exercise advice that wont aggravate slipped disc

Adelemlvc
Adelemlvc Posts: 27 Member
edited November 20 in Fitness and Exercise
Next July I'm 40!! I have promised myself I'll go to America for a few weeks if I can shift some timber. Its going to be difficult as I've got a slipped disc and find exercise difficult. Any suggestions on how I can burn these unwanted pounds without doing my back in? Thanks in advance :)

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  • Jennchilada619
    Jennchilada619 Posts: 2 Member
    I have degenerative disc disease and I was advised to use the elliptical machine or swim. I love the elliptical machine because it's so much easier on my back and knees!
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    Adelemlvc wrote: »
    Next July I'm 40!! I have promised myself I'll go to America for a few weeks if I can shift some timber. Its going to be difficult as I've got a slipped disc and find exercise difficult. Any suggestions on how I can burn these unwanted pounds without doing my back in? Thanks in advance :)

    calorie deficit, you don't have to exercise at all if it will hurt your back, just eat in a deficit.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    Stationary bike.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    What does your PT say? I have a bulging disk and stay away from any axial load or picking up from the floor. Whatever doesn't hurt is fair game. But I'm not you. You should ask a professional.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Adelemlvc wrote: »
    Any suggestions on how I can burn these unwanted pounds without doing my back in?

    Eat fewer calories.

    Any other questions? :+1:
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited August 2017
    Walking is great if you know how to do it (after my back injury I had to relearn how to step without causing pain). It helps with the recovery. I haven't tried the elliptical, but I suspect it would not aggravate my back based on the movement pattern. Swimming was a nightmare because the lack of back support in water was a nightmare, especially if you're fat and float easily you have even less control over what your back does and how the water pushes it around, and getting out of the pool made me feel like I was giving birth (or at least how I imagine it would feel, it was so painful). Cycling involves pushing off with hips hinged and back extended forward, which is nasty to my back so I don't do it, and any loaded hip hinging is not an option. See, people tolerate different kinds of activity depending on their individual injury so you need to find where your own line falls.

    Now that's the activity part of it if you want to be active, the weight loss part that's easy. Let the app tell you how many calories to eat, log everything meticulously staying within those calories most of the time, be patient and watch the fat slowly disappear. That's all there is to it. You don't need to exercise to lose weight if you aren't able.
  • Adelemlvc
    Adelemlvc Posts: 27 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Walking is great if you know how to do it (after my back injury I had to relearn how to step without causing pain). It helps with the recovery. I haven't tried the elliptical, but I suspect it would not aggravate my back based on the movement pattern. Swimming was a nightmare because the lack of back support in water was a nightmare, especially if you're fat and float easily you have even less control over what your back does and how the water pushes it around, and getting out of the pool made me feel like I was giving birth (or at least how I imagine it would feel, it was so painful). Cycling involves pushing off with hips hinged and back extended forward, which is nasty to my back so I don't do it, and any loaded hip hinging is not an option. See, people tolerate different kinds of activity depending on their individual injury so you need to find where your own line falls.

    Now that's the activity part of it if you want to be active, the weight loss part that's easy. Let the app tell you how many calories to eat, log everything meticulously staying within those calories most of the time, be patient and watch the fat slowly disappear. That's all there is to it. You don't need to exercise to lose weight if you aren't able.

    I think I'll try walking for now , don't want to knacker up my joints trying to jog like my friends suggest!! omg I'd end up breaking my ankles haha. I don't want to join a Gym, tried before a few times and its not for me, costs too much too, I'd rather make lifestyle changes that I know I'll stick to, I find calorie counting hard at the moment , I'm still getting used to logging everything down at the end of the day but I enjoy seeing my progress. (good luck sorting your back out, nothing worse than nerve pain)
  • Adelemlvc
    Adelemlvc Posts: 27 Member
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    What does your PT say? I have a bulging disk and stay away from any axial load or picking up from the floor. Whatever doesn't hurt is fair game. But I'm not you. You should ask a professional.

    Don't have a PT but thanks for the advice, that's how I did my back in in the first place, I picked a concrete slab up :(
  • Adelemlvc
    Adelemlvc Posts: 27 Member
    Jennchilada73 wrote: »
    I have degenerative disc disease and I was advised to use the elliptical machine or swim. I love the elliptical machine because it's so much easier on my back and knees!

    might start swimming again once I've shifted a few stone, I used to love it when I was younger .
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Disc herniations / prolapses aren't all the same - you need specific advice from someone that knows your particular injury.
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