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Old 01-30-2007, 03:16 PM
EricT EricT is offline
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Yeah. Sorry about your experience with the therapist. That was some pretty vague advice she gave if you ask me. Either she meant don't use your back and "isolate" your leg muscles with extensions and curls or she meant isolate the muscles in your back, lol, which can't be done. I'm assuming she meant the former. A sports physiotherapist may be a better help.

TALO had mentioned hypers....I think you should give reverse hypers a try. Without weight at first. I've heard of them being applied to herniated discs, btw. Some things may hurt at first and/or get worse but that does not necessarily mean they are a no go. That's one of the main reasons to have a therapist. They can tell you what is appropriate discomfort and what is not.

For instance a lot of the pain from this type of injury is from sciatica (pain down the leg for people who don't know). Some excercise will relieve some of the leg pain but sort of transfer it more to the lower back while you're doing it. Which can be a good thing if it means pressure is being taken off the nerve. You see what I mean? Pain is a part of rehab to some degree but you have to know what is appropriate.

Always get a second opinion on this stuff if you're in doubt. On the medical and therapy stuff. It's not about seeking out someone who will tell you what you want to hear it's about getting as much info and more opinions in order to make an informed decision about what to do. I actually read an article from a doctor that specializes in spinal injuries a little while back saying how surprise he was that many cases that were once though to be hopeless except with surgery were confounding expectations and being helped with therapy and excercise to a much greater degree than his experience up to that point would have lead him to think was possible.
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.

Last edited by EricT; 01-30-2007 at 03:50 PM.
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