work out with back injury

[yairbuilder]

I was wondering if you can still work on your lower body with a bad back , I hurt my back two weeks ago and the doc told me to rest no training at all but if I stop for too long I might never go back to the gym for long time, so exercise should I avoid ? training my upper body? thank you.

 

[SteveMobsterG]

Three days bed rest is maximum followed by low levels of activity (so walking etc). The light, light weights. Identify how you hurt your back and do rehab.

 

[stevesmi]

without knowing what exactly is wrong who can answer that?

if you have an injury that is serious you should let it heal

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

There is no way to give advice without knowing what the injury is. At this point I can only suggest you listen to your doctor.

 

[SteveMobsterG]

The best advice is the docs BUT the advice I've given is based on several back issues and the most common advice now. Last year, for example, I was out of the gym 12 weeks and had rehab for 10. Xrays - MRI's the lot. It took two weeks just to get the pain meds right.

 

[muskate]

I would follow your doctors advice on this one. If you want to do anything, maybe book an appointment with another doctor to get a second opinion.

Anytime you do a compound leg exercise like squats, you indirectly train your lower back and entire posterior chain.

I am not sure the exact details of your injury but you can very easily make your injury worse by training legs before your doctor gives you the green light.

 

[Lev Butlerov]

Lower back is a shitty part of the body to injure, as it is involved in practically all workouts. Sincerely, you need to know exactly what is happening there first, and get it healed. Training with unhealed injuries can be very bad, as you can get the injury worse, and end up away from the gym for a much longer time. Nothing will happen just because you don't train for several days - your health is more important than that.