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alanwest09872

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Ok i am diabled. If i attempt to walk around the block my back kills me. It feels like a knife going into me. but now heres the wierd thing. I can jump on an exercise bike and ride it for over 30 mins and not feel the same pain in my lower back. Heres an even stranger thing. I can lift weights kind of. I can lift the bar up 40 times (mind u i have 0 muscle mass) without feeling any pain in my lower back. only in my arms.

Isnt that weird. I mean i can lift weights and ride an excersise bike for a long ass time and feel no pain. But if I try to walk around the block I almost pass out from the pain by the time i get home.


Also as for lifting weights. I do it 5-6 times a day 30-40 times now while lifting weights is it better to do it all at once or can i spread it out through the day. Like lift 40 times in the morning then 40 times in the afternoon and then 40 times at night and still get the same benefit as if I was doing it all at once.

I am on disability for my back also. Well that and depression.

any helpful comments would be much appreciated. I dont know alot about lifting wieghts so any info you could provide would be much appreciated
 
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It is the impact of you walking/jogging/etc. Outside is even worse than a treadmill. Concrete/asphalt are terrible on your ankles/back/knees.
 
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Try going on an elliptical. If it doesn't hurt on the elliptical and your posture is similar to when you're walking, then it's probably just the impact of your steps.
 
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Yeah you can lift all day if you want to. Whether or not that will do anything whatsoever is debatable.

Since I don't know anything about your disability problem, I can only hope to help with your lifting. What exactly are you doing? You say you lift 40 times repeatedly, how much weight, what kind of lift, how do you break it down, etc?
 
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Mr. Pedantic said:
Try going on an elliptical. If it doesn't hurt on the elliptical and your posture is similar to when you're walking, then it's probably just the impact of your steps.
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I second this suggestion. Running is terrible for me... it hurts my feet and ankles, and has (probably) been the cause of no less than 2 stress fractures in my left foot. I switched over to the elliptical and bike and I've been fine ever since.
 
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Alone said:
Yeah you can lift all day if you want to. Whether or not that will do anything whatsoever is debatable.

Since I don't know anything about your disability problem, I can only hope to help with your lifting. What exactly are you doing? You say you lift 40 times repeatedly, how much weight, what kind of lift, how do you break it down, etc?
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since i am disabled and i just started lifting last week I am only doing the bar and thats it. I do a standard bench press 40 times in a row. When i first started I could only do 20. Ive doubled what I can do in one week.

My disability is 4 hernated disk in my lower back. But I can do everything a normal person can do except walk. Ive tried walking in the dirt to see if it was t he impact but its the same if not worse in pain.

Thanks for all the responses. That was super quick lol. I really do appreciate it.

As for the guy that said typing skills. I can type 80 words a minute. The problem is that some are going to be spelled wrong. If i slow down and actually think about what I am typing I do about 40 but everything is spelled right. And yes I know my grammer is horrible. Its been that way since I was a child. I can do math with the best of them but when it comes to grammer im horrible.
 
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alanwest09872 said:
since i am disabled and i just started lifting last week I am only doing the bar and thats it. I do a standard bench press 40 times in a row. When i first started I could only do 20. Ive doubled what I can do in one week..
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Well I suppose that's a start, at least. I would advice you to create a thread in H&F and inquire about a safe routine for your current condition.
 
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alanwest09872

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What actually happened to me was a fellow coworker was kidding around and tripped me. I fell backwords onto a metal spike it pierced my back and ended up hernated 4 disk. It bleed like a bitch I thought I was going to die. The metal spike was about 4 inches long. It was from are old picker system that was supposed to be taken out but never was. They were supposed to shave it down but they never did. Even after my accident they still didnt get rid of it. I used to manage a circuit city store. I was luckie because I was making 50-60k a year. So the settlement I got was quite substantial.
 
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I should also mention to that my shoulder blade always hurts. Im always stretching it trying to make the pain go away. One person thought I had terets or however u spell it lol because i was constantly moving left to right trying to make t he pain go away .


If someone could move this to health and fitness i would be very greatful for the assistance.
 
