35 Male, Ex Hockey Player - Anterolisthesis
Hi all -
I'm fortunate to have found this group. I'm approaching 40 and after some back pain developed when I was 30 I learned I have a nearing Grade II (the below is up from 6mm at age 30) spondy. I am having a flair up (my flairs are my foot is irritated, not in pain per se just annoyed) on my right side. I did some light dead lifts (no no?) and seems to have caused it. Otherwise I walk nearly 20k steps per day and try and eat healthy and stay active to fight this.
I have done it all except things like injections (PT, movement therapy, some ART in the early days but it aggravated it)
Just introducing myself and seeing what others are thinking.
A few notes -
- How do you like all keep up your