lower back problems 4 months post-op

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris:

My own experience with this tells me the following. Cut out the weightlifting

right now until you've fixed your back.

Your back still thinks your hip is experiencing constant pain. Until it

realizes it isn't, it will continue to think that and will act accordingly

What you need is some sort of stretching and strengthening regimen before you

resume what your emotions are telling you to do.

I am just over ten months post-op from my second BHR and am only now

beginning to make serious progress with my back pain, and it's only because the

penny

dropped and my Hellerwork therapist proved to me what the problem was.

You have to take a completely new approach to moving after a BHR because that

nagging pain is gone and there's no reason why the rest of your body

shouldn't benefit. It won't unless you tell it to. You're too accustomed to

reacting

to the pain.

Good luck,

Des Tuck

In a message dated 4/12/2004 8:07:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,

cg9078@... writes:

One of the reasons I elected to have a right BHR in Belgium was to alleviate

severe back pain that I experienced along with my constant hip pain. I am 4

months post op, and have quite a bit of lower back pain (still). My hip pain

is completely gone, and I am very thankful for that--not taking ibuprofen every

day like I was before my resurface. My flexibility is also suffering because

of my low back. Stretching seems to help a little bit, and I am on a pretty

good regimen. How long will this last? I started weightlifting again about a

month ago...and that has seemed to aggravate the problem a bit.

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris:

My own experience with this tells me the following. Cut out the weightlifting

right now until you've fixed your back.

Your back still thinks your hip is experiencing constant pain. Until it

realizes it isn't, it will continue to think that and will act accordingly

What you need is some sort of stretching and strengthening regimen before you

resume what your emotions are telling you to do.

I am just over ten months post-op from my second BHR and am only now

beginning to make serious progress with my back pain, and it's only because the

penny

dropped and my Hellerwork therapist proved to me what the problem was.

You have to take a completely new approach to moving after a BHR because that

nagging pain is gone and there's no reason why the rest of your body

shouldn't benefit. It won't unless you tell it to. You're too accustomed to

reacting

to the pain.

Good luck,

Des Tuck

In a message dated 4/12/2004 8:07:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,

cg9078@... writes:

One of the reasons I elected to have a right BHR in Belgium was to alleviate

severe back pain that I experienced along with my constant hip pain. I am 4

months post op, and have quite a bit of lower back pain (still). My hip pain

is completely gone, and I am very thankful for that--not taking ibuprofen every

day like I was before my resurface. My flexibility is also suffering because

of my low back. Stretching seems to help a little bit, and I am on a pretty

good regimen. How long will this last? I started weightlifting again about a

month ago...and that has seemed to aggravate the problem a bit.

[Guest guest]

Yeah -- what Des said...

And a bit more: I found I suffer now from hyper-flexibility in the lower

back. Since the hip didn't move right, other joints took up the slack. As

such I *must* be a fanatic about form in any exercise, since when I'm not

paying attention the back wanders (i.e., the tailbone is no longer under

the spine, or the right hip starts to rise up some). It is at this point I

can injure myself (and have). This is the steady state I've come to: watch

it and warm up before being too active. I can pretty much do anything I

want now, but it took quite some rehab to get to this point and there will

always be overhead for me, as aftermath of the hip. On the whole, this

maintenance is a pittance to pay for the functionality in the hip, but it

is there.

One suggestion is to do movement drills (maybe hang on to a chair the first

several times). Just try to move smoothly throughout your normal range of

motion. So side bends, forward (like a deadlift) and back bends. Be aware

of whether your body is fighting you, since that is where you most likely

will get an injury (ex. bending forward gives you a lower back twinge, so

that's a weak spot and you have to use good form in such motions) This will

convince your back it doesn't need to help your hip too.

Agility, mobility, strength and flexibility are all skills, not attributes,

so train them accordingly.

-- jeff

rBHR Aug. 1, 2001

Mr. McMinn

>Hi Chris:

>

>My own experience with this tells me the following. Cut out the

weightlifting

>right now until you've fixed your back.

