Ive been trying to get up to three minutes with a dead hang. My hands hate me for trying.Lunges, quad, stretches and pigeon pose keeps my lumbar spine from tensing up.
Dead hangs on a pullup bar stretches your entire spine plus has a benefit of relieving some scalene tension for your cervical spine.
I had prolotherapy in my cervical spine for my back muscle knots and it has helped them a lot. i have a 4mm disc bulge in my c5 that has been giving me issues.
PT helped my neuro said i am lucky to feel as good as i do. I have been using an amazon traction device and being gentile with it and i don't have severe arm pain anymore. I told him that helped me the most and he said he would advise not but i still use it as it has been what helped me the most.
An artificial disc is almost inevitable but i can do everything except DH and really cranking on my road bike using my arms.
Then I see this guy:
what kind of impact did this have on your movement and QOL? Any regrets? I had the discectomy but am a bit concerned about fusion if I have to go back for it.L5/S1 fusion
what kind of impact did this have on your movement and QOL? Any regrets? I had the discectomy but am a bit concerned about fusion if I have to go back for it.
On another note, here’s a great place to visit and browse for back relief products. I’ve given the one in Cherry hill a lot of my money: https://relaxtheback.com/
Ugh…socks and shoes are the worst 🤬. I think you’re right that a (little) reduction in ROM is a small price to pay for less severe pain, less concern of paralysis and the ability to think of anything other than how to get rid of the pain in your back.My recovery was a bit slower than I had expected, even with lots of PT and a bone stimulator. But 5 months later I was fully healed, back to work, and riding. It's likely the strongest part of my back now.
The surgeon told be the idea is to get you from a 7/8 pain and numbness down to a 2/3. Mission accomplished. I have some lingering numbness in my right shin but that is from the L3 emergency surgery. And it's nothing that prevents me from doing anything within reason.
Longterm, I do occasionally have some thoracic aches in the T9-11 area and I for expect that L3 may need some work down the road as that's where my flexibility comes from now.
QOL is better and I'm happy with my fusion. My biggest issue was instability, not pain. I was at risk for another traumatic event at work that could have paralyzed me. My surgeon had another patient who ended up incontinent and needing to learn to walk again. I certainly didn't want that to happen. The fusion locked everything down.
ROM is not great. But I manage just fine. I can ride and clean my cars and tie my shoes!
Surgeon told me no shoveling heavy snow, no golf or softball. Otherwise, no restrictions.
who wants to do that anyway with a good back ;-)no golf
Surgeon told me no shoveling heavy snow, no golf or softball. Otherwise, no restrictions.
I just had an epidural injection at c5. im planning just one before thinking about surgery. Slightly dizzy for the first 15 minutes. So far i feel the same tonight like it didn't happen.
What mattress did you get? Inquiring fellow mountain bikers with sore backs who sleep on their sides would love to knowOutside of being active and doing things to strengthen core (think we’ve got that covered w/ forum namesake activity) the best hack I’ve employed for years of chronic lower back issues (all thanks to college hockey) is splurging on a high quality mattress, also ensuring what I got was optimal for side sleepers (which I am).
Never would have guessed that I’d end up with a tempurpedic but did. Can’t for the life of me remember the model. It was many years ago so probably irrelevant anyway. But researched mattresses best for side sleepers and went w/ that model after comparing against other recommended mattresses. Of course it had to be like one model down from top of the line, but ended up and still is a great investment.What mattress did you get? Inquiring fellow mountain bikers with sore backs who sleep on their sides would love to know