Hello Marty usa...if you are looking for a Situation report...this may help..
I am a soldier with 19 years in the Army on Main Battle tanks, weight training everyday, Cardio in the morning, MMA twice a week all before August 14 2007 when I had two prodisc put in my back. S1-l5 and l5-l4.
Its now 3 months since the surgery..
Morning routine
Cardio in the morning. (no running, just eliptical or rowing machine 30 minutes of that and than to the back exercises and stomach) 13 minutes into the eliptical my toes start to go numb still. Morning workout 45 to 50 minutes.
Afterwork
Weight train for 50 minutes and 30 minutes of heavy bag and speed bag.
All this may or may not make my sleep a good one. Usually I wake up at 0200 in the morning with the nerve ending humming in my hips and sore calf muscles. Never had problems with my calf muscles before? (I have read this is because they have stretched my nerve ending *Note I have grown one inch after the surgery* anyway with some people the nerve ending will take from 3 to 6 months to get better...or they may never..I am still waiting.
Our MMA club has been shut down for a few months so I havent trained there in a while.
I havent got near the experience you do with MMA, however beside the number of kids and activities we are some what comparable.
The doctor here in Canada has replace a bull riders disc and a olympic athletes back with prodisc...and they still train hard...after that..its up to you how much pain or gain you want...
My biggest fear..I dont want to blow the disc above these two now..so no dead lifts for me.
The only plus side..I dont wake up with a sore stiff back anymore and no back pain..however the hips are humming, just below the hip bone..
If those nerves do shut down..I will give the surgery a 98 percent success..
I hope this is a little bit of help.
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