Hurt my back - exercise options?

SirKolbath · 2018-10-01T18:00:00+00:00

Swimming is good. Talk to a doctor and kinesiologist. Have them put together an exercise plan.

atticusfinch1973 · 2018-10-01T19:59:50+00:00

Depending on the injury swimming could actually make it worse. You perform a lot of rotation and hip movement during most swimming strokes (plus massively high repetitions) and this can easily irritate a spine even if it isn't directly weight bearing.

And please don't leg press.

There should be ways to affect your chest/shoulders/back without affecting your spine but again, it depends on what you've done.

I'd suggest getting it evaluated before you choose your options.

lionmenden · 2018-10-01T18:06:31+00:00

Make sure you let yourself heal instead of pushing it too soon. I can still normally leg press even when my back is bother me. You might also try a lifting belt. See what works and back off if you have pain until your doctor or therapist says you’re healed up.

jekporkins77 · 2018-10-01T20:23:31+00:00

I screwed up my back pretty bad too, and solved the issue. If you explain how you hurt it, specifically where and any limitations you have. Personally what happened to me is that I was squatting and someone decided to spot me and pushed up on my butt. I ended up cranking my low back. I took two weeks off from all lifting. Then avoided all movements that loaded the front of the body, IE back squats, conventional dead lifts, bent over rows. Your best bet for exercise options would be front squat or belt squats if you wanna dish out $200. Upper body weighted chin ups as it doesn't stress the low back and hanging from a bar will decompress and traction the spine. Benching that's up to you for me I could do everything except when I when max effort. Lastly your best friend will be the reverse hyper extension machine. Louis Simmons invented this so he could go back to squatting 900+ after breaking his back. It will traction, decompress and put spinal fluid into the spine. Lastly sitting in a chair is absolutely awful for your low back. I could go on for longer because i've managed this issue for over a year. TL;DR Belt Squats, Weighted Pull ups, reverse hypers, don't sit too much

Title	Hurt my back - exercise options?
Author	prostaddict
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Date	October 1, 2018 5:56 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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