Oh my God, thank you all for replying!
My brother had his L4 or L5 disc sucked out but he doesn't workout anymore so it's hard to say if he could squat or deadlift. What scares me the most is that he was almost unable to move after surgery, when going to the bathroom he had to stand up while taking a dump etc. But he had a girlfriend that took care of him at that time. Noone looks after me.
tman55-
Did the pain go out in your arms or neck due to your ruptured disc?
MotownMuscle-
I know the pain your talking about. No words could ever describe it. When did you have your surgery? My brother did it in -96 I believe. Just thought if there has been any progress since my brother did it. A have a slight bulge on my L4 disc but an even bigger on my L5.
Bionic redneck-
My physician gave me two exercises to do every other hour. It's a form of push-up where I lie down on the floor and push up my upper body ten times (3sets), that's the first exercise. In the other one I'm just supposed to push up and hold there for a count of 20. I will try your exercise also.
I'm seeing my physician tomorrow so I'll run it past him. The sad part is that I'm prohibited to bend my back so any and all ab exercises are a big no-no. Something about the disc bulging backwards and that it could worsen my condition, atleast that's what my physician says.
I use Tramadol as a painkiller 4 times/day. And I must say it works pretty good. The best painkiller I've ever used. It doesn't screw around with my head or anything. 100mg four times/day keeps me going. Don't know if you have it in the US or Canada.
My physician has put me in a "vertical axial decompresion device" several times and it has helped a little, but never for longer than a few hours at the most. The trick is to remain in a straight position (vertical or horizontal position without bending your back) for as long as possible but as soon as I get in my car I'm usually back to square one.
I got a note a couple of days ago from the hospital that will be performing the surgery (if needed) that I will, in the next 2 month get called in for a check-up by 2 surgeons, so hopefully they believe that it's possible to fix it without surgery. If not, I quess it's just to suck it up and have it done.
Damn, I want to do some 440lbs squats again
Would you believe it if I said that I injured myself while warming up in the legpress with 200lbs? I went too far down and the pain shot through my back and leg immediatly. The day after I rushed to my chiropractor that tried to free the pressure from my hip that had locked itself in one place due to the pain but was unable to do so. A couple of weeks after I saw a doctor that also said it was all in my hip, it had locked so the pain was from that. He prescribed me some Paraflex (muscle relaxers) and Diklofenak (painkillers) The second doctor I saw.. oh and before that I had to rush to the emergency room since the pain was so unbearable I thought my calf was about to spontainously combust. No help there, I had to wait for 2 goddamn hours with with no help whatsoever so I went home and I was able to sleep. I called the hospital the morning after. A new doctor agreed to see me the same day and him beeing an orthoped (sp?) and all said that it was a ruptured disc. That's the story so far, excluding the x-rays and whatnot.
simpllyhuge-
I live in Europe, Sweden to be exact and my insurance covers it all. We have free medical care (is that the correct term?) Anyway, I get any and all bloodwork done for $15 for example. About the "stretch-bench", what you basically do is lie down on a two part bench and have your hip locked down on one part of the device and your chest on the other part. An electric engine/motor pulls the two sides apart. It's actually quite comfortable, atleast if there is pressure on the scatic nerve. Take it easy with the hyperextensions since they may cause the disc to rupture even more.
Thank you guys, this really means alot to me!
Sorry for any bad spelling.
