I havent't posted for a while. Last week I had severe back pain, and went to the doctor. He said I had a herniated disk in my upper back/neck. My first question, of course was when can I go back to swimming and biking. He said the disk could get better on it's own (until this morning it was).
Has anyone else had a herniated disk in their neck? How long were they down? The doc said I probably wouldn't need surgery.
And the biggie:
Does swimming help or hurt the condition? What about cycling?
I'm really bummed because I was supposed to do my first Alcatraz swim next week.
Originally posted by battle
In may of 2004 I had severe back pain. I ruptured L1-2 and L2-3. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I was a candidate for spinal fusion but not microdiscectomy. Didn't want my back fused. I went to Physical Therapy 3 days a week for 2 hours. It took me about 3 months to be able to sit for more than 5 minutes. Took about 6 months to do a proper flip turn. Took a year before I could golf (another passion of mine). I still do the exercises but now at home. My golf game is actually better than before (all the core body work helped with my distance) and swimming is back as well. They told me that I had no restrictions as long as it did not hurt too much. I never stopped swimming during this whole ordeal, but did cut back for a while.
In march of 2005 I suffered a number of neck related injuries. The therapist has given me a number of exercises to do. He suspects that I have disc problems in my neck also but no MRI was done this time. I have learned how to bilateral breath and turn leading with the opposite shoulder (very difficult for me). I had a neck flare up last week but have been mostly OK.
WOW!
You would not know from the swim times you have swam!
Originally posted by battle
In may of 2004 I had severe back pain. I ruptured L1-2 and L2-3. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I was a candidate for spinal fusion but not microdiscectomy. Didn't want my back fused. I went to Physical Therapy 3 days a week for 2 hours. It took me about 3 months to be able to sit for more than 5 minutes. Took about 6 months to do a proper flip turn. Took a year before I could golf (another passion of mine). I still do the exercises but now at home. My golf game is actually better than before (all the core body work helped with my distance) and swimming is back as well. They told me that I had no restrictions as long as it did not hurt too much. I never stopped swimming during this whole ordeal, but did cut back for a while.
In march of 2005 I suffered a number of neck related injuries. The therapist has given me a number of exercises to do. He suspects that I have disc problems in my neck also but no MRI was done this time. I have learned how to bilateral breath and turn leading with the opposite shoulder (very difficult for me). I had a neck flare up last week but have been mostly OK.
WOW!
You would not know from the swim times you have swam!
