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Hey fellas, I was recently diagnosed with mild congenital lumbar spinal stenosis. It never showed up in my entire life, as I am under 30, but this is after countless jui jitsu classes, squatting nearly 500 lbs, running 10 miles with a weighted vest for years. I hurt it doing a crossfit workout with heavy kettlebell swings...it seems my form must have broken and I didnt realize this. It was several months ago. I also understand it is congenital and some people can have it for their whole life and never know it. I guess I was just lucky all those years and now I figure it is a good thing I am aware of it.
So, there is inflammation around a nerve in a vertebrae in the lower area of my spine. I feel a slight ting in my left buttock that can go down to teh back of my leg, but never below the knee. Its not too bad, but it seems like I wont be doing much squatting, maybe ever. Putting weight overhead isnt the best idea anymore and I want to take care of this condition. It sucks since squats are my favorite exercise, but here I am.
Maybe one day I can return to squats, the doc said eventually the inflammation will subside and I can go back to doing everything I did before, with some limits like doing throws in jui jitsu class too often, etc.
So I was wondering what are some good exercises to build solid leg mass that will keep my spine safe and/or neutralized? I know the leg press, extension and curl will be helpful, but if they are not available what should be done...
here are some ideas that I have...
lunges, holding the weights at my side and squatting, bulgarian squats..... just keep in mind that having weights pressing down on my spine is what I want to avoid entirely, so anything without that is fair game
thanks for the help guys and next time you squat, do a couple for me
So, there is inflammation around a nerve in a vertebrae in the lower area of my spine. I feel a slight ting in my left buttock that can go down to teh back of my leg, but never below the knee. Its not too bad, but it seems like I wont be doing much squatting, maybe ever. Putting weight overhead isnt the best idea anymore and I want to take care of this condition. It sucks since squats are my favorite exercise, but here I am.
Maybe one day I can return to squats, the doc said eventually the inflammation will subside and I can go back to doing everything I did before, with some limits like doing throws in jui jitsu class too often, etc.
So I was wondering what are some good exercises to build solid leg mass that will keep my spine safe and/or neutralized? I know the leg press, extension and curl will be helpful, but if they are not available what should be done...
here are some ideas that I have...
lunges, holding the weights at my side and squatting, bulgarian squats..... just keep in mind that having weights pressing down on my spine is what I want to avoid entirely, so anything without that is fair game
thanks for the help guys and next time you squat, do a couple for me