Im sitting here in extreme pain, waiting for the acupuncturist to call me back. Im slightly traumatized with the fact that I hurt myself with barely 50% of my max. Thats what makes me so pissed that I didn’t even hurt myself laying it on the table. 3 weeks ago I matched an old PR 535. Not an ounce of pain before during or weeks after. I haven’t felt anything but feeling like a strong piston for the last year. I always warm up and do roundhouse kicks, hipflexor stretches, and pnf stretches.
I felt nothing before my first set, I got to 225 and i felt strong, I do tons of warm up sets, never jumping more than 50lbs at a time 275 something happenend and the chain was kinked. I did more stretches and did 315 o my god good by back. I feel like I shifted my lowerback vertebra in and its pressing against the nerve or something.
I saw an ART but the game was lame and adjusted me to harshly and now i feel actually worse. Im not sure if its worth it to ever go through this again. This is what im looking at to recover from this.
1st ART session (young doctor could fit me in c ause I could barely stand) made me worse
snd ART doctor next week instructor that is good but not the best ive had. WIll decompress my back.
2to 3 acupuncture sessions to open the muscles.
another ART session.
hopefully the pain will stop there if not Im gonna have to go visit my dads friend in lousiana who is a chiropractor instructor and a gifted massage therapists who understands how to heal.
SO is it worth it? Im not an athlete I dont compete in powerlifting. I am just a man that enjoys functional strength.
Hey man when the road gets rough the tough get going.So you gotta make a little pit stop, you’ll be back. Im praying that when my day comes I will take it like a man.
[quote]MISCONCEPTION wrote:
SO is it worth it? Im not an athlete I dont compete in powerlifting. I am just a man that enjoys functional strength.[/quote]
That is a question that only you can answer. There are dangers inherent to any sport. It is up to you decide if the benefits outweigh the risks.
Before you make any decision, I would suggest mentally replaying what happened and try to figure out why you got hurt.
i hit a similar spot a month and a half ago,warmed up good, still using relatively ligthweight, went down w/ 275 halfway through my set and coming back up, it felt like my lower back cracked or something, loud pop out the back, and the weight (obviously) jarred my lower back
-i couldnt do anything for the first couple weeks, but i was able to add some leg extentions (until my knees started to hurt haha) and upper body machines and light cardio, and now i’m just starting to add some VERY light squats and medium leg presses
-my back feels great (its been touch and go for 2.5 years now at 20yr old…greaaat) right now, but i’ve had a nasty flu thing so i havnt been training much anyways, but as soon as i start training it acts up again
-on the one hand…i’m ready to start small and actulaly be patient for once and slowly work up…but on the other hand,my backs been like this for so long, i kinda know in the back of my head i’ll start throwing it out again as soon as i go heavy (which i wish is all i could do, never mind all my stretching, warmup, activation bs that takes longer than my worksets combined)… i’ve always wanted to be stronger , since i was walking, but its a really though call to make… hate to say it but there is a future to think about
not fun…but probably after the shock of it wears off,you’ll be in a better spirit to pick up the pieces and start over again…sucks though…every time…injuries never get easier
-i say make a solid effort to do all you can…soemthings cant be fixed but dont leave yoruself wondering - do ALL you can to fix it
-i’ve had to give up biking, and then olympic lifting (hopefully will be able to pickup one day again) and good ol’ heavy lifting time and time again… but if i had listened fully instead of thinking i could get by, just tough it through, etc, maybe i wouldnt have had to
-longer you wait, more fucked up you’ll be probably
I injuried my back one year ago. At the time i had done an easy 252.5kg deadlift in competition. After the injury I trained very poorly for four months due to a lot of pain. It is just horrible to have back pains. I have slowly rehabbed to the point where i just recently did a 200kg deadlift with relative ease.
I can frontsquat very heavy without pain, perhaps this is an exercise that you should try ? I love that exercise, and as long as I can hit that hard it does not matter if i cannot go all out on the deadlift.
Try to fix the problem, but if you cannot go all out on deadlifts, why not just do them with lighter weight, or maybe try a variant like dealift with a snatch grip ? It is a very tough exercise.
If your are not a competitive powerlifter, it does not matter if you do not deadlift very heavy. But there is only one person that can ultimately answer on that issue: YOU!
im not giving up lifting. i just ask myself if the risk brnrfit of a 600 lb dl is worth it. i think my back was screwed up before i worked out i think my bed is shit , i lounged on the long weekend, needed massage etc everything was wrong
If your bed is crap get a new bed. Once most of the pain subsides try doing lots of reverse hypers. The first time I hurt my back was working in a sawmill. The last time was deadlifting with a measly 185 max was 400 at the time.
I too went to an accupuncturist it helped for about an hour but after about 2 weeks I was back to normal. Now I do reverse hypers at least 3 times a week and if I don’t do them for more than about 3 days my back starts hurting again. I hope u feel better soon so you can deadlift again.
[quote]MISCONCEPTION wrote:
im not giving up lifting. i just ask myself if the risk brnrfit of a 600 lb dl is worth it. i think my back was screwed up before i worked out i think my bed is shit , i lounged on the long weekend, needed massage etc everything was wrong[/quote]
There’s more than one path to get strong and look good naked. It doesn’t have to include deadlifts if they might do more damage than good.