Back spasms

[Larry Bowie]

well, on the last rep on the last set of deadlifts for my workout last week, i popped my back. couldnt move, had to take an ambulance to the ER and get checked.

my form with 365 was a little sloppy.. too much lower back, not enough hips.... so i lowered the weight to 315, and the form was good. i'm guessing the previous sloppy set was just too much for it, even though my form was good when it popped.

the best worst news i got this year was that it was only back spasm. nothing worse, thank goodness.

Doc said i can do upper body whenever i feel like i can as long as my back is supported.

i just went online and got a belt cuz i havent been wearing one for years. got the contoured 4.75 inch Schiek belt.

obviously no squats or deadlifts. i think i'll switch to rack deads from now on when i do get back to them....


anybody have any experience with these and how long were out of the gym for. i feel pretty good now. sore and a little tight.

i guess this is a good time to work on my hamstring flexibility too....

 

[JETHRO TULL]

I've only dinged my back once in my life.

I did it doing barbell rows...let my form slip on one rep. Wham!

Couldn't breath right....pain....spasms for a week until I took my stupid ass in and got it adjusted. Never believed in Chiro....thought it was all quackery....until I had it done. Immediately, no pain and I could walk again with out hold on to a wall or a railing after a few steps.

When standing facing the mirror...my left side was all bulged out and cocked eyed....looked crooked!

I don't want to have that happen ever again.

 

[Ashop]

well, on the last rep on the last set of deadlifts for my workout last week, i popped my back. couldnt move, had to take an ambulance to the ER and get checked.

my form with 365 was a little sloppy.. too much lower back, not enough hips.... so i lowered the weight to 315, and the form was good. i'm guessing the previous sloppy set was just too much for it, even though my form was good when it popped.

the best worst news i got this year was that it was only back spasm. nothing worse, thank goodness.

Doc said i can do upper body whenever i feel like i can as long as my back is supported.

i just went online and got a belt cuz i havent been wearing one for years. got the contoured 4.75 inch Schiek belt.

obviously no squats or deadlifts. i think i'll switch to rack deads from now on when i do get back to them....


anybody have any experience with these and how long were out of the gym for. i feel pretty good now. sore and a little tight.

i guess this is a good time to work on my hamstring flexibility too....

Be careful and dont go too heavy too fast. Use good form over heavy weight.

 

[SpankyDXM]

I was in the middle of a cycle when I did my back in for a while...I was using a pick-axe "like a coal miners tool" and I was breaking up some cement dirt mix and my back locked up...it wasnt pretty...I couldnt stand up for more than 5 minutes at a time for about 2 weeks my ex g/f left me I could barely make all my notes and the most messed up thing was I was in the middle of a cycle...that pissed me off the most . Well 8 months later I can work all day but my back still hurts towards the end of the day...but my recovery hasnt been easy because every month I have to do a slab and it kills me but I am a slave to the state so I have no choice currently at the moment...Dont do deadlifts or anything to do with your lower back for atleast 2 months...then start light with little reps and dont push yourself to hard for atleast 6 months...My stability muscles were severely strained and it sucked

 

[Larry Bowie]

thanks spanky.

i kept putting off getting that belt too!! Grrrr.....

at least i didnt get drunk and fall down some stairs and break my wrist

Kaiser and i need to be put in padded rooms if we dont have adult supervision i think

 

[Dad]

There's a med called Chlorzoxazone (Parafon) which will help with the spasms.

If the back muscles are spasmed up, my expereince is that it tends to pull the adjustment the chiropractor does back out of line. If you can keep the spasm down, the adjustments hold longer, and you shuold get back to normal more quickly.

Keep trying to stay active, and do everything you can without aggravating the back. Hard to say how long it will take, but once normal daily activities are no problem, you can gradually work your way back up to what you were doing before - probably 6-8 weeks of gradual increases to get back to 100%.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

 

[Big_O]

Soma...1-2

 

[Larry Bowie]

thanks Dad!

today is 5 days. i feel 80% compared to the day after the spasms. just the residual soreness and tightness. much better than the day after the injury.

tomorrow i'll go the gym and try some exercises (warm ups) that i can do while my back is supported like hammer strength bench and some seated bicep stuff... i'll try that for a week...

i had to walk around all day at work, which seemed to help a great deal.

 

[Dad]

One way to assess how bad an injury is (once you've ruled out disc problems, etc) is to see how long until you start feeling relief.

To be 80% at only 5 days is a good sign! Really bad pulls don't feel much better at 5 days - 2-3 weeks maybe, but not 5 days.

Be aware of the exercises where your back isn't worked directly, but is still tighetened up considerably. For example, the arching of your low back on Benches. On the other hand, dips and chins shuold be ok, just be careful.

The temptation is to jump back in when you're feeling good. The best course seems to be to ease back in slowly, even if it takes a few extra weeks.

Glad to hear you're feeling better!

 

[Philips]

I did it doing barbell rows...let my form slip on one rep. Wham!

Couldn't breath right....pain....spasms for a week until I took my stupid ass in and got it adjusted. Never believed in Chiro....thought it was all quackery....until I had it done. Immediately, no pain and I could walk again with out hold on to a wall or a railing after a few steps.

When standing facing the mirror...my left side was all bulged out and cocked eyed....looked crooked!

I don't want to have that happen ever again.

Definitely chiropractors work some majic. Wish I was married to one. I need to be cracked everyday.

 

[Sesshomaru]

Go to a chiro, itll be the quickest way to fix it. Ive popped my back a few times when deadlifting, all went away after adjusting the spine.

 

[littlemack]

Dang Larry Bowie! Had to have an ambulance pick you up from the gym? Shit man. That really sucks! The things we do for our hobbies. ha.
I had a friend who got picked up by the coast guard b/c he was surfing and got caught too far out and sucked out to sea. ha. I thought that was a shitty day until reading yours. ha. Take care of yourself bro. I tore my pec in the gym about a year and a half ago. I knew what I'd done. I was in some terrible pain. Managed to get in the car and drive myself home somehow. That sucked.

 

[Larry Bowie]

Dang Larry Bowie! Had to have an ambulance pick you up from the gym? Shit man. That really sucks! The things we do for our hobbies. ha.
I had a friend who got picked up by the coast guard b/c he was surfing and got caught too far out and sucked out to sea. ha. I thought that was a shitty day until reading yours. ha. Take care of yourself bro. I tore my pec in the gym about a year and a half ago. I knew what I'd done. I was in some terrible pain. Managed to get in the car and drive myself home somehow. That sucked.

haha. i know. i'll hear shit about it for months. the little desk cutie was leaning over looking at me on the ground laughing her ass off

JT.. i did better than get a chiro... i have a VERY cute little asian lady friend that does AMAZING work on knots. hurt like hell while she was beating me up, but i felt great after that. plus, she wouldnt let me drive home that night cuz she didnt feel safe with the mixture of muscle relaxers and alcohol (had a few beers). does it make me a bad person if i didnt tell her that the muscle relaxers the DR gave me weren't the ones that give you buzz??