>

>Your back still thinks your hip is experiencing constant pain. Until it

>realizes it isn't, it will continue to think that and will act accordingly

>

>What you need is some sort of stretching and strengthening regimen before

you

>resume what your emotions are telling you to do.

>

>I am just over ten months post-op from my second BHR and am only now

>beginning to make serious progress with my back pain, and it's only

because the

>penny

>dropped and my Hellerwork therapist proved to me what the problem was.

>

>You have to take a completely new approach to moving after a BHR because

that

>nagging pain is gone and there's no reason why the rest of your body

>shouldn't benefit. It won't unless you tell it to. You're too accustomed

to

>reacting

>to the pain.

>

>Good luck,

>

>Des Tuck

>

>In a message dated 4/12/2004 8:07:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,

>cg9078@... writes:

>One of the reasons I elected to have a right BHR in Belgium was to

alleviate

>severe back pain that I experienced along with my constant hip pain. I am

4

>months post op, and have quite a bit of lower back pain (still). My hip

pain

>is completely gone, and I am very thankful for that--not taking ibuprofen

every

>day like I was before my resurface. My flexibility is also suffering

because

>of my low back. Stretching seems to help a little bit, and I am on a

pretty

>good regimen. How long will this last? I started weightlifting again

about a

>month ago...and that has seemed to aggravate the problem a bit.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah -- what Des said...

And a bit more: I found I suffer now from hyper-flexibility in the lower

back. Since the hip didn't move right, other joints took up the slack. As

such I *must* be a fanatic about form in any exercise, since when I'm not

paying attention the back wanders (i.e., the tailbone is no longer under

the spine, or the right hip starts to rise up some). It is at this point I

can injure myself (and have). This is the steady state I've come to: watch

it and warm up before being too active. I can pretty much do anything I

want now, but it took quite some rehab to get to this point and there will

always be overhead for me, as aftermath of the hip. On the whole, this

maintenance is a pittance to pay for the functionality in the hip, but it

is there.

One suggestion is to do movement drills (maybe hang on to a chair the first

several times). Just try to move smoothly throughout your normal range of

motion. So side bends, forward (like a deadlift) and back bends. Be aware

of whether your body is fighting you, since that is where you most likely

will get an injury (ex. bending forward gives you a lower back twinge, so

that's a weak spot and you have to use good form in such motions) This will

convince your back it doesn't need to help your hip too.

Agility, mobility, strength and flexibility are all skills, not attributes,

so train them accordingly.

-- jeff

rBHR Aug. 1, 2001

Mr. McMinn

>Hi Chris:

>

>My own experience with this tells me the following. Cut out the

weightlifting

>right now until you've fixed your back.

>

>Your back still thinks your hip is experiencing constant pain. Until it

>realizes it isn't, it will continue to think that and will act accordingly

>

>What you need is some sort of stretching and strengthening regimen before

you

>resume what your emotions are telling you to do.

>

>I am just over ten months post-op from my second BHR and am only now

>beginning to make serious progress with my back pain, and it's only

because the

>penny

>dropped and my Hellerwork therapist proved to me what the problem was.

>

>You have to take a completely new approach to moving after a BHR because

that

>nagging pain is gone and there's no reason why the rest of your body

>shouldn't benefit. It won't unless you tell it to. You're too accustomed

to

>reacting

>to the pain.

