Thread: OMFG my back!

I don't know anything about steroids, though it seems ill advised to start a rigorous training program immediately following a back injury that leaves you struggling to breath.

Training with an injury is the wrong move, not matter what the issue. It only increases the strain, and delays recovery time. If you think you can rest, sleep a lot, eat well and recover for friday, you know your body better then anyone.

Most importantly, I would not lift until you are fully recovered, whether it takes one week or three or more. Over the winter I pulled my upper lat pretty good and, like an idiot, got back in the gym too soon. I ended up re-aggravating my back, drawing out the healing process, and wasting precious time. It was an overall fail, and is so frustrating when you want to be playing sports, being active and living your life without wincing when tying your shoe laces.

I suggest you just start lifting until you've fully recovered. You don't know what other injuries you might get if you would push yourself too much now in your condition.

Yeah, I know the right answer, it just isnt what I wanted to hear. I guess I was hoping that someone would hop in and say "Hey! Just do A/B/C and your back will be better in no time!" Or "Nah, the cycle will straighten you right out". Just sucks bad. Been really looking forward to this, and I would hate to see an injury put me off another month.

Thanks for the responses, and I will just let this thread die since I cant delete it.

Do not start your cycle-go to the doctor and see a specialist. I blew my L3/-L4/ and L4/-L5 a little over a year ago. They can do amazing things these days with surgery. I am functioning at 100% after about 15 months. I tried all the non-surgical methods of rehab, and nothing worked. Same thing for my left knee a few years ago. Sometimes surgery is the only way to go. At the very least get an MRI and find out what's going on.

Things you don't screw around with:

- back injury
- shoulder injury
- knee injury
- Rosie O'Donnell (she's known to charge)

Seriously man, unless you're a professional body builder, it's not worth the risk. Whenever I get a serious injury (I popped a floating rib free), I take off 100% for two weeks. I want to get in shape, not permanently injure myself.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Things you don't screw around with:

- back injury
- shoulder injury
- knee injury
- Rosie O'Donnell (she's known to charge)

Seriously man, unless you're a professional body builder, it's not worth the risk. Whenever I get a serious injury (I popped a floating rib free), I take off 100% for two weeks. I want to get in shape, not permanently injure myself.

The Rosie comment...


But yes I agree. You don't want to screw your back up.

It's difficult to give you an opinion when we don't know what's wrong with your back. There are injuries that hurt like hell but resolve themselves within a week and others that take months to heal. If I were in your shoes though I would certainly hold off with the pinning until a few weeks have gone by and you can lift comfortably. You don't want to shoot only to realize you can't lift. Why not go see a doctor for an Xray or MRI to see where the damage is?

I fractured a vertabrae in a fall a few years back, and when my body compresed it crushed a nerve canal, basically causing some of my back muscles to atrophy and die. Which isnt as horrible as it sounds, as apparently there are like 18 billion sets of muscles back there, which I have worked slowly at to take over and compensate for the injury. I had 4 surgeries, and while my verts are good to go now, I just have a pretty much unending fight with straining muscles that werent really intended to handle the weight like they do.

Thanks for the help fellas. I am much better today, and I am just going to be lazy for the next few and see how it goes.

Turns out that being able to breathe really is all that its cracked up to be.

Did you see a doctor? It sounds like a possible rib-related injury (maybe connective tissue)?

Yup, that was one of the things that got broken in my fall. I hit so hard that I snapped 3 ribs (in the back not the front) and damaged all sorts of connective tissue.

geez reading the responses in this thread got me scared...i haven't had any injuries yet...no major ones to be exact...don't wanna end up snapping a floating rib free! gotta be extra careful!

hope you recover soon jmorrison!

Originally Posted by ryandewey

geez reading the responses in this thread got me scared...i haven't had any injuries yet...no major ones to be exact...don't wanna end up snapping a floating rib free! gotta be extra careful!

hope you recover soon jmorrison!

Ditto.

Live to fight another day.