Exercise programs
It was a cold day outside, there was overcast and it seems like rain was coming. I thought it was a good idea to give my son a bath, since it did not seems that we were going to go anywhere for the day. So I was kneeling down by the tub and preparing the water for my son to take a bath, I remember his giggles; he was 14 months old and was looking forward to playing in the water with his new toys.
As I was kneeling and preparing the water he kept coming into the bathroom, you know how kids are, anxious to get things done, but he kept reaching for the paper waste basket or opening the toilet seat…so I had to keep on chasing him out while the water was running.
In one of those instances I was testing the water and it almost seems right, but out of the corner of my eye I happen to see my son reaching into the tub and about to fall in. I was still knelling and my reaction was sort of weird, but the movement that I made would change my life for ever. As I was knelling and saw him going head first into the tub, I twisted my body to catch him, together with the awkward twist, his weight and my position my back went out.
It was the most painful sensation I have ever had, I had my son in my arms and was twisted to one side, I it seems like hours, but I finally got the strength to yell for my wife. She ran into the bathroom and saw my expression, she knew something was wrong. Her first response was if our son was ok, when she noticed he was fine she looked at me and how I was positions on the floor…I could not move. Every attempt I made to move was the most excruciating pain I would never wish upon anyone. I remained in that knelling twisted position for sometime, and after an hour had gone by my wife wanted to call an ambulance, I told her to give me sometime. You know how guys are…anyhow, about three hours had gone by and I was finally able to get up with help. I headed to the bed, which seem like an eternity, it took an additional 15 minutes to even climb into bed.
This occurred on a Friday evening, by Sunday night going to the bathroom would bring tears of pain. That Monday morning my wife had to take me to the Hospital, arriving there was painful for ever bump we hit was painful. A nurse had to come out to get me in a wheelchair, since the pain while walking was intense. After several hours in the hospital, with X-rays, a few doctors checking me out, they finally diagnose me with one of my Disks had slipped out. The doctors did not know how I was so still since I should be in excruciating pain, I told I was. They were talking to see if surgery was going to be needed, but after several additional hours I was sent down to Therapy, where I went through several exercises’, and electro shock therapy. The therapist also gave me some messages, painful at first, but it eased after a few minutes.
I was released to go home the next day and was prescribe o go to therapy. After 6 months of therapy, my insurance was done and any further therapy sessions would have to come out of my pocket…they were $195 per 45 minute session…which I could not afford at the time. The therapist understood and gave me some exercises’ to do at home, which I continued and after about a year I was almost back to normal. The thing is that now, I have to be very careful on how I pick things up, how I carry things and my limit of weight I can handle is not was it use to be. The slightest weight above my threshold or the slightest incorrect move can cause my back to go out…usually for several days, but most of the time I can still function, just very slowly.
I learned since then to watch myself and do things carefully, the thing is I am writing this because as you can read I started the Insanity Program and on my 6th day as I was going through the routine, which I already knew, I made one bad move and my back tighten on me. I am still continuing the program, the thing is that I am doing the exercise routines slowly, ½ speed and a few exercises I do really slowly no major impact. I still sweat like crazy, but I realized that stretching and warming up [slowly] will allow you to continue. I don’t suggest that anyone continue the program if they hurt their back, I am only sharing my story, plus I know my limits…that my body can handle. I wanted to share because I have had hundreds of excuses when trying to loose weight and something always happens. I know…I know…hurting my back is a true excuse, but I wanted to not let something happen again…so I just do it slowly and carefully listening to my body as I do each move…slowly…I made it through my first day of having back issues and doing the program.
Once again do not take this post as a go ahead and work through your back pain, please don’t, I just wanted to share my experience. Thanks for reading and please come back often for more articles, thoughts, posts. Stay safe, be adventures and listen. Latino Man Signing off.
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