Doc seems to think I slipped a disc in my back because I've

>>40620970
Bump

Maybe you could switch to swimming? Cardio helps with depression and stress.

>>40620970
I guess you want it to much, anon. lose the obsession with your looks and lifts. do the sport because it genuinely makes you happy.
also: correct form, slow but steady progression.

>>40620970

>>40621506
forgot some essential points

also: mobility work and stretching

OP, I just fucked my back up too. It's been about two weeks and it still hurts. Funnily enough, it was OHP that fucked me and not deadlifts or some shit.

Guess I better get my ass to the doc

>>40621506
I do it for how it makes me feel, not how others see me you know?

>>40620970
I did a lot of sport as a kid and slipped disks in my back all the time it was extremely painful but once it heals there shouldn't be anything left over. I have a little bit of general back pain as an adult but it doesn't affect my lifting or life i don't know if it was because of all the trouble i had as a kid or because i do a physical job.

>>40621666
Like actual slipped discs? Mri showed and all?

>>40621740
No

>>40620970
Slipped my L2 disc from repeatedly throwing myself at the ground during martial arts. I was a weak ass skelly at the time so all the force just went to my bones and over time I think I fucked my shit up.
>couldn't lift more than 2 kg off the floor using my back
>left knee pops on every squat
>left ribs pop on every OHP
>woke up every morning with lower back pain

I managed to build some of my strength in my lower back again by doing slow high rep (+30) dumbell deadlifts. Started with 1 kg dumbells and worked my way up from that. Now I can do around 50 kg deadlifts with a barbell. My back pain is now mostly gone and only becomes an issue when I stress it too much.

tl;dr you probably can't be a competitive lifter but very slow and light lifting might do good for your back pain, it helped me

>>40622222
You didn't want the surgery?

I'm just trying to better myself. Why does this have to happen to me?

>>40621740
Do you understand that a slipped disk is just a term they use, nothing has actually moved it is just an inflammation.

>>40623213
Are you serious?

>>40620970
I herniated a disk and was basically in bed for all of 3 months, I now have some limitations but hit a 425 deadlift recently

>>40622389
I was complaining about lower back pain to my GP for 4 years and she kept brushing it off as stress or lack of physical exercise until I went and took an MRI of it. It was tempting to immediately go for surgery, but it would cost a lot, might not work, make me fall behind in my studies, and I generally want to avoid people poking around inside me unless it's absolutely necessary.

It also gave me a perfect excuse to start lifting, which resulted in me being in the best physical condition in my life. I don't think I would have started lifting if I took the surgery.

>>40623242
Surgeries suck dude. What if I'm in school?

>>40624230
Then you drop out