Nalod wrote:At 42 I had two ruptured discs in my neck. Got close to hang fusion done but was able to keep the numbness away thru cardio workouts.
took two years but the disc material worked itself out.
Getting oxygenated blood to the area thru tractions, message, and cardio did the trick.
And.......it helped when I had my first heart attack 5 years later!
No two discs or experiences are alike. Be careful with Chiropractors and also with orthopedic surgeons. They are surgery happy. I was under the care of a neurosurgeon who was the only one I'd let operate. No need for it.
I have other issues, but thats for another day.......

Stay focused and keep trying!

Chiros and doctors all look at the same X rays differently it seems. My chiro who is very encouraging looks at my X rays with my exact lumbar demage and says for lots of people it doesn't cause so much discomfort as I have, while others it causes even more. Everyone is different. He said the impingement may not be caused directly from the discs rubbibg the sciatic nerves but the material that has left the disks as you mentioned. So that may take awhile as you mentioned to clear, thanks for your experience, it gave me a lot of hope for the back. My life has been mainly pain free my whole life and this setback has been really confusing, I have to work so I have to manage until I can retire in 3 years. It's a kick in the ass I injured myself doing exercise to make myself stronger. The irony of life sometimes, is a mother ****a. For those of us older then 40 and I am 53 Our check engine lights start giving us lots of weird indicators all of a sudden, but our bodies can't be traded in for a new shiny one.

martin wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

martin wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Furiosa.

Watching this is a chore.

I’ve stopped it twice so far. Maybe I’ll finish it tomorrow, or never.

Off-season is too long.

Go the Alpha health route and exercise instead of Furiosa

Wait, which emoji is appropriate?

In four full months of doing consistent weight lifting 2-4 a week I have completely changed my appearance. My upper body is getting muscular like it hasn't been since I was in my twenties. Only drawback is doing a deadlift led to a herniated disk and a bulging disk. I have numbness in both feet. Going to s chiropractor and spinal decompression has helped and I hope to recover without surgery in a few months. I been diagnosed with Parkinson's and I hope to get muscular before symptoms make that impossible. If I am going to go out one day meekly I am going to fight it as long as I can. Take care of your health it's really something you can't take for granted.

Good luck my man. And may you endure as many cigarette scars as your newly toned bod can handle on the nightly basis

Thanks kind sir. Funny I sort of blame my wife for my back predicament. Over the years I have lost 40 lbs in order to control my glucose level but in the process of using cardio and calorie control I lost significant muscle and my wife said that my legs are too skinny; she wanted the man she married back with muscular legs, So while not being in shape I attempted squats and deadlifts to regain leg strength and size. Alas, I soon after injured my back, I think I can pinpoint the deadlift that might have initially caused it and the squatting and dead lifts that aggravated it further as I just thought the discomfort was due to being out of shape. Instead of cigarettes and kinky stuff my wife is now giving me back rubs with bay rum ( try it for muscle aches ) and Ben Gay. Long story short, I'd prefer the kinky wild side over tender nursing. I wish I could endure electrodes to the nipples but now that would kill me.

martin wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

martin wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

martin wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Furiosa.

Watching this is a chore.

I’ve stopped it twice so far. Maybe I’ll finish it tomorrow, or never.

Off-season is too long.

Go the Alpha health route and exercise instead of Furiosa

Wait, which emoji is appropriate?

In four full months of doing consistent weight lifting 2-4 a week I have completely changed my appearance. My upper body is getting muscular like it hasn't been since I was in my twenties. Only drawback is doing a deadlift led to a herniated disk and a bulging disk. I have numbness in both feet. Going to s chiropractor and spinal decompression has helped and I hope to recover without surgery in a few months. I been diagnosed with Parkinson's and I hope to get muscular before symptoms make that impossible. If I am going to go out one day meekly I am going to fight it as long as I can. Take care of your health it's really something you can't take for granted.

Good luck my man. And may you endure as many cigarette scars as your newly toned bod can handle on the nightly basis

Thanks kind sir. Funny I sort of blame my wife for my back predicament. Over the years I have lost 40 lbs in order to control my glucose level but in the process of using cardio and calorie control I lost significant muscle and my wife said that my legs are too skinny; she wanted the man she married back with muscular legs, So while not being in shape I attempted squats and deadlifts to regain leg strength and size. Alas, I soon after injured my back, I think I can pinpoint the deadlift that might have initially caused it and the squatting and dead lifts that aggravated it further as I just thought the discomfort was due to being out of shape. Instead of cigarettes and kinky stuff my wife is now giving me back rubs with bay rum ( try it for muscle aches ) and Ben Gay. Long story short, I'd prefer the kinky wild side over tender nursing. I wish I could endure electrodes to the nipples but now that would kill me.

After one reads a story like that I don't know if the proper response is to smoke a cigarette, down a double whiskey neat, or go all Gangnam-style and turn up the amps

Got to be something for everyone!

When my wife was young, she used to go out dancing 3 or 4 times a week until 4am and then go to work at 7. I used to work a full shift, go to the gym for a few hours or run a few miles and then go to school full time. When we met we spent all the time being active together after work, walking lifting weights, having kinky sex. Until our daughter was born and the we did family walks and activities. To me doing stuff like I joke about is just longing for better times. Before the " Check warning lights stared going off " I lived an active life and bang then I couldn't for awhile. I am arriving to regain some of that vigor. A nice session with a Dominatrix would be swell if she properly hangs me up so I can decompress my spine and hit me in such a way to endure endorphin activation. If only I can find a Dominatrix with anatomical knowledge for therapeutic results

GustavBahler wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

martin wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

martin wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

martin wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Furiosa.