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alanwest09872 said:
My disability is 4 hernated disk in my lower back. But I can do everything a normal person can do except walk. Ive tried walking in the dirt to see if it was t he impact but its the same if not worse in pain.
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I assume you've had image studies of your spine. What's your diagnosis, are any nerve roots cut off from the displaced disc material? What levels are affected?

Did you ever try leaning forward when you walk to relive the pain? If that helps that's supposedly a sign of spinal stenosis. It can be common to have both disc problems and stenosis with degenerative disc disease.

Probably one or more of the herniated discs has the inner material leaking out, and it just so happens walking involves a movement that pinches a nerve at your spine.

Where you offered any surgical options?
 
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Mr. Pedantic

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I should also mention to that my shoulder blade always hurts. Im always stretching it trying to make the pain go away. One person thought I had terets or however u spell it lol because i was constantly moving left to right trying to make t he pain go away .


If someone could move this to health and fitness i would be very greatful for the assistance.
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Did you ever try leaning forward when you walk to relive the pain? If that helps that's supposedly a sign of spinal stenosis. It can be common to have both disc problems and stenosis with degenerative disc disease.
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That was something else I thought of; the pain could be because of the movement plus the erect posture.
 
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alanwest09872 said:
I didnt even know they had a health and fitness section if I did i would have posted right there. If someone could move it for me I would really appreciate it.
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I'm just fucking with ya...as one crippled bastard to another...

I also have several blown disks in my back. I don't walk very well either. However, I can't do the bikes. Doesn't matter if it's a recumbent bike or a regular one...after just a few minutes, I'm through...and need help getting off the damned thing without falling.
I can lift with a Nautilus type of machine, but not free weights. Leg presses cause me quite a bit of pain, but I can do a few reps before my back starts screaming.

Walking in soft dirt can be worse than walking on a hard surface. Takes more effort. (even though it's less impact on the spine)

Find a local place that offers water aerobics. I've found that's the one exercise that I CAN do, although I do have to pace myself and can't push it like I used to be able to do. The local community college offers both shallow water aerobics as well as deep water aerobics. Both are beneficial, but the deep water program is more intense, and for me, more painful because it takes more work with the legs.
 
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alanwest09872

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stargazr said:
I assume you've had image studies of your spine. What's your diagnosis, are any nerve roots cut off from the displaced disc material? What levels are affected?

Did you ever try leaning forward when you walk to relive the pain? If that helps that's supposedly a sign of spinal stenosis. It can be common to have both disc problems and stenosis with degenerative disc disease.

Probably one or more of the herniated discs has the inner material leaking out, and it just so happens walking involves a movement that pinches a nerve at your spine.

Where you offered any surgical options?
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I was not offerened any surgical options. I did however pay for disc decompression surgery. It cost 5k and really helped out. As for the nerve stufff. I have no idea all I know is I have 4 hernated disk. I dont know much more then that. And yes leaning forward does releave the pain substantially.
 
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There is nothing wrong with me, but my back kills me if I stand around for 10+ minutes. Making dinner in the kitchen kills my back.

I can run, jog, walk around all day long (just got back from 4 days walking around at Disney World) without any pain. But standing in one place for a few minutes is murder.
 
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BoomerD said:
I'm just fucking with ya...as one crippled bastard to another...

I also have several blown disks in my back. I don't walk very well either. However, I can't do the bikes. Doesn't matter if it's a recumbent bike or a regular one...after just a few minutes, I'm through...and need help getting off the damned thing without falling.
I can lift with a Nautilus type of machine, but not free weights. Leg presses cause me quite a bit of pain, but I can do a few reps before my back starts screaming.

Walking in soft dirt can be worse than walking on a hard surface. Takes more effort. (even though it's less impact on the spine)

Find a local place that offers water aerobics. I've found that's the one exercise that I CAN do, although I do have to pace myself and can't push it like I used to be able to do. The local community college offers both shallow water aerobics as well as deep water aerobics. Both are beneficial, but the deep water program is more intense, and for me, more painful because it takes more work with the legs.
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water aerobics is a great idea. I used to be a swimmer back in the day and loved it
 
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You...you were impaled by a 4in spike and you didn't even get a doctor's consultation?
 
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