Training with lower back hernia
Fellow judoka's, i am by no means a competative judoka , but i love my sport . At the end of last year i started to experience on and off trouble with training due to my lower back troubles . I went my physiotherapist and an acupuncturist and did the works . But it didnt abate . Training became very dificult due to pain and lessend power in my lower back. This really wheighed heavy on me because i could not train in a way that made me progress wich in the end made me cancel my blue belt promotion . In the end i took an mri wich confirmed an hernia in my lower back . Asides from stretching , ATM there is not much i can do .the pain is lessend but it still is very much there . The advice seems to be take a break from judo for at least a year to try and recover . But i am really struggeling with this idea. Anyone of you been trough a situation like this ? And what does your training look now today . I am 37 btw . Thank you for your time .