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Crap, I had a full post and I accidently closed the window.Originally posted by: Koing
Originally posted by: SampSon
He is not heavy into weight training so I can't really give you an opinion on how that will affect you. As for him he can do everything he ever did as if the back condition never existed. He said that the back surgery was the best thing that could possibly have happened for him.
That great to hear SampSon.
I really hope and prey my outcome is the same. I just want to be able to train properly.
I'm going to scrap the rest of the year and not lift anything approaching heavy. Just take my time do the rehab and build up very slowly. Do technique work and start my real training in 2007. Hopefully doing it this way gives me the best chances a full recovery that lasts, and not a premature recovery and end up injured again.
Koing
[off to sleep now]
Originally posted by: SampSon
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Originally posted by: SampSon
Crap, I had a full post and I accidently closed the window.
I'm sure that after you have the full surgery and go through the full rehab you should be able to train as well as you have ever could. You ALWAYS have to keep in mind that you did have a corrective back surgery and be careful during exercises that put extreme strain on that area. Though surgery or not you can easily injur yourself in extreme weight training. Even the most fit people in the world sustain crippling injuries.
My step-father (and uncle) now does daily exercises and can lift as much, if not more, than he could before the surgery. Part of the problem with his back was that in his middle age he did not exercise on a consistant basis and didn't properly strengthen his back muscles as he should have. Now that he does properly exercise he really has no problem at all.
So good luck with your surgery and remember that the surgery you are getting is being done in a VERY sensitive area and can possibly end up crippling you for life. So count your blessings before you go in and make sure you have a good surgeon.
Originally posted by: SMOKE20
I had three discs fused so I know what you're going through. They will probably want a myelogram before surgery and that is no picnic in itself.
I went into surgery expecting a fusion and probably two....a 3 hour surgery because they open your hip and shave some bone from it for the fusion. What I ended up with was a 5 1/2 hour surgery, three discs fused, the incision on my hip for bone for the fusion plus some bone from the bone bank and 2 8" Titanium Rods and 6 Titanium screws in my back!
Therapy began after 4 weeks and was everyday for 3 months, then 3 times a week for 6 months, then 2 times a weeks for 3 more months.
As mentioned, pain killers can be a blessing and a problem. If I did and still do very little (within my doctors recomondations) I can get by pretty weel without much. If though, I go anywhere beyond their recomondations, it's Darvocet or Vicoden for several days, or, live with as bad/worse pain than before surgery.
I can't complain a whole lot though, as bad as they said it was when they actually got in there, I guess I'm lucky......just sucks to be so limited with what I can do. Just LISTEN to your doctors and therapists or be prepared to pay the price in pain. On the plus side.....I can also tell better than weathermen when it's going to rain/snow since surgery! LOL!
Good Luck!
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I had back surgery about 21 years ago and I lift pretty heavy. Unfortunately periodically my back goes out, usually just for a week. The problem stems from scar tissue on my nerve canal on my spine where the disc was removed. All I can do when my back goes out is to take it easy and let it calm down.
Now keep in mind my surgery was done over 20 years ago and they have come a long ways with the procedure.
Trust mew, they won't be cutting any of your spinal cord. The kind of back injury you have sounds more like a compressed disk or a ruptured dick and todays procedures are way more advanced and less radical then they were when I had mine. I think eventually I will have to go under the knife again to do something about this scar tissue when it becomes too disabling.Originally posted by: Koing
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I had back surgery about 21 years ago and I lift pretty heavy. Unfortunately periodically my back goes out, usually just for a week. The problem stems from scar tissue on my nerve canal on my spine where the disc was removed. All I can do when my back goes out is to take it easy and let it calm down.
Now keep in mind my surgery was done over 20 years ago and they have come a long ways with the procedure.
Thanks for your input.
What do you mean when your back goes out? Hurts a lot or you just can't do any training on it?
My Chiro thinks the cutting away a bit of the spinal cord is the best option for me also. Hopefully with what they can do now (I have no clue how this technology has come) has gotten better and leaving scar tissue behind isn't such a problem anymore.
Koing
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Trust mew, they won't be cutting any of your spinal cord. The kind of back injury you have sounds more like a compressed disk or a ruptured dick and todays procedures are way more advanced and less radical then they were when I had mine. I think eventually I will have to go under the knife again to do something about this scar tissue when it becomes too disabling.
Originally posted by: Koing
Originally posted by: SMOKE20
I had three discs fused so I know what you're going through. They will probably want a myelogram before surgery and that is no picnic in itself.
I went into surgery expecting a fusion and probably two....a 3 hour surgery because they open your hip and shave some bone from it for the fusion. What I ended up with was a 5 1/2 hour surgery, three discs fused, the incision on my hip for bone for the fusion plus some bone from the bone bank and 2 8" Titanium Rods and 6 Titanium screws in my back!
Therapy began after 4 weeks and was everyday for 3 months, then 3 times a week for 6 months, then 2 times a weeks for 3 more months.
As mentioned, pain killers can be a blessing and a problem. If I did and still do very little (within my doctors recomondations) I can get by pretty weel without much. If though, I go anywhere beyond their recomondations, it's Darvocet or Vicoden for several days, or, live with as bad/worse pain than before surgery.
I can't complain a whole lot though, as bad as they said it was when they actually got in there, I guess I'm lucky......just sucks to be so limited with what I can do. Just LISTEN to your doctors and therapists or be prepared to pay the price in pain. On the plus side.....I can also tell better than weathermen when it's going to rain/snow since surgery! LOL!
Good Luck!
Wow that sounds harsh. A fusion sounds harder then just cutting a bit of the disc of the spinal column but I REALLY don't know what is more 'complicated'. I'll know more of the actual details when I see the consultants on the 3rd of March. The Chiro has recommended that they do not cut the disc as that is more risky to a full recovery then cutting a bit of the spinal column away.
Lookslike you had a WHOLE lot more stuff that will be done to me though. Looks like you had rehab for a whole year. I'm looking at 6 weeks then taking my time to get myself in training condition.
Koing
Your chiro may not even be a doc (most aren't), and I'm pretty sure isn't a surgeon (never seen one). Why is he commenting on your treatment?Originally posted by: Koingg
My Chiro thinks the cutting away a bit of the spinal cord is the best option for me also. Hopefully with what they can do now (I have no clue how this technology has come) has gotten better and leaving scar tissue behind isn't such a problem anymore.
Koing
Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Your chiro may not even be a doc (most aren't), and I'm pretty sure isn't a surgeon (never seen one). Why is he commenting on your treatment?Originally posted by: Koingg
My Chiro thinks the cutting away a bit of the spinal cord is the best option for me also. Hopefully with what they can do now (I have no clue how this technology has come) has gotten better and leaving scar tissue behind isn't such a problem anymore.
Koing
Am I off-base here?
Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Your chiro may not even be a doc (most aren't), and I'm pretty sure isn't a surgeon (never seen one). Why is he commenting on your treatment?Originally posted by: Koingg
My Chiro thinks the cutting away a bit of the spinal cord is the best option for me also. Hopefully with what they can do now (I have no clue how this technology has come) has gotten better and leaving scar tissue behind isn't such a problem anymore.
Koing
Am I off-base here?
Originally posted by: HN
sorry to hear that koing. i've always appreciated your workout tips. hope things go well from here on out...
i kinda know what you mean about the cough/sneezing causing pain; had that for a week and it was pretty debillitating (along with 2 back spasms in the past).
on a related note - on a normal workout week, how often do you do squats? i've been meaning to ask that for awhile.