Pulled my back out lifting an 18 inch Solo X

[loganberry]

Jump on it now before it gets worse!

I have 2 bulging discs, 2 ruptured disc a cyst inbetween my vertebrae's and completely pinched off nerves. Its been going on 2 years now and constant pain every day and it could have been avoided if I got it fixed (im sure lifting the atm machine didn't help my back either). Just some advice, I havnt been able to compete in over a year, hell I can't even lift a amp into my truck. Hope you feel better man, back pain is awful

[J R]

Jump on it now before it gets worse!

I have 2 bulging discs, 2 ruptured disc a cyst inbetween my vertebrae's and completely pinched off nerves. Its been going on 2 years now and constant pain every day and it could have been avoided if I got it fixed (im sure lifting the atm machine didn't help my back either). Just some advice, I havnt been able to compete in over a year, hell I can't even lift a amp into my truck. Hope you feel better man, back pain is awful

I aint' got near the pain it sounds like you have but thanks bro!

[OrionStang]

Don't feel bad OP, I sneezed and cracked a rib a couple years ago. Be sure to do whatever therapy you can to fix the issue, you're too young for that shit.

[Tarball]

Try to avoid liftin engine blocks, transmissions, and other very heavy items (large rocks/stones, steel molds, etc) besides getting a job done there is only pain in the future for you. Believe me, I used to to it all the time back in the day also. My back is f@#$ed for life. Sure lots of time I have no pain and no issues but all it take is some simple little thing the wrong way and BAM!! taken out by lifting a baby, or a chair or something small and absurd. I don't know anyone that "used to" lift real heavy stuff and does not have back problems now.

[Chris Hammer]

Feel you on that. Wadded bad in a wash a few years ago. 5th w/o on my old bike (85 on gps) I ragdolled all over the place..yardsale'd my shit everywhere. No broken bones but put my back out for a long time. Shit looked like an s-curve on x-rays. spent months going to the chiropractor...Never been the same since. Everytime I do something slightly rough on the body I end up in back pain. That on top of 4 broken collarbone, torn AC(both shoulders), 2 surgeries, 4 broken ribs, broken ankle, broken arm, dislocated shoulder, 4 bones in my foot, torn meniscus in both knees and a collection of smaller annoying stuff like dislocated fingers road rash etc.

I feel like an old man every morning. Starting to get arthritis in my shoulders already and every joint muscle ligament is tight in the morning. I recommend doing yoga. Everyone makes fun of it but i swear to god going to yoga 2-3 times a week and helped me more than any physical therapy or exercises i was doing alone. The stretching and core workout is more intense than people give i credit for. Plus there is hot girls in there..IN YOGA PANTS.... I enjoy it thoroughly.

[n8ball2013]

I feel you guys on the ankles I shattered mine a few years back on a quad. I have one leg longer than the other slightly haha thankfully can't really tell though. Wheelchair for 3 months.

The sciatic nerve being pinched sucks though man. Maybe one day in the future of medicine they will come up with a way to fix that.

it comes and goes.. depends how you sit down i sit in a hard chair so i pinch it all day.. it will go away soon though.

yoga. laugh now but it will relieve your pain. I deal with it too. plus if you get in a yoga class those things called yoga pants well its worth it alone.

[OrionStang]

Agree with Nate 1000%. I did yoga for PT/rehab my last year in the Army. Hated the idea at first, but there are many positives, yoga pants being one of them.

[tacomaguy1]

take care of your back when you're young.....it's stupid lifting heavy stuff like that by yourself

so glad I have a forklift at work lol

Edited August 16, 2012 by tacomaguy1

[HunterJohnson]

I laughed at yoga too until I couldn't do some of the moves and was sweating bullets while chicks next to me did those moves like it was natural. And that was level 2. I think it goes to like level 10

[KiKaZz74]

Damn ur making new feel old. 17 with 2 bum knees(blew out while running), a screwed up shoulder that is permanatly dislocated a little, 2 screwed ankles and had a pinched nerve in my lower back. Going to start therapy for the knees and shoulder get next week. Gotta get better for track throwing.