Hi Beni,

Yes, it can be seen on the scan. Ah and I have the thing where part of the spine is not connected. (Spindolysis)

good that you have it confirmed by a scan. And spondylosis – isn’t it like arthritis of the spine (calcification of the facet joints, thinning of the discs etc)? Not sure what you mean by part of the spine not connected?

I was Skating a 3.5m high half pipe the day before and there was no ladder then you run up a lot.

Oh I see… I can imagine that causes a pretty big stress on the spine, and as you said, an uneven (asymmetrical) load.

I wonder what I’ve done for shure a lot and only a few things constant. I did the intrusion where they inject cortisol close to the spine. I went surfing in Norway maybe it was the change of environment or the intrusion cause it went better then. Cycling was the best for pain relief. I couldn’t stand more than 10 min and in the beginning I needed to cycle in the middle of the night to get some relief. I brought a bike to Norway I would feel insecure without it. Hanging is good and I did it occasionally also many people told me this. Stretching calves and hip flexors. And to feel my abs and back muscles conscious. I tried to force posture by time and then let go of it again. Ah and dry needling might have helped too.

Oh wow, you did a lot! My pain wasn’t so unbearable that I would need a cortisol injection, it was about 4-5 max (in rare instances more than that). But it was persistant, nothing I did seemed to help. In the beginning the doctor told me that it would last for about 2 months, but it had been dragging for much longer, and then in the summer I experienced some improvement.

Like you, I too can’t sit (or stand) for too long, need to take regular walks, because that’s what helps “lubricate” the spine. And doing core exercises for the abs and back muscles, just like you said. Because I had a bad posture before and weak back muscles. And also, due to my knee injury 3 years prior, I was walking/hiking less, so I guess my spine didn’t get proper exercise (and there was uneven loading as well). It’s all connected, and I guess one thing lead to another.

I am glad cycling (and all the other stuff) helped you and that you are mostly pain free now. And I assume you are young, so that’s a bonus. I know some personal trainers on youtube who had a disc bulge or even a disc rupture in their 20s, and they recovered and are totally pain free now. But I guess you do need to be careful about the kind of moves you do, because you don’t want to aggravate the pain unnecessarily.

This monk told me to never push when I was moving a cart and that I should use the weight of my body (I was already out of breath then ).

Yeah, the bigger the distance between the load and your core, the bigger the stress on your spine. I can do much less physical work, even house work, than before, and that’s something I am not happy about either :/

When I had the injury I pushed myself with my mind I noticed that I just could keep going if I kept pushing I thought that’s how to progress. It’s the opposite of play. It’s kinda that I moved my body with my mind. In my body this creates tension.

Yeah, don’t push yourself. Every trainer who has experience with spinal injury will tell you not to push yourself. Maybe a little, till the pain is 3-4, but never beyond that, because that’s when the inflammation starts and you’re doing yourself more harm than good.

My body somehow knows what can be done I just need to listen and let it happen.

Yeah.. but do be careful with certain moves though. Are you still skating?

Do you expirience the pain on a specific side? And rather in the legs or in the back itself?

No, I never really had sciatica, only the pain in my lower back, in the sacral area. I felt some tension in my sciatica at one point, but never really pain. You can take vitamin B6 (or B-complex) for your nerve health. Whenever I felt this tension in my sciatica, I would take vitamin B pills and it would go away.

I feel more pain on the left side btw, because it’s a left-protruding bulge. In the beginning there was a stark difference between the left and the right side, because the right side was completely pain-free. But then it kind of got more diffuse. So now when it hurts, it hurts on both sides, though more on the left.