allabs5150
06-02-2003, 08:03 AM
I was wondering if any of you other guys suffered an injury to the siatic nerve. I am 35 and have been weight training for years, and except for the normal aches and pains that pop up here and there this is the first major injury I have been afflicted with.
About 2-3 months ago after do heavy shoulder shrugs I started feeling a little tightness in my lower back, but dismissed it to age it really didnt bother me that much,then about a month ago I started feeling a bit of tightness in the back of my left thigh once again dismissed it like the rock head I am. So this brings us to 2 weeks ago I go to the gym to train bi/tris and on my first set 2 45's on the e-z curl bar something in my lower back feels like its popping through my skin OUCH well once again like a rock head I push my way through the workout, but go home and spend the rest of the night basically crippled. I wake up no better and after speaking to a some of the knowledgable Bro's on this forum the consensus is possible siatice nerve and or herneated disc.
Well I go to my Dr. he puts me through a who routine bending this, twisting that trying to pin piont the location of the pain, after his evaluation he come to the conclusion I have aggrivated the siatic nerve, but dosent feel as though I herniated a disc. He advised me to stay out of the gym for at the very least 2 weeks, and prescribed two medications. Well I wasnt to happy about staying away from the gym for 2 weeks, but I figured its best to cut my loses here rather then go back to soon and really F@*K something up for good. So its been one week outta tha gym and on the meds. I would say its about 70% better but I am really starting to thing in another week I am not going to be ready to go. I was wondering if any of you other guys ever sufferd from this and how long it took you to recoperate and get back to your normal lifting routins.
About 2-3 months ago after do heavy shoulder shrugs I started feeling a little tightness in my lower back, but dismissed it to age it really didnt bother me that much,then about a month ago I started feeling a bit of tightness in the back of my left thigh once again dismissed it like the rock head I am. So this brings us to 2 weeks ago I go to the gym to train bi/tris and on my first set 2 45's on the e-z curl bar something in my lower back feels like its popping through my skin OUCH well once again like a rock head I push my way through the workout, but go home and spend the rest of the night basically crippled. I wake up no better and after speaking to a some of the knowledgable Bro's on this forum the consensus is possible siatice nerve and or herneated disc.
Well I go to my Dr. he puts me through a who routine bending this, twisting that trying to pin piont the location of the pain, after his evaluation he come to the conclusion I have aggrivated the siatic nerve, but dosent feel as though I herniated a disc. He advised me to stay out of the gym for at the very least 2 weeks, and prescribed two medications. Well I wasnt to happy about staying away from the gym for 2 weeks, but I figured its best to cut my loses here rather then go back to soon and really F@*K something up for good. So its been one week outta tha gym and on the meds. I would say its about 70% better but I am really starting to thing in another week I am not going to be ready to go. I was wondering if any of you other guys ever sufferd from this and how long it took you to recoperate and get back to your normal lifting routins.