slipped disks

Pools are good idea that and deep gullies at the beach each raises ur bodies gravity to nil when floating etc many workouts can be done in pool just start slow.. Same with weights ..lowest lbs lotta reps build any muscles back slowly... Prednisone worked for my dogs spine ...mutt could pee without pain for three months presni/steriod and bed rest quarantine now he's jumping around like a grasshopper

 

I have a compressed disk in the Thoracic spine and a ruptured disk L5s1, DJD on all levels of my spine and I'm 37. Still ride and race harescrambles, play softball, and surf. I have gone the chiro route with mixed results 2 but ultimately they do help with spinal flexibility and you need follow their plan to get the long term results. Get an inversion table its helped me tremendously, foam roller is a must. Hot shower + foam roller = Craack! Get Joint Juice from Costco, its is easily digestible drinkable glucosamine. Fish oil. Stretch. Hope this helps. One more thing use the corner of a wall to dig into the muscle of your back to loosen up in a pinch (like a bear uses a tree) then foam roll.

Someguy

 

worth noting--- i did a bunch of juice in my 20s and i have to say, whatever pain i was in disappeared. roids saved the day.

 

As a trained professional in the avoidance of doctors, I will tell you do everything you can physically to correct the situation. Yoga works wonders for some and as someone said, moderate lifting and strength training. We have become such pussies in our day to day that most of these injuries are a result of the lifestyle bestowed upon us by "progess." not to say wildland firefighting is a weaklings job by any means, but the doctor will be quick to fill his wallet with a surgery that guarantees nothing. Strengthen up mang