Hi. 21 Male out of California here. I fractured my lowest vertibra which leads to some leg numbness. Excersize has been helping to lower it, two things I can do now are hockey and I'm trying to swim for excersize but am having trouble. I started doing 1hr a day of freestyle, but the numbness in my legs can last for the entire next day. I'm looking for a swim stroke that is entirely arms. I've tried those leg pad things they never seem to be comfortable, do I put the larger side towards the surface or underwater? And if anyone has had surgery for sciate nerve I'd love to hear about it, I want to get back into soccer and seems near impossible :/. Well thanks for any help.
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GO easy with the pull buoy. I have 3 herniated lumbar discs. The buoy aggravated the area...just go slow nd incremental. I have quite football(soccer) b/c of the discs... but I played league up until I was 36...so I can't moan too much.
this is america. I'm just kidding. but if siwmming is hurting your back dont do it.
