I sustained a back injury and after trying to ignore the pain i eventually went to see a specialist. Discovered i have a condition called “spondylolisthesis” which the doctor says is a permanent injury. That was 6 weeks ago. Sessions have been working on lots of unilateral training and use of a pilates machine and focusing on working my core stability/glute ham strength.
Being allowed to start training again i purchased a pair of kettelbells and have been focusing on 5 main exercises; swings, farmer walks, push ups and pull ups. 2 or 3 times a week i will do some rehab work at the swimming pool but i am currently beginning to grow bored of my routine but am scared of pushing myself hard.
Is there any way to get around this?
Spondylolisthesis refers to one of the vertebrae being offset or misaligned to the other vertebrae. Grade 1 0-25% displacement, grade 2 25-50%, grade 3 50-75%, grade 4 75-100%. The severity is scored from 1 to 4. What kind of specialist did you see?
You definitely need to see a sports medicine physician to see what kind of limitations with regard to participation you should have. My concern for you is worsening of the spondylolisthesis and if you can imagine the spectrum of consequences, the most severe being paralysis.
beef
[quote]beefcakemdphd wrote:
Spondylolisthesis refers to one of the vertebrae being offset or misaligned to the other vertebrae. Grade 1 0-25% displacement, grade 2 25-50%, grade 3 50-75%, grade 4 75-100%. The severity is scored from 1 to 4. What kind of specialist did you see?
You definitely need to see a sports medicine physician to see what kind of limitations with regard to participation you should have. My concern for you is worsening of the spondylolisthesis and if you can imagine the spectrum of consequences, the most severe being paralysis.
beef[/quote]
X2 on this, especially if it is definitely a spondylolisthesis. If you do want to start anything, static planks/core holds to help maintain the neutral spine and brace the lumbar spine is where you would end up starting with physical therapy most likely. But as beefcake said make sure to get cleared for specific activity by a sports med ortho physician.
I assume it’s an anterolisthesis and it’s stable?
If not, WTF are you doing exercising?
BBB
I’ve been seeing a physiotherapist and he didn’t mention anything about the grade of the injury. I was having weekly sessions with him and taking anti-inflammatories for 5 days. After the 2-3 week, the pain had subsided but he said to keep away from weights until a full 6 weeks and then i would be safe returning to light training.
Thank you with the questions and i’ll be sure to ask him at my next session. Is there anything else i should be asking specifically?
I have to question just how much your physio knows about spondylolistheses. I don’t want to generalise, but as a rule, a good chiro will be more cognizant of the issues and risks associated with this condition.
BBB