Kosher Fried
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- Mar 7, 2011
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Hey all:
So an update on my ol' Army injury is not so good:
I was Med boarded out for an 11mm protrusion of my L5/S1 disc....just kept getting worse and apparently 11mm is a bid godamn deal (sure feels like it). (2009)
I got home, rested, and by Dec 2010 i was in damn good shape again using only machines for the most part and keeping weight low...242lbs (5'10) at like 17% bf...good enough for me.
Then all hell broke loose: i went from being bed riddin 2 days every 3 months to every month, then every 2 weeks, then it was just dibilitating pain non stop:
got reevaluated and found in my MRI that i then had 4 herniated or bulging discs (3 lower, 1 upper back)...got a series of 3 cortisone shots with phenominal results, reducing all down to merely a nuiscance other than my lower orignal disc..so i was going back to the gym January 18th 2012 after a long break...well while on vacation i twisted wrong on jan 16th (labor day) and tore my ACL and meniscus in my left knee...so no gym for me...surgury 5/16th, and finally released for gym last november.
all going good then my back took a shit again...now i'm back to 3 discs ****ed up but there's more...now my lower back loks like a small "S"...not the whole back like scoliosis, but the lower...odd to me.
The doctor wants to cauterize my nerve endings in my spine, and i'm seeing a chiro 3 times a week who has reviewed all mris and xrays prior to treatment. usually i would think they're quacks, but if my spine is actually bent then i'm giving him a chance.
I had good results back in the gym again, this time dedicating myself to an old back brace i used to use on leg and back days: a walmart branded elastic cheapo brace that has always worked well, and is actually doing a good job keeping me going now.
now i didn't mean to type that much, but i really want to know if anyone has similar problems and if you use an actual back brace (not a belt), and if so, what kind?
i'm big again (271lbs) and so my brace barely fits. i ordered a larger size as well as a Mueler one that looked pretty good.
any recommendations even beyond the belt that you may have? in the last 2 years i've probably gone to the gym 10 times and it drives me ****in crazy
So an update on my ol' Army injury is not so good:
I was Med boarded out for an 11mm protrusion of my L5/S1 disc....just kept getting worse and apparently 11mm is a bid godamn deal (sure feels like it). (2009)
I got home, rested, and by Dec 2010 i was in damn good shape again using only machines for the most part and keeping weight low...242lbs (5'10) at like 17% bf...good enough for me.
Then all hell broke loose: i went from being bed riddin 2 days every 3 months to every month, then every 2 weeks, then it was just dibilitating pain non stop:
got reevaluated and found in my MRI that i then had 4 herniated or bulging discs (3 lower, 1 upper back)...got a series of 3 cortisone shots with phenominal results, reducing all down to merely a nuiscance other than my lower orignal disc..so i was going back to the gym January 18th 2012 after a long break...well while on vacation i twisted wrong on jan 16th (labor day) and tore my ACL and meniscus in my left knee...so no gym for me...surgury 5/16th, and finally released for gym last november.
all going good then my back took a shit again...now i'm back to 3 discs ****ed up but there's more...now my lower back loks like a small "S"...not the whole back like scoliosis, but the lower...odd to me.
The doctor wants to cauterize my nerve endings in my spine, and i'm seeing a chiro 3 times a week who has reviewed all mris and xrays prior to treatment. usually i would think they're quacks, but if my spine is actually bent then i'm giving him a chance.
I had good results back in the gym again, this time dedicating myself to an old back brace i used to use on leg and back days: a walmart branded elastic cheapo brace that has always worked well, and is actually doing a good job keeping me going now.
now i didn't mean to type that much, but i really want to know if anyone has similar problems and if you use an actual back brace (not a belt), and if so, what kind?
i'm big again (271lbs) and so my brace barely fits. i ordered a larger size as well as a Mueler one that looked pretty good.
any recommendations even beyond the belt that you may have? in the last 2 years i've probably gone to the gym 10 times and it drives me ****in crazy