Thread: Unable to train in the middle of a bulk...

Is your doctor a sports med doc or a regular MD? Regular MD's in my experience know absolutely nothing about muscular injuries except to tell the person to stop what they are doing. I'd get a second opinion from a specialist or a doctor trained in sports medicine - preferably someone who lifts themselves.

The simple fact he first said 4 weeks off and then switched it to 1 week after you complained obviously means he's not sure what's going to happen.

Originally Posted by ponyboy

Is your doctor a sports med doc or a regular MD? Regular MD's in my experience know absolutely nothing about muscular injuries except to tell the person to stop what they are doing. I'd get a second opinion from a specialist or a doctor trained in sports medicine - preferably someone who lifts themselves.

The simple fact he first said 4 weeks off and then switched it to 1 week after you complained obviously means he's not sure what's going to happen.

Hes a regular md, but I had seen a sports doc about 3 weeks ago for some tests and saw my reg doc for the results...Like I know that there's something wrong with my wrist coz I feel the pain after a day's work and I havent done any forearm specific training in quite some time because of it...After he said 4 weeks off, I almost cried(Im such a wuss) and he then agreed to have me do sweet fuck all as far as training is concerned, not even loading plates onto a leg press machine, for one week and wants to see me again then...Aby suggestions on the way to take my training or lack of if the verdict sticks?

Get the second opinion would be the first thing you should do. If you need to take a week if its not that big of a deal...a week off every few months is good for the body to rest and grow. Just lower your cals to maint. levels and eat that way for the week or so then up the cals once you get back to training. Or simply do cardio the week off.

you're not going to lose all the LBM you gained during a few weeks layoff...not IMHO. Further...do some light cardio if you're concerned about fat. At least cardio will keep you active during the layoff.

carpal tunnel is a bitch!!! the resons your doctor is telling you not to train at all is becasue he doesnt want you to use your hand at all i think. My dad had surgery on his left hand 7 months ago, it bothered him so bad that sometimes he couldnt sleep at night. Good luck to you, but you can only make it worse by puting more stress on you..

Originally Posted by QuestionGuy

carpal tunnel is a bitch!!! the resons your doctor is telling you not to train at all is becasue he doesnt want you to use your hand at all i think. My dad had surgery on his left hand 7 months ago, it bothered him so bad that sometimes he couldnt sleep at night. Good luck to you, but you can only make it worse by puting more stress on you..

Exacly.He said that I have damaged the nerves(I do experience trouble at night coz of pain&numbness) so much so that I not even supposed to type(thank god for my voice recognition software!!). He did speak of a surgery that requires about 8 weeks to recover...euh, no thanx, I need to bulk and cut once more before summer!lol I entend on getting a second opinion....just in case!

Originally Posted by crazy_enough

Exacly.He said that I have damaged the nerves(I do experience trouble at night coz of pain&numbness) so much so that I not even supposed to type(thank god for my voice recognition software!!). He did speak of a surgery that requires about 8 weeks to recover...euh, no thanx, I need to bulk and cut once more before summer!lol I entend on getting a second opinion....just in case!

I dont know how bad you have it but they told my dad if he doesn't have surgery that he will not recover at all. I dont think that it tkaes 8 weeks to recover, my dad started doing shit after like a week or two......



Anyways, just FYI you look big !!! ( In a good way ) your biceps are just a little smaller than mine!!!(and im supposed to be a man) you look awesome, good job. Go do something with that body, kick some ass. Do you ever get in a fight??? any crazy bitches challange you ever ??? comon give us some stories....? lol