The sports doc told me NOT to do anymore running. NONE. Not until I get some PT, then maybe a steroid injection (worst-case scenario, surgery). My last vertebra is out of jelly — no more shock gelatin in there, I have a herniated disc, blah blah.
But I gotta run! It kills me watching everybody running around, and seeing all the lard-asses taking their sweet time walking in the middle of the track no less when I’m out of commission!
So should I just go ahead and jog anyway? Only jog, not run. Well, maybe that last lap or something (which is what killed me in the first place two years ago — thought I pulled a hamstring…turned out to be, according to the MRI, “referred pain” from the lower back!).
Damn, at a slow 3-4 mph I can jog forever! I love it…love really running too but I’ll have to take it easy…I plan on doing no more than twice a week at half an hour each…sounds good?
Anyone aggravated a bad back by jogging anyway? I’ve been at rest for like a whole year now, and I think my running muscles are atrophying or something…feels very odd trying to run for the bus or something like that…or maybe it’s that the injury never healed, etc.
WTF!!!!!
I’d follow the docs advice. Your back isn’t something you want to screw around with.
Think of it this way: If you do run and screw your back up beyond repair, you’ll end up like our resident retard Billdo, who’s on disability and welfare.