Thanks for watching. Thats frustrating. One thing I will say is don't base your entire life on one little image. The MRI is a static image. It is not moving. It doesn't tell the whole story. It sounds like you are pretty sensitized to pain at the moment and that most movement hurts. That means you will likely have the most success with the isometric exercises starting out. Going for walks will likely be quite helpful too. Gradually build up your ability to flex/extend/lateral movement. The exercises should not hurt. If they do, you are trying to make your body do something it is not ready for yet. Hope that helps.

@@UpperExtremityEngineers thnx. How do you desensitize the nerves?

I feel your pain. Hang in there. Go slow, stretching can actually do a lot of harm to your back if you are not careful. I would recommend watching my other back pain video too. However, take my information with a grain of salt. I dont know your situation. Just take my information and apply the parts of it to your life that seem most relevant. Keep trying!

@@UpperExtremityEngineers thank you! I’m running out of options. Lost a lot of work due to my injuries already. Failure is not an option. I have no choice like many that watch your channel. No more surgeries or doctors. They don’t understand what we go through. I’ve had too many surgeries to count in my lifetime. I feel like just a number with solutions of pills, surgeries and shots. No more!

Thanks for watching! Hope it helps.

Thanks for watching! My first piece of advice is going for a nice little walk in the mornings to prepare you for your day. Have some easy to slide on shoes by the door so you can just get out of bed and start walking. (if you live somewhere where that is possible). Keep your walking short if you have to. The goal is to desensitize your back to pain. Walking is typically a good way to get a little movement in your body without making your pain worse. I doubt practicing bending your back alone will fix you. Although, if done properly it will help. Check out my other back pain video for my advice. Keep doing research and good luck. There is hope for you.

As a general answer, yes. Obviously I dont know you so cant say for certain but most people with DDD can still do a back extension. Hope you are doing well. Thanks for watching.

Thanks

Yea, i read stuart mcgills book and he talks about the concept of energy leaks. Meaning the spine repetitively bending over and over between the individual vertabrae is bad. It is better to hinge at the hips when lifting something heavy thus keeping the spine neutral. I agree with this. However, trust me. If you dont use your back, you lose it. In order to truly have a resiliant spine, you have to take your spine through its normal/natural range of motion rather than keeping it locked in place 24 hours a day out of fear. This is a complicated topic. Ill make videos in the future in more detail. thanks for watching.

Glad you liked the video! I couldn't agree more. I find myself trying to avoid KZbin and most social media platforms now because they all feel souless. Just a bunch of tech wizards trying to waste our time while getting filthy rich.

Glad you liked the video, thank goodness I never had a surgery. I considered it many times. degenerative disc disease sounds scarier than it really is. I would say that for the majority of people, exhausting all your resources prior to surgery is a good method. Surgery should be a worst case scenario type situation and it should not be taken lightly. Surgery for back pain is often just a bandaid. It often doesnt address why the problems where developed in the first place. Dont get me wrong, there are a lot of surgeons who help a lot of people. However, it is not uncommon for people to wind up worse than they were prior to the surgery.

Can you share your experiences with that peptides?

Which is a shame because I can do jogging (well, until I suffered patellofemoral syndrome a month ago) fairly well without generating much in the way of pain in the same lumbar region.

There is hope for you. The hard truth is that it is extremely unlikely any single person is going to fix your back for you. That is the wrong way of looking at this problem. You need to become your own therapist/doctor. You need to become your own expert. Only you know what you are feeling. Only you know what your past history has involved. And at the end of the day, only you really care about the health of your back. No one else really has the time and energy to think as much about your back as you do. Now pick yourself up by your bootstraps and get to work. Have a nice day.

@@UpperExtremityEngineers I'm just not convinced you can exercise/strengthen pain-free (much less coexist) with this kind of chronic injury. If every time you feel irritation you're setting yourself back, this would mean nothing but an endless cycle (which may explain why some people suffer from this for decades; still, experiencing pain at 5 or less/10 is sometimes the best you can do without becoming a total lump).

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Absolutely! Love the analogy. 😆

That makes sense. Obviously, you need to address your knee. You don't wanna go through life without the ability to squat. But will ignore that for a minute. You should try to master the hip hinge. Hinge at the hips to pick things up. You could also master the golfers lift. Additionally, Working on controlled spinal flexion could really benefit you too if done carefully and correctly. I know nothing about your history or body type, age, comorbidities, etc. So I cant give you specific advice over the comment section. Keep trying to find the solutions to your unique set of problems.

not quite that simple but yes. Strong glutes is a good thing :)

Thank you! Hang in there Nancy. I believe there is certainly hope for you.

amzn.to/3AXuspF sure thing. Here ya go! This is the same one I use.

Sure thing! amzn.to/3AXuspF this is the one I have

had a lot I wanted to say lol.

Thank you, yes, the information in this video has helped me tremendously. Back pain sucks. If you are experiencing it right now, I feel for you. Every person has unique struggles so don't necessarily do everything exactly how I do it. I hope this helps you!

@UpperExtremityEngineers I like to tell people "If what I said helped you, great. If not, even better because no one should be in pain like that."

Every person has unique struggles so don't necessarily do everything exactly how I do it. Impossible for me to know your back well enough to say if what I am doing is safe for you. However, I am confident that you can improve the health of your body. Grade these activities down. Make them easier. Pain free motion is your friend. I hope this helps you!

Great variation of the back extension!

1. Everyone has back pain for different reasons. 2. Stretching is good for muscles and age. 3 people don't drink enough water and the body steals water from your back.

@@davidinchcliff4560 1. is correct. 2 is not correct for everyone. 3 doesnt make much of a difference. everyone knows they need to drink more water.

@@UpperExtremityEngineers drinks other than water is not water but needs water to flush it out.

Everyone certainly has different needs. There is a reason low back pain has not been cured.

You can change which muscles groups are firing by changing your back and/or feet positioning. Everyone should build up to (or maintain) as much range of motion as their body can tolerate. Every body has unique proportions, unique ranges of motion, and unique compensations. Never hold yourself to the movement patterns of someone else. It’s right for that person, find what is right for you.

The intent of the way he is doing it, is specifically to build strength and resilience in the back using flexion. The rounding is the focus.

@@marshallw4492 on this machine you can do two workouts, the lower back and glutes. But doing the glute exercise you need a strong back. What I see this guy doing is curving his lower back and doing a lot movement which I think is wrong. To train the lower back on this machine you need very minimal movement with locked lower back

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I know what it is like to be afraid to bend your back. You can work up to what I am doing in this video. I get what you're saying. However, it's not true.