>tfw you herniate your back for the 5th time

>>76260547 (OP)
Lol I know this feel. Ive been limping and my life has been fucked for the past 3 months bc I cant afford a doctor.

this is why heavy deads and squats are retarded

>>76260547 (OP)
Maybe it's time to change up your routine a little, champ.

>>76260547 (OP)
I don't do squats or deadlifts so I wouldn't know.

>>76260689
>>76260739
It was with a leg press :,(

>>76261149
what the fuck?

>>76260547 (OP)
how much and on what rep brother? you must give yourself time to heal. maybe go see a msk mri machine haver

>>76261470
I'm also surprised it's never happened like this before
>>76261484
>180lb 1x12
>360 1x8
>430 2x8, except i acrually snapped on rep 4 of the second set

>>76260547 (OP)
If you do it once it's over, you're gonna be popping your back out for life. Stop doing deadlift and barbell squats. Find a gym with a belt squat machine. You're not supposed to put all that pressure on the spine, it's a weak part of the human design.

>>76260547 (OP)
what is this image? my villiga

also a good cure for horniated disks is that you can ziptie your own neck and get your gym bro to punch you in the head whenever you try to take it off - alternitavely he can shoot him semens onto the base of your hairline, generally this will send energy down your chakric nerving system and it will attack hernia in your spine. something to consider anon

Did exactly this 5 times in nearly as many months, did judo as an ultra heavyweight against multiple other ultra heavyweights. Ended up quitting with hopes of returning when /fit/. Likely will blow a disc again. Last time it happened I started a new job the very next day, couldn’t walk stand sit or drive right for 5 weeks. New job adrenaline got me through, i was out of work for a month prior to this so had to be done. It’s an adversity story in itself.

>>76261149
I fucked up my back last fall exactly with a linear leg press, thankfully it wasn't a herniated disc and just muscle damage

still took 2 months to recover

my advice: stop doing leg press and standard squats, it's not easy to get your form right and you can do micro-damage to the back that adds up over time

hyperextensions are a must and if you have to do deads, do stiff-legged deadlifts, and remember to pull with your back, not your hips

if you must do a compound leg exercise squat variation, look for back-support versions for pendulum squats

good luck with the recovery, and don't neglect your core next time

>>76260547 (OP)
>he fell for the lift heavy meme

>>76260689
Only if you are retarded

>>76261950
Uh huh... Only a matter of time until it happens to you.

Anyone moving a solid amount of weight progressing will herniate or fuck up their back eventually.

past a certain amount of weight you're better off just adding reps or being content with your strength, rather than trying to chase numbers that will never help you in real life unless competing.

>>76261950
form has nothing to do with hernias developing
its just genetics of how much pressure tissue can handle

>tfw you ignore your hernias and its fine

>>76260547 (OP)
Check "low back ability" on YouTube.
He did squats - deadlifts when he was young, herniated some discs and then cured himself by properly progressing load from zero ( weightless iso holds) & direct back flexion work

My lower back hernias went silent after I started doing weighted back extensions, but the C4/C5 (I think) one persists and won't go away.

guys if you are doing something that fucks your back, don't do it

>>76263348
Yeah obviously. But it doesn't fuck your back until it does it

>>76260547 (OP)
powerlifting is a mental illness

>>76261950
My bulging disc came out to play one day during a squat I can assure you was absolutely flawless
Placing a heavy weight atop the spine and tipping forward puts shear force on the lumbar discs, and isn't generally advisable. Just accept it

>"you need to DL/squat to get big"

I hope this meme dies once and for all, too many newfags are tricked into a lifetime of suffering.

>>76263228
I've been doing back extensions and other posterior chain and hip mobility stuff religiously for the past 2 years and it my injury was more or less unnoticeable, but not entirely healed. I think my ortho diagnosed it as a degenerative disk. So despite focusing on perfect execution and prohabilitation movements, it's really easy to fuck it up again

>>76263469
The funny thing for me is that regular sports or manual work don't seem to irritate this injury, it's always lifting for me

>>76261820
>if you must do a compound leg exercise squat variation
as a opposed to? lunges?

>>76260689
What's heavy?

>>76261149
Retard

>>76260547 (OP)
Let me guess, Tyrone kept pumping because he hant came yet?

>>76261820
>and remember to pull with your back, not your hips

>>76265582
Tylenol is not allowed in my anoos