AS while dealing with back problems

[Huskky]

There is a guy who is asking me about AS who has a disk deterioration problem, L3 L4 S1. His doc told him to get in better shape. Problem is his back hurts. Whats out their for this guy. What would be usefull, a cycle of what. He wants to loose body fat and be able to train light again. I heard something about Anavar. Educated suggestions please.

[hitmansb]

Tell your buddy to resist the temptation to juice up and get back in the gym too soon...it will only cause him more back pain! Your friend needs to slim down by doing cardio (low impact and back friendly like recumbent bike and elliptical trainer) and getting his diet in check as the first step, as less weight (especially less abdominal fat) will reduce the strain on his back. Then, he needs to do the specific lower-back stretches and strengthening excersises that doctors prescribe for lower back problems. Only after doing all this should he step foot in the gym...and then, naturally at first...because getting strong fast will cause him to strain his lower back again.

I speak from experience when I tell you that rushing back into the gym from a back problem and hopping onto a cycle right away will cause you to mess up your back again every time, guaranteed. I did this on two occasions when I was young and foolish.

[AlmostThere]

I wonder if adequan would be of any help for this guy.

[Skyefire]

Re: AS while dealing with back problems

Originally posted by Huskky
There is a guy who is asking me about AS who has a disk deterioration problem, L3 L4 S1. His doc told him to get in better shape. Problem is his back hurts. Whats out their for this guy. What would be usefull, a cycle of what. He wants to loose body fat and be able to train light again. I heard something about Anavar. Educated suggestions please.

If your looking for a short cut to getting into shape, well forget it. steriods are tools that can be used to help acomplish things, they don't replace hard work.

If your talking about using gear as part of a recovery process that is something else. They can be used but only certain types and reasons. I used nand deca and eQ to recover from a surgery I had in 2002 but it still took months of walik, pushups, and swimming to get back. that type of cycle can be useful in the body heal itself but not a great deal else.

As for the pain well deca can help some but for the most part he is going to have to suck it up. (yes, I know it hurts like a mother, My whole lumbar spine is fucked. I had two ruptures and some other shit. trust me, he can suck it up)

If he just can't hack it then he should ask the doctor about an epordurl. Still even small steps can help.

BTW the best back exercises are swimming and water arobics (I don't recomend this for men, you will look positively gay)

[joe bigboy]

if he's got back problems make sure to start out slow in the gym and hold off on AS til the back gets healed up, when you have an injury working out too hard til you get healed is probably gonna make things worse. i tried to come back from a knee injury too early a few years ago and ended up doing alot more damage to it and was out of the gym for alot longer than if i would have let it heal the first time, good luck.....