Guess Who's back?

[Illuminati]

I know that I haven't posted here in a long time. I have been out of comission since march with a little back problem. Ok, so it was more than a little problem, I had 2 bulging disks (my L5 and and S1.) This happened while squatting.
Anyway, had to take a huge amount of time off from the gym. Today, I finally got up the courage to go for it in the gym for the first time since March, when I hurt myself.
Box squatted today, and hit 435 on a 15in box (puts me at parallel). This was the first time that I have taken a weight since march. I was nervous, but it felt good. would have tried more, but didn't want to push myself too much too early. cant wait to get back into my suit.
anyway, enough of my ramble.

 

[donsj]

Good to see you again, that squatting is a bitch but it sure feels good

 

[Justin Hurley]

Nasty back injury.
How likely is it that you could re-injure your back?? Did your physio mention it??
Those disks are heavily pressurised from squatting, especially while in the hole. The spinal cord in that area is responsible for the flexion and extension of knee, hip, feet and toes.

Glad your back though and hope you stay injury free.

 

[Scotsman]

Guess who's back, back again, guess who's back guess who's back guess who's back..........

Good to hear you are doing ok man, sorry to hear about the injury that's a tough one to get over. Best of wishes with the rest of your training.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

Glad you're back. Please take care - cause squatting again can get you. I admire your courage to get back to it. I have not yet the courage to be where you are...Did you have surgery? I don't think you mentioned it. It's a funny thing about injuries; My brother [Quadsweep] who really had some serious injuries just did his first BB show this past weekend after not competing for 2yrs (Quadriceps tear and Biceps tear). He completely changed his training style to high rep, lower weight. He even dropped down a weight class and still looked huge onstage. I guess what I am getting at is if you love PL (its sounds as if you do) then you will have to see how far you can go now - or find another way to train and try something else. I hope that didn't sound gloomy as I didn't mean it to. Almost everyone I know is injured or was.

It doesn't mean you have to stop doing what you love - you just have to find a means to an end.
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Mythicwrld

"We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more."

Take care and enjoy lifting again.

 

[Illuminati]

Nasty back injury.
How likely is it that you could re-injure your back?? Did your physio mention it??
Those disks are heavily pressurised from squatting, especially while in the hole. The spinal cord in that area is responsible for the flexion and extension of knee, hip, feet and toes.

Glad your back though and hope you stay injury free.

there is always that chance that it could happen again. my doc told me that 80% of people fully recover from a bulging disk. it sucked for a while. i could barely move around, and i was in tremendous pain. funny thing is, it wasn't the physical pain that got to me the most, it was knowing that i couldn't go to the gym that really got me down. but, anyways, i had to take 2.5 months completely off from the gym. i couldn't put 225 on my back, or hold a bar with 135 on it in my hands, up until early june.

everybody tells me (especially the docs): "you should give up lifting heavy." well, i guess you can see how much attention i gave to that. i took some time to do some body building stuff, and was gonna stick with it for a while, but there is something about lifting a heavy weight that gets to me. and there is something about proving to not only everybody else, but also myself, that you can come back from a back injury and continue to lift heavy. its just that now, i really have to pay attention to myself even more. if i get in there, and i feel a slight pain, i put the weight down, and won't try any more. i still get occasionaly pain in the lower back, but now in my leg, which is a very good sign, and i don't have the numbness down the back of my leg either (which tells me that the nerve isn't pinched anymore.)

 

[Illuminati]

Glad you're back. Please take care - cause squatting again can get you. I admire your courage to get back to it. I have not yet the courage to be where you are...Did you have surgery? I don't think you mentioned it. It's a funny thing about injuries; My brother [Quadsweep] who really had some serious injuries just did his first BB show this past weekend after not competing for 2yrs (Quadriceps tear and Biceps tear). He completely changed his training style to high rep, lower weight. He even dropped down a weight class and still looked huge onstage. I guess what I am getting at is if you love PL (its sounds as if you do) then you will have to see how far you can go now - or find another way to train and try something else. I hope that didn't sound gloomy as I didn't mean it to. Almost everyone I know is injured or was.

It doesn't mean you have to stop doing what you love - you just have to find a means to an end.
Take care and enjoy lifting again.

no, i didn't have surgery. i went through elecrtical stimulation, and traction, 30 mins a day, for about 2 months. i completely took 2.5 months off from the gym, and then slowly started doing stuff again starting mid june. and wasn't until about a month ago that i started doing PL routine again.
like i said in the other post, it wasn't the physical pain that got to me, it was knowing that i couldn't get in the gym. that is why i stopped posting here for a while. i would come on here when i was injured, and read the post, and get all down about my situation, because i was seeing all the progress that everybody was making, and it wouldn't eat at me that i couldn't be doing the same.
i have definately re-thought my training. i am now more apt to call it quits earlier than i would have before, because of that fear of hurting myself again. i dont know as if that is something that will every go away, no matter how hard you try, it will always be there, lurking in the back of the mind. maybe, after months of taking a weight, it will start to disappear, but i know that right now, it is there. i thought about it when i put 405 on. all i could think about when i was getting ready get under the bar, was an article by Mike Miller talking about the first time he tried a 1000lb squat. somebody told him "don't be scared." i let that statement sink in, and thought about it, as i prepared myself to overcome my fear (taking a weight for the first time in 6+ months.) once i got under the bar, i was able to forget about my injury, and concentrate on the lift. i kept telling myself, "don't be scared. if you dont go for it now, you will never go for it again. today is the day. dont' be scared." i did the same thing with the 435 (forgot to mention, all i had on was my groove briefs, and belt.) i knew that i could have gotten more than the 435, but i know that i have to take baby steps. i wanted to see how my back/leg would feel the next day after a ME squat/dead day. i wanted to see if there would be that recognizable pain the next day. but, thankfully, there was none. which i should have known, because the previous week, i did seated GM's, and was able to hit 335.

thank you for the words of wisdom. i will do my best to keep them in my mind when i am at the gym. but we all know how that goes, once i am in the zone, it is hard for me to think about anything other than pushing it.
glad to hear that your brother is finally back from his injury. i wish him the best of luck as well.