Hey fellow bikers...
So I have a collapsed spinal disk since 2010, did loads of physio, and last year was able to lead a normal life, but so far this year, its biting me in the ass again. My MTB hasnt seen daylight this year and my road bike hasnt left the house, but has been on the turbo several times, and so I'm now wondering what to do about it...
Do any of you good folks have the misfortune of a collapsed spinal disk, and if you do, how the heck do you cope with it and work around it?
Can you even still cycle?
Have you contemplated surgury?
What surgury options are available?
Has surgery changed things for the better?
Did surgery give you more problems than you started with?
The prospect of surgery, I find terrifying, I know nobody who has had it and nothing about about, but I know things cannot carry on the way they are, spending every day just waiting for my back to go again, and never having the confidence to "go out" for a ride... It sucks, and 2014 was so much fun out riding 3 times a week and loads of weekend sportives and MTB rides.
I've had to cancel every skyride I was meant to lead this year too :-(
I'd love to hear from anybody who has done something about it that worked, and how to go about it? :-)
So I have a collapsed spinal disk since 2010, did loads of physio, and last year was able to lead a normal life, but so far this year, its biting me in the ass again. My MTB hasnt seen daylight this year and my road bike hasnt left the house, but has been on the turbo several times, and so I'm now wondering what to do about it...
Do any of you good folks have the misfortune of a collapsed spinal disk, and if you do, how the heck do you cope with it and work around it?
Can you even still cycle?
Have you contemplated surgury?
What surgury options are available?
Has surgery changed things for the better?
Did surgery give you more problems than you started with?
The prospect of surgery, I find terrifying, I know nobody who has had it and nothing about about, but I know things cannot carry on the way they are, spending every day just waiting for my back to go again, and never having the confidence to "go out" for a ride... It sucks, and 2014 was so much fun out riding 3 times a week and loads of weekend sportives and MTB rides.
I've had to cancel every skyride I was meant to lead this year too :-(
I'd love to hear from anybody who has done something about it that worked, and how to go about it? :-)