-1 LIFTING AFTER SEVERE BACK INJURY
SO YOU'VE GOT A BUSTED BACK and told "no mas" on the lifting, here's how you get around it on a few exercises.
You're going to use the bench as your spine, or at least your resistance point so your spine is relieved of any tension through your movements.
here we go;
1) SINGLE ARM DUMBBELL ROW
Elevate your bench or other type of platform until your arms are nearly fully stretched while your lying on it with your pecs on the bench and knees on the floor. For a left arm rows you rest your pecs on the platform up to your left
armpit. Using the platform as a brace you'll perform the rows as usual and switch sides in order to switch arms.
2) BENT OVER BARBELL ROW
Lay on your bench stomach down with your chin over the edge and the bar placed under the platform.
With the bar underneath you perform the row in the same manner as you would if standing pulling the
weight into the lower abdomen and straight back down, let gravity adjust your line. You may also
mimic the Standing T-Bar Row in this manner.
3) SEATED CABLE ROW
This is by far the goofiest feeling exercise to do, looks bad feels good. Lie on your platform in your
typical superman form, with whichever grip your need and pull the cable towards you as you would a
Seated Pulldown. Be careful not to use too much weight as the angle causes a little extra stress at
the bottom of the movement in your deltoids if you squeeze.
happy gains!
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I'm not sure anyone can work out for years and years consistently in the gym with out getting some sort of injury or pulling a hernia.
Its just to much stress on the body, I herniated two disc in my lower back almost a year ago to the day. I took one week off from the gym and have consistently worked around my injury . I had to completely give up squats and dead lifts, it has made my core noticeably weaker but none the less it is possible to work around back injuries.
I'm not sure what you mean by "severe back injury" though because my injury all in all was pretty minor.
Alphamale500Yeah, I've been working through a rotator cuff injury for a while now. Lol, but after roughly 4 months, I just went to the orthopedic doctor and he's sending me for 4-6wks of physical therapy. It wasn't bad to begin with. I've been trying to just suck it up and build it back up on my own, but I still have some range of motion problems so I have to get this officially dealt with. Especially before I even touch the awesome top of the line Primo200 I got for next Primo run, I wanna be it tip top shape!
I also have issues with some discs and surgery I had in my back, and with my cervical in my neck. But those are older issues which after years of training with those injuries, they don't even really affect me anymore. Well, there are a few back exercises that I stay away from. But for the most part, I'm good. Thank God! I honestly believe that the gear has played a big part in the healing and recovery of these injuries.
Can I get a hip hip for Primobolan.......can I get a hip hip for Nandrolone.......can I get a hip hip for Trenbolone.......yay!!! Lol!
Reverse grip bench, pressing movements with neutral grip only. Close grip bench and dips with elbows to the side.
Your triceps will love it..
Most of us have worked around injuries for years. Hopefully you don’t think this is for a serious injury.
Alphamale500Yep, I've worked around multiple injuries.
My personal injury is a burst fracture, so yes, I have suffered a catastrophic back injury and still maintain with these movements. I have a prosthetic vertebrate and can continue to lift moderate loads using these techniques.
this is relative to the DEGREE of the injury. Until you've hurt your back, you wouldnt know the pain that is involved with doing easy things such as sneezing with an injured back.
Alphamale500Abso...fuckn...lutely!! Even just opening a fuckn Gatorade can be so painful! And just taking a shower, oh my God!! Yeah, back injuries really fuckn suck, I can vouch for that. You know what's funny? You get this young kids that are pill addicts, and they say things like, "oh I wish I had back problems or surgery so I can get pills!" Fuck, I even said it at one point many years ago. But they really don't know what they're in for. I certainly didn't! It's really so bad, especially when you've got a neck injury to go with it.
Absolutely, these are definitely post recovery movements, Good Call, I just updated it to severe injuries in the heading, thanks for catching that.
Molinin302Been there, but over the years I've ran into a few people that were kind enough to break my ribs for me. I'd have to say it was worse lol
Alphamale500Were you kind enough to return the favor at a later time?
Molinin3022 out of the three. The one turned out to be an off duty cop, had to let that one go. Lol
breathing itself is a task with broken ribs...lol
Your right. Isolation woulnt do anything for a serious injury.
Interesting, but I think this should vary from individual to individual based on their injuries.
This is geared towards the more destroyed backs, not those stressed or strained, but those of us with irrevocable damage
I agree ^