Bodybuilding Question?

Question

Can I see results without working out my back? I would work out my back, but I had surgery for scoliosis and I'm not allowed to put strain on my back.

However, I'm allowed to workout all other parts of my body. Can I still do well? I plan on working out my back when my doctor allows it.

Answer 1

Yes you should see results. When you exercise other parts of the body it will also exercise your back.

Answer 2

This is a bit specialist for me to give a definite answer but I would have imagined that pullups would be okay since you are hanging. However if you can't do it then you will just need to make do as you can just now and then focus on bringing your back up to scratch once you get the ok from the doctors

Answer 3

YOU WILL SEE SOME RESULTS WHEN YOU WORK THE BACK AS A SECONDARY MUSCLE GROUP.SECONDARY MUSCLE GROUPS ARE WORKED ABOUT 10%.BUT IF I WERE YOU I WOULD START WORKING OUT BACK AS SOON AS YOUR DOCTOR ALLOWS IT...GOOD LUCK..!!!

Answer 4

You can still work out your back but not as much use light weights for that part and use heaver ones for the rest of your body

Answer 5

I had spinal surgery for scoliosis as well; one of the first sets of exercises I did was simple isometrics while I was still in bed recovering; place the palms of your hands against each other in front of your chest, and press together as hard as you can for 10 seconds, then release; repeat until the muscles start to quiver.  Then, hold your hands in the same position, but hook your fingers together, and then try to pull your hands apart; that gets the opposite set of muscles working.  You can do similar exercises for your triceps and biceps.  Once you've gotten strong enough to be up and walking about for a while, swimming is really the best and fastest way to start toning the muscles back up while avoiding placing any strain on your back, since the water supports your body, allowing the muscles to move against the resistance of the water without fighting gravity at the same time.

Six months after my surgery, I was back to doing serious lap workouts in the pool, and was back to lifting weights before the year was out, though I was careful to focus on bench lifting, where my back was supported; don't try doing overhead lifting of any type that puts *downward* pressure on the spine for at least a year or two, to be safe; last thing you want is for them to have to go back in and redo any of that work!!

Best of luck with it, and try to be patient--it can be tough, but it's much better for your body!