have you tried sitting on a swizz ball instead of a normal chair?
Paul