>

>Good luck,

>

>Des Tuck

>

>In a message dated 4/12/2004 8:07:26 AM Pacific Standard Time,

>cg9078@... writes:

>One of the reasons I elected to have a right BHR in Belgium was to

alleviate

>severe back pain that I experienced along with my constant hip pain. I am

4

>months post op, and have quite a bit of lower back pain (still). My hip

pain

>is completely gone, and I am very thankful for that--not taking ibuprofen

every

>day like I was before my resurface. My flexibility is also suffering

because

>of my low back. Stretching seems to help a little bit, and I am on a

pretty

>good regimen. How long will this last? I started weightlifting again

about a

>month ago...and that has seemed to aggravate the problem a bit.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

After my hip resurfacing two years ago, I was doing great for about a year

and bit... then last summer I got a severe case of Sciatica (firery pain down

my left leg) - I attributed it to scaring from the hip surgery. But

actually it turned out after months of physio and a relapse that it was

attributed

to a slipped disc L5/S1. In my case, the nucleus of the disc had almost

entirely come out of the disc and was pushing on the nerve root of my sciatic

nerve. I finally opted for surgery to remove the herniation. That was about

two weeks ago - compared with my hip resurface the back surgery was a piece of

cake. It seems to have relieved the sciatic pain (but its still to early to

tell completely as I occationaly get flashes which they say is normal for the

first couple of weeks)

Anyway, point of the story is that the back pain may be due to long-term

damage from poor posture while the hip was bothering you. It could be severe

or

it could be minor. Best bet is to get an MRI as soon as you can.

By the way, I was surprised that I could still get MRI's post resurf. but

actually its not a problem as the resurface is made from non=magnetic metal

Chris

n a message dated 13/04/2004 03:19:03 GMT Daylight Time, judy_toelle@...

writes:

Sometimes low back pain indicates a need for strengthening the abdominals

You might try stretching and some isometric abdominal work.

Take care,

Jude

lower back problems 4 months post-op

Please let me know if you had/have the same problem.

One of the reasons I elected to have a right BHR in Belgium was to alleviate

severe back pain that I experienced along with my constant hip pain. I am 4

months post op, and have quite a bit of lower back pain (still). My hip

pain is completely gone, and I am very thankful for that--not taking ibuprofen

every day like I was before my resurface. My flexibility is also suffering

because of my low back. Stretching seems to help a little bit, and I am on a

pretty good regimen. How long will this last? I started weightlifting again

about a month ago...and that has seemed to aggravate the problem a bit.

Thanks fo any advice.

Chris

[Guest guest]

After my hip resurfacing two years ago, I was doing great for about a year

and bit... then last summer I got a severe case of Sciatica (firery pain down

my left leg) - I attributed it to scaring from the hip surgery. But

actually it turned out after months of physio and a relapse that it was

attributed

to a slipped disc L5/S1. In my case, the nucleus of the disc had almost

entirely come out of the disc and was pushing on the nerve root of my sciatic

nerve. I finally opted for surgery to remove the herniation. That was about

two weeks ago - compared with my hip resurface the back surgery was a piece of

cake. It seems to have relieved the sciatic pain (but its still to early to

tell completely as I occationaly get flashes which they say is normal for the

first couple of weeks)

Anyway, point of the story is that the back pain may be due to long-term

damage from poor posture while the hip was bothering you. It could be severe

or

it could be minor. Best bet is to get an MRI as soon as you can.

By the way, I was surprised that I could still get MRI's post resurf. but

actually its not a problem as the resurface is made from non=magnetic metal

Chris

n a message dated 13/04/2004 03:19:03 GMT Daylight Time, judy_toelle@...

writes:

Sometimes low back pain indicates a need for strengthening the abdominals

You might try stretching and some isometric abdominal work.

Take care,

Jude

lower back problems 4 months post-op

Please let me know if you had/have the same problem.

One of the reasons I elected to have a right BHR in Belgium was to alleviate

severe back pain that I experienced along with my constant hip pain. I am 4

months post op, and have quite a bit of lower back pain (still). My hip

pain is completely gone, and I am very thankful for that--not taking ibuprofen

every day like I was before my resurface. My flexibility is also suffering

because of my low back. Stretching seems to help a little bit, and I am on a

pretty good regimen. How long will this last? I started weightlifting again

about a month ago...and that has seemed to aggravate the problem a bit.

Thanks fo any advice.

Chris