Watching this is a chore.

I’ve stopped it twice so far. Maybe I’ll finish it tomorrow, or never.

Off-season is too long.

Go the Alpha health route and exercise instead of Furiosa

Wait, which emoji is appropriate?

In four full months of doing consistent weight lifting 2-4 a week I have completely changed my appearance. My upper body is getting muscular like it hasn't been since I was in my twenties. Only drawback is doing a deadlift led to a herniated disk and a bulging disk. I have numbness in both feet. Going to s chiropractor and spinal decompression has helped and I hope to recover without surgery in a few months. I been diagnosed with Parkinson's and I hope to get muscular before symptoms make that impossible. If I am going to go out one day meekly I am going to fight it as long as I can. Take care of your health it's really something you can't take for granted.

Good luck my man. And may you endure as many cigarette scars as your newly toned bod can handle on the nightly basis

Thanks kind sir. Funny I sort of blame my wife for my back predicament. Over the years I have lost 40 lbs in order to control my glucose level but in the process of using cardio and calorie control I lost significant muscle and my wife said that my legs are too skinny; she wanted the man she married back with muscular legs, So while not being in shape I attempted squats and deadlifts to regain leg strength and size. Alas, I soon after injured my back, I think I can pinpoint the deadlift that might have initially caused it and the squatting and dead lifts that aggravated it further as I just thought the discomfort was due to being out of shape. Instead of cigarettes and kinky stuff my wife is now giving me back rubs with bay rum ( try it for muscle aches ) and Ben Gay. Long story short, I'd prefer the kinky wild side over tender nursing. I wish I could endure electrodes to the nipples but now that would kill me.

After one reads a story like that I don't know if the proper response is to smoke a cigarette, down a double whiskey neat, or go all Gangnam-style and turn up the amps

Got to be something for everyone!

When my wife was young, she used to go out dancing 3 or 4 times a week until 4am and then go to work at 7. I used to work a full shift, go to the gym for a few hours or run a few miles and then go to school full time. When we met we spent all the time being active together after work, walking lifting weights, having kinky sex. Until our daughter was born and the we did family walks and activities. To me doing stuff like I joke about is just longing for better times. Before the " Check warning lights stared going off " I lived an active life and bang then I couldn't for awhile. I am arriving to regain some of that vigor. A nice session with a Dominatrix would be swell if she properly hangs me up so I can decompress my spine and hit me in such a way to endure endorphin activation. If only I can find a Dominatrix with anatomical knowledge for therapeutic results

Yes of course, for medicinal purposes.

martin wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:Who needs a safe word ? That's for rookies. If the paramedics aren't called you didn't get your money's worth. To be young and healthy again so I could take a line of coke and dance with young woman. Instead of enjoying a perfectly tasty bowl of cottage cheese with peaches.

Right plus that bowl of cottage cheese must be easy on the dentures

Darn tootin, and how.

Nalod wrote:This thread has taken a turn for the better!
Alpha1971 for poster of the year!!!!!

All because I confess to being a scoundrel and horny dog again. My freak flag, I won't surrender due to illness, no sir ! I'm sure your a compatriot in that regard as well. Based on all the Alba posts and Todd's cheerleader pics we are all unrepentant lechers.

ToddTT wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

Nalod wrote:This thread has taken a turn for the better!
Alpha1971 for poster of the year!!!!!

All because I confess to being a scoundrel and horny dog again. My freak flag, I won't surrender due to illness, no sir ! I'm sure your a compatriot in that regard as well. Based on all the Alba posts and Todd's cheerleader pics we are all unrepentant lechers.

Like a politician, I just pander to my base. You all disgust me.

I know I speak for everyone by saying a flabbergasted " Why I never " and storm out

ToddTT wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

Nalod wrote:This thread has taken a turn for the better!
Alpha1971 for poster of the year!!!!!

All because I confess to being a scoundrel and horny dog again. My freak flag, I won't surrender due to illness, no sir ! I'm sure your a compatriot in that regard as well. Based on all the Alba posts and Todd's cheerleader pics we are all unrepentant lechers.

Like a politician, I just pander to my base. You all disgust me.

Wait, in a good way or bad way?

Like, you disgusting dirty dog! Some may consider that a compliment

ToddTT wrote:

martin wrote:

ToddTT wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:

Nalod wrote:This thread has taken a turn for the better!
Alpha1971 for poster of the year!!!!!

All because I confess to being a scoundrel and horny dog again. My freak flag, I won't surrender due to illness, no sir ! I'm sure your a compatriot in that regard as well. Based on all the Alba posts and Todd's cheerleader pics we are all unrepentant lechers.

Like a politician, I just pander to my base. You all disgust me.

Wait, in a good way or bad way?

Like, you disgusting dirty dog! Some may consider that a compliment

The depths of depravity I witness in these pages has made me lose all hope for mankind.

But in a good way!

In the 1980s I recall all those Protestant ministers who led crusades against porn who said things like " I ve had to force myself to watch hundreds of these vile porn films so that I could tell the world how sinful they are "