pinched nerve when back squat. try front squat? wrist flexibility?

[tbomb]

i have a pinched nerve under my left trap. ive had it for a few years, but it doesnt really bother me too often, so i live with it. last week when i started doing backsquats for the first time, it aggrivated the nerve for a few days (i guess when you sit a lot of weight on a piched nerve, its gonna hurt.) so im thinking that front squats might be the way to go (also to shift the focus to my quads, moreso), but dont you need a lot of wrist flexibility? i dont have as much in my left wrist as i do in my right (i shattered my left wrist a few years ago, and i also had surgery on it last winter for a ganglion.)

advice/thoughts?

thanks.

[amusclehead]

no, you don't flexibility; just use a cross-arm grip (get under bar, put bar around your sternum, cross arms over eachother to secure it and start squatting)

you may want to have some foam padding or something between you and the bar so it doesn't bite down into you

[tbomb]

cool. thanks