Hi Gang,
Sorry I have been M.I.A. lately. As you know the summer is a busy time in the gym for me – helping hockey players prepare for their up-coming season. The junior players program wrapped up last week and the pro guys are around for a few more weeks before heading to their training camps. I will give you a full update on my summer soon, but today I want to have you mark Sunday, September 19th on your calendar.
On Sunday, September 19th Paul and I will be running in the 30th annual Terry Fox Run, this year I would like to invite you to join Team Revolution as we raise some cash to help the Terry Fox Foundation fight cancer. Even if you are not a current Revolution client, you are still welcome to join the team for the run or just join us in spirit by donating a few bucks. Here is the link to our team page – Revolution Conditioning supports Terry Fox .
Post a comment below if you would like to join the team for the run – you can go 5k, 10k (you can actually walk, run, roller blade or bike). It is NOT a race, this is just a chance for us to go out, get some exercise and kick some cancer a$$ while we are at it. After you post your comment, then follow the link to register as a team member.
Revolution Conditioning supports Terry Fox
Need a kick in the butt to commit to this event…okay – watch this video…
See you in September!
Cheers,
Maria
Dear Maria,
Just had a laminectomy L4-6 w/ complications (preforated dural sac). I finally feel my age, and the reality of life w/o hockey/snowboarding is adding depression to an already difficult recovery. What is also different, is I can’nt fight back, obsessed in PT as in my past injuries. I plan to see my Surgeon this Fri to remove staples and want to ask about “static, or isometric” exercizes to do meanwhile. Do you think this sounds reasonable, or do all I have to look fwd to is working my guitar chops for 4-6 wks while I do nothing (hopefully healing).
Hi Joe,
Hmmm – never like to hear about folks having back surgery. Sounds like you are doing the right things though – seeing a physio and being diligent with it. Since I am not in anyway familiar with your case or the details of your surgery it would be foolish of me to give you advice on specifics. However, here is my general advice – since you are only at the stage where your staples are not even out yet, it sounds like the surgery was pretty recent. All you can do is give your body an optimal environment for healing the tissue that has been majorly insulted by the invasive surgery which over time will make the structures stronger, but right now it is an acute injury. There are no exercises that will help the tissue to heal faster so if your physio and doc want you to keep still, keep still, if they want you to yodel, then yodel. You get the idea. When I worked in a sport med clinic we would see patients who basically ruined the surgical repair or set back their recovery by doing more than they were supposed to do in the immediate post-op phase because they “felt pretty good”. You need to be really careful in the initial phase. When your physio feels the time is right, they may be able to give you some isometric transversus abdominus (deep core) work that will feel like nothing – but it is very important so when the time comes take that stuff seriously.
I would also ask your PT and your Ortho what type of activity will be appropriate for you following your recovery. Every situation is different and maybe you will need to move on from hockey and snowboarding, but that does not mean you need to be inactive.
Have fun with the guitar for the next little while – maybe you can learn Stairway to Heaven!!! (this is a total joke – I get the feeling you are well beyond this)
Keep me posted on your recovery.
Cheers,
maria