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I just done this for the first time following him and my upper back feels good, and i'm sweating more than at the gym! The hands behind the head stuff was tough as I've got stiff big delts but i got...

It's a long time since I was an active member of this forum but didn't you have serious problems similar to mine a while ago?

Edit: just seen your sig, how did that surgery go and did it solve...

Thanks I think those are where my sports therapist got some of his info because I do those before bed, without the squat. Single knee to chest gives a nice stretch and some relief and is the best of...

what are your recovery plans? Are you on painkillers/physio/injections?

Kratom isn't legal in the UK, but I'd love to try some as it's meant to make it easier to come off strong opiates

Stretching the spine itself always makes me worse too. I got to the point of managing a couple of sets of 15 1-legged glute bridges a few months back but it done nothing for pain relief.

And for...

just watched that vid and glad to say that's part of my rehab routine but I.dont get a great deal from it. Rugby and PL are gone forever I accept that

Thanks for all this advice. I went to the sports therapist following unsuccessful physio, and he has a very good knowledge of physiotherapy and gets me to do rehab exercises in the time between...

I do decompress in a similar way to you but I twist slightly too. I used to try death hanging from a pull up par and letting my spine decompress but as soon as I stood back up properly and the...

Thanks man, I do most of the lower back ones on a daily basis and have done for the duration of my pain, which is the base of my frustration as I'm getting worse instead of better when it should be...

Thanks for sharing man, I agree totally with a lot of what you said, I've given up on the lifting "dream" and try to manage my expectations. I can deal with not lifting, but I can't deal with my...

right now, I do swimming 2x a week for an hour and some stationary biking (around the same) and then in the gym I'll do some light ab work - planks, rollout wheel, side planks but not a lot as it...

Yeah that's one of the lines my surgeon like to roll out sometimes, how the conditions highlighted on my MRI would feel different to everyone.
I've come to terms with dropping PL permanently, as...

Unfortunately I only know that now, I had that typical mid-20's invincibility mixed with stupidity and arrogance. Hopefully my story serves to tell younger and more inexperienced lifters what not to...

1. Haven't lifted for 2 years
2. Yep, I now know that. 2 year dependence here, dropping the strong one to the weakest one (5 days ago) has been an awful experience, as it always is. I won't say...

Tbh PL isn't my passion but it gave me a real focus for the gym and staying active, strong and healthy. I mentioned in another post but i dropped squats, deads, BOR, OHP over 60kg, and basically...

Feel free to just empty your thoughts into a long post in here, I just want to get a discussion Going, get some people in here who've recovered with and without surgery - both sides of the coin. ...

Bump for help, update is in post 63 for new contributors

In case you just read the OP hat was 2 years ago and the update was post #63. In the last year I think I've managed 8 total deadlifts with 1 plate, and about 12 bodyweight squats as they are just...

This gives me a little hope, I've been told by all the health professionals to completely give up running and boxing, and heavy lifting goes without saying. It's completely sapped my strength and...