i agree
what baffles me is that the lower back simply doesnt recover like all the other muscles. you can destroy chest and quads and biceps every day but once you back has that same soreness you cant hardly move
i was reading how when your back starts to get over taxed and sore, it becomes inflamed and hitting the bundles of nerves and theres no way around it unless to lay off from things hitting your lower back.
too bad there isnt a topical like supplement that deflames/repairs lower back muscle
its sucks that the lower back is such a weak link, i really enjoy running with those dumbells and the workout it gives, all my muscles can handle it except my freakin lower back. maybe with some falcon research i can find out about a secret supplement
What you have to understand is that all of your nerves at some point run through the spine. So let's say that you get Spondylo (where the disc slippage begins)- the result will be a bulging intravertebral disc, the question is this: will the disc detioriate, push out the front, or push out the back? Either way the nerves will get trapped in what is called "forimanal narrowing" and probably some form of "facet arthropathy"- since you can't (in the U.S) replace the discs, the only thing you can really do is try to straighten the discs that are "subluxated" by some type of manipulation, which is usually done by a chiropractor. One would only hope that you would be referred to a chiro who takes X-rays and understands what your MRI or neurologist states in his limitations. This may ease the pain somewhat (along with P.K's)- but then you have to deal with the constant adjustment of the surrounding musculature. They may spasm, they may constrict, they may stretch, and it will all be dependent on your genetic structure, how you sleep, and what you do during the day.
If your disc is bulging out the front (rare) the last thing you want to do are hyperextensions. If your disc is popping out the back, the last thing you want to do are flexion exercises. Sitting may even be a problem because when you sit, the muscles relax and the total weigh of your UB rests on these fucked up discs which in turn, press even harder on the nerves. The nerves will inflame and the opening (tunnel) for the nerves will seemingly constrict.
Back injurious are insidious: By the time you realize that your back is severely fucked up, the damage has already been done without your knowledge. Like the previous poster (
sorry) said, you will wind up on the floor crawling around the damn house wondering WTF?
Deadlifting is a great way to build total body musculature. It is one of the "kings' of all exercise, but when you get older, not only will you NEVER attempt them again, you will also wish you had NEVER done them in the first place. There is a point in the deadlift during the lift where your weakest link has to be incorporated. I firmly believe that this is where it all starts.
Even Frank Zane says if he had to do it all over again, he would not have lifted as heavy and as long as he did. Sure, he developed fantastic side delts, but he says he's been paying the price with daily pain ever since- to the point of where he can't even work his shoulders anymore.
when you are young....ahhhhhhhhh... to be young and have a chance to do it all over again, knowing what you know now.
Good luck my friend. The Pain Killers and the anti-inflammatories will fuck you up worse than your back in the end. At the same time, I've never met anyone who has had a "successful" back surgery to where there is no residual pain.
this is why Workers Comp Insurance companies fight tooth and nail over back injuries. They are insidious, they are hard to "prove" with even MRI's, EKG's, Cats, and X-rays, yet they are very real, and just about 80% of the population sports a sore back at one time or another- or eventually.
Call it wear and tear, old age, whatever. I say, be fucking careful NOW and think real hard about those special "lifts" you perform in the gym. Just cuz someone say's they work, doesn't mean they are not permanently detrimental to your health.
I could start another diatribe on the idiocracy of bench pressing. I'll just count my blessings that this isn't a powerlifting forum.
