Abdominal and cardio exercises for person with bad back and neck pain and sciatica?
What exercises would you recommend to get me started. Old injuries to neck and back have progressed to the point where the pain is constant i.e. sleep sitting up and with heat and massage 16-20 hrs per day to maintain functionality. even still, need help sometimes getting up and about. Im gunshy about exercise because one wrong step can aggravate injury even more.
Have always been an athlete, basketball player mainly, a gym rat. But the injuries combined with sitting alot have my midsection spreading and feeling weak. Tried to run / walk on track on sunday and shoot a little hoops. Each step seemed to press the lower back discs together more with pain. Also old knee injury from ball makes running painful. 3 days later i can hardly walk.
I know extra weight is making pain and quality of life worse. About 75 extra pounds now. I need exercise thats low impact, wont hurt back, knee or neck, will strengthen back muscles and really! work on reducing mid-section spread?
hmmmm... I cant swim now, only float on back.
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1. Swimming. An absolute great exercise, that works every muscle in the body with no impact type damage to the body becuase the water displaces your weight.2. The first thing that comes to mind is something like "aqua aerobics". Being in the water takes all the pressure off of joints, but the exercises gently work the muscles to tone them....AND it's a really good cardio workout. If you have a community health center near you, check it out and see if they offer those types of classes.
Swimming alone is one of the best all around workouts.
