What lifts are part of Axial Loading?

[TheSiege]

After a doctors visit I was told to avoid any axial loading

He mentioned military press and dead lifts specifically. Can you name any more?

 

[deadlyapp]

Axial doesn't really mean anything - it just means along a straight plane which I would take to mean compressing muscles - but what muscle group specifically? Or is he talking more about axially loading the spine?

A deadlift is going to put a lot of tension on hamstrings and low back. To do a similar movement to remove the spinal loading, you could do glute ham raises, bulgarian split squats, single leg work, etc
Military press is a lot of stress on the spine and shoulders. It's going to be hard to replicate the shoulder work without loading the spine, could do things laying on a bench but it's going to put the weight in a different plane of motion (more focus on front and rear deltoids).

Squats will be another one that would load your spine, you can replace that with belt squats to help or leg press (not quite the same movement though).

Basically anything with weight directly overhead is going to load your spine. Anything with a significant hip hinge is going to put stress on your low back - although not necessarily in a vertical path.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Why did he tell you to avoid it? Not trying to be a GP here (not qualified, and all that legal junk), but if you complain about 'back' problems, their method of solving the issue is "don't do anything that might cause pain". Context is everything here. So If you just had back surgery or an acute injury to the back, then that would be a no brainer, as well as visiting a PT to rehab it.

Fact: Avoidance never solves underlying issues. Take gravity for example... Sucks sometimes, doesn't it? But what would happen without it? You literally degrade. Look at what happens to astronauts. I bet they feel pretty cool at first (in space), until they get back to earth and realized just how hard it is to adjust to the constant force that keeps them healthy.

What happens when you avoid phobic fears? You strengthen them. What happens when you apply ERP and face them? They weaken and you become stronger mentally.

What happens when you quit working out? You become weaker. What happens when you work out? You become stronger, or at the very least, slow the degradation of age.

Anyhow, as with the post above, axial loading needs a context. Even more, a context to your situation. Maybe get a second opinion from a sports therapist, if sports/athleticism is currently part of your lifestyle.

Otherwise, you will want to ask your GP himself what he means by it. Ultimately that is probably the only real advice, is to talk to him about what that exactly means and how long he expects you to avoid such and such for. That is, after all, what you pay him for.