Everyone's had one! What's your story?
A little of two years ago, I ruptured 3 discs in my lower back. Before that, I was a lean 195 pound muscle machine. I ran 5 miles a day from the time I hit high school till the time I left my first year of college. As a freshman, I made it on to varsity crew with no experience and eventually dropped it to start lifting weights again. I was in goooood shape.
Two and a half years later, I still weigh 195! But about 30 pounds of that is now a gut, I'm a huge computer nerd, and I spend the majority of my day sitting instead of standing. Before I got injured, I was a night club promoter (like every kid is at my age hahaha) and couldn't do it anymore when I hurt my back. I couldn't walk 100 feet without losing my vision.
After rounds of steroid shots, physical therapy, and several mri's, enough was enough so I got spinal decompression surgery done by a neurosurgeon. I went the neuro route per advice of many other's in the horrors or orthopedic surgeons. I couldn't be any happier with my results. I still get a huge knot on my left glute over the sciatic nerve, but nothing that can't get rolled out.
The irony of the whole ordeal... combined with a pre-existing spinal disorder since birth (that was revealed in my mri), all of that running and getting into shape is what sealed the deal for my own destruction!
2 months after my surgery, I ended up getting my tonsils out haha.
So what's your guys' stories? I'm a youngster so I always like to joke to older people about back problems by saying "when you get to be my age..."
A little of two years ago, I ruptured 3 discs in my lower back. Before that, I was a lean 195 pound muscle machine. I ran 5 miles a day from the time I hit high school till the time I left my first year of college. As a freshman, I made it on to varsity crew with no experience and eventually dropped it to start lifting weights again. I was in goooood shape.
Two and a half years later, I still weigh 195! But about 30 pounds of that is now a gut, I'm a huge computer nerd, and I spend the majority of my day sitting instead of standing. Before I got injured, I was a night club promoter (like every kid is at my age hahaha) and couldn't do it anymore when I hurt my back. I couldn't walk 100 feet without losing my vision.
After rounds of steroid shots, physical therapy, and several mri's, enough was enough so I got spinal decompression surgery done by a neurosurgeon. I went the neuro route per advice of many other's in the horrors or orthopedic surgeons. I couldn't be any happier with my results. I still get a huge knot on my left glute over the sciatic nerve, but nothing that can't get rolled out.
The irony of the whole ordeal... combined with a pre-existing spinal disorder since birth (that was revealed in my mri), all of that running and getting into shape is what sealed the deal for my own destruction!
2 months after my surgery, I ended up getting my tonsils out haha.
So what's your guys' stories? I'm a youngster so I always like to joke to older people about back problems by saying "when you get to be my age..."
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