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Pain Releaf
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Been there man, done that. Just understand, there may come a point where will power of even the finest rider can no longer get it done...even Seals someday retire, often when their body no longer makes them an asset to the mission, even in a command role, because the pain becomes too much of an interference to the mind despite the will. So what I am cautioning you on perhaps is that when that day comes, if it comes, you don't want to find you accelerated the day of it s coming by certain aspects of your workout as I did. There were some exercises I did for example that despite them making me feel better and despite always doing them carefully, methodically and high repetition and not high weight, that made things fail sooner. So push yourself yes, but be overly cautious (yes, as you I find that excruciatingly hard@) because your spinal cord and especially your discs, are not prone to healing / regeneration. They to some degree aggregate damage over time; the are a slow burn expendable, kind of like brake pads on a car. Yes, service the rotors; yes flush the fluid; yes even use compression braking and rolling stops to slow the rate of th pads being worn.......but realize eventually they will wear. And if you back already has shown those signs then your spine is going to wear some, even though you build your core (critical) and all other surrounding muscles to help slow that rate and protect it from unexpected accidental injury. Tread with caution my friend. Go carefully. I felt great for those couple years back in the gym. But when I was forced to stop *only then* did I find out how much my spine had gone down hill during that time. All those endorphins hid it very nicely. Till they weren't there.
