cycling & back pain
I find it very interesting that so many people not necessarily in this forum, but in general start a intense cycling regimen AFTER having ADR surgery. It seems to me that cycling itself can be the cause of the original back pain. I don't know to what degree, whether is can lead to DDD or not, but I know for myself I would not be tempted in the least to start biking unless it was very casual post-ADR. Before I had my 1st laminectomy in 2001, I was one in a fairly intense cycling routine, I would go up an down a steep 1/4 mile hill up to 10 times for a workout. I had a bad fall on the ice that seems to have triggered my downward spiral, but for all I know the cycling certainly could have contributed to it. Anyone who has thoughts about the ramifications of cycling pre and post serious low back pain, please comment.
I have a couple of friends who are doing this after ADR surgery and it makes me cringe.
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2001 bad fall on ice playing hockey
Apr 2001 lami/discectomy L4/L5 (large rupture)
Aug 2001 lami/discectomy L5/S1
Coccyx dislocated / same fall (Cannot sit)
Aug 2011 pull-start generator - unrelenting low back pain - can only stand for 30 min
Nov 2011 -rhizotomy - makes things worse
22 hours/day in bed
June 2012 - present receiving facet injections every 4 months, only last one helped somewhat
L3-L5 ActivL Surgery w/Dr Zeegers April 16th
Doing great!!!!!
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