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This is my AS story--Very long, but I think it's worth it.
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Great post bro. I had a similar experience with ongoing back problems after being hit by a car back in 1990 or so. It was not as severe as your situation, but I also decided to reject back surgery and have never regretted it.
The slow passage of time is a great healer and so is exercise. You learn to listen to your body.
I thought I would never be able to squat or deadlift again, but I have been doing smith squats for over a year and have started to tiptoe into deadlifts.
Docs are great but sometimes you have to pay attention to how you feel and use your own common sense.
The slow passage of time is a great healer and so is exercise. You learn to listen to your body.
I thought I would never be able to squat or deadlift again, but I have been doing smith squats for over a year and have started to tiptoe into deadlifts.
Docs are great but sometimes you have to pay attention to how you feel and use your own common sense.
ANABOLICchild
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I can relate to the depression subject. I wake up every morning thinking of suicide. I have only a few thing in this world that is worth being alive ,thats my Girlfriend(soon to be wife), and.... a basically it. ANyway I strongly agree thAT exerecise releases stress and minimizes depression. I have been on this board for about 2-3 years now ,i don;t post alot because of my inability to write properly. but thank you GURU's and George for having this board and adopting me as one of the family of eElite.
Hugh Gellatts
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"I found myself on a beer and buffalo wing diet, the beer for pain and the wings....cause they go with beer. "
yes, Bill Roberts has classified the "fatass enhancers" and beer and buffalo wings do exibit a terribly effective synergy. The saturated fat in the wings (type I fatass compound) increases serum cholesterol concentrations, while beer (the protypical type II fatass compound) excerts its effects in a non-lipid mediated fashion, mainly through decreased insulin sensitivity and the compulsive desire to eat wings (ergo a positive feedback mechanism). If weed, which we will term a type III fatass compound is stacked on top of beer and wings the body is able to feed its face with substantially more beer and wings. This cycle should be used two weeks on, two weeks off (during that period AM only Krispy Kreme consumption is used to bridge).
yes, Bill Roberts has classified the "fatass enhancers" and beer and buffalo wings do exibit a terribly effective synergy. The saturated fat in the wings (type I fatass compound) increases serum cholesterol concentrations, while beer (the protypical type II fatass compound) excerts its effects in a non-lipid mediated fashion, mainly through decreased insulin sensitivity and the compulsive desire to eat wings (ergo a positive feedback mechanism). If weed, which we will term a type III fatass compound is stacked on top of beer and wings the body is able to feed its face with substantially more beer and wings. This cycle should be used two weeks on, two weeks off (during that period AM only Krispy Kreme consumption is used to bridge).
gmaninsane
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Great to here
Plan on having any check ups?
Plan on having any check ups?
A couple of questions for ya and a couple of predictions as well.....
Was your doc a surgeon or a regular doc who referred you to a surgeon?
Did you have an MRI that showed a bulging/ruptured disc? Did you have any hand or leg numbness or more importantly weakness or loss of bladder control?
You did the right thing and you did what i tell my patients to do, but few listen. The only indications for a laminectomy and/or discectomy is bowel or bladder incontinence, progressing weakness, and intractable pain not responsive to physical therapy. The last thing is obviously in your control.
About surgeons....they are hammers, and to a hammer everything looks like a nail.
Last thing alot of you dont know is that bulging discs will regress and go back to their normal size in alot of cases where the patient stays active and follows a PT regimen. If i took 10 people off the street WITHOUT any complaints of back pain, 3 of them would have a bulging disc. I predict if you took another MRI of your back, the disc would be almost normal if not normal. This isnt just me spouting off my mouth, there are studies to prove it.
Good story of you taking control of your life and getting off your ass.
T
Was your doc a surgeon or a regular doc who referred you to a surgeon?
Did you have an MRI that showed a bulging/ruptured disc? Did you have any hand or leg numbness or more importantly weakness or loss of bladder control?
You did the right thing and you did what i tell my patients to do, but few listen. The only indications for a laminectomy and/or discectomy is bowel or bladder incontinence, progressing weakness, and intractable pain not responsive to physical therapy. The last thing is obviously in your control.
About surgeons....they are hammers, and to a hammer everything looks like a nail.
Last thing alot of you dont know is that bulging discs will regress and go back to their normal size in alot of cases where the patient stays active and follows a PT regimen. If i took 10 people off the street WITHOUT any complaints of back pain, 3 of them would have a bulging disc. I predict if you took another MRI of your back, the disc would be almost normal if not normal. This isnt just me spouting off my mouth, there are studies to prove it.
Good story of you taking control of your life and getting off your ass.
T
CycloneHWT
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Thats outstanding bro, you're an inspiration to anyone who is even thinkin about self improvement.... by the way Zyglamail, lemme know how that stuff works, i have tendonitis in both shoulders, both elbows, both wrists and both knees ( wrestling has kicked my ass over the years, lifting seems to be helping though).... thank god for good ankles right, lol
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Willyumyum
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zyg, heavy only and lifter64 and everyone else who has worked their way through tough experiences... You guys are all amazing... I wish there were better words that existed for people like you guys.... amazing...
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