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Hey guys not sure this is the right place to post this if not let me know. Im almost 4 months out of low back fusion/cage surgery deal and I was cleared to start training on the road bike a month ago. Obviously started slow ramped training up as I went no issues or pain until last week I went for a bigger ride. Went from 20 miles consistent 1500 vert no pain or problems. Then went for 30 miles and 3000 vert and I have serious low back muscle pain for the last week. Trying to work through it a couple of 15 mile rides and doing cryo therapy kinda coming around but not really. Just wondering if any of you guys been through the same issues and how to work through it. Im sick of doctors and hospitals seems like im always there. Im hoping to be cleared to ride in 7 weeks and I don't want to screw that up but I don't want to stop training either its all I got after doing nothing for months. Any training remedies or thoughts is much appreciated. All I've been given for advice is from my boys who are saying don't stop riding just push through the pain. Thanks Shawn
moto is the best sport/activity in the world but our bodies just aren't built to sustain the impacts that are guaranteed to happen.
you've already jacked up your back and know what its like to be laid up like that. do you really wanna risk spending the rest of your life laid up in a wheelchair? theres a wide world outside of moto. nothing can ever replace riding/racing but the risk and consequences of even a small mistake at the track are tremendous.
hard to put in perspective when you're young, but think about it.
PT,multiple Chiropractors, and thousands of dollars wasted that covered up symptoms at best. Once I found a good Chiro and worked my ass off I got results without surgery and It couldn't have gone better. It's a shame I didn't get put in this direction earlier on. Avoid surgery at all costs if you can in my opinion. I really hope someone can learn from what I went through because(while it may not be as bad as some of your guys injuries) it really sucked and my life was terrible. I couldn't even work for long periods of time and almost gave up all together. I firmly believe surgery would have messed me up worse.
With that said, I ride, race, jump, and take my lumps like everyone else for the most part. Sometimes I need to ice, but that's pretty much it.
Note: Majority of doctors and "specialists" I have seen did not help and if I had listen to some would have ruined me for life. See more than one doctor and get as many opinions and facts as you can. If it sounds like B.S. In my experience it usually is.
OP: Don't give sh!t up until you know you can't do it yourself or don't want to. Also, don't push it to hard to come back too soon. Just my opinion. That's all I got.
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For what it's worth....once back on the bike I started riding trails and racing some offroad races to get endurance and some core strength back before going on a track. That seemed to help on the riding side of things once the recovery was finally going good.
But Christian Craig did it and well over half his back is fused now..
Good luck with whatever you decide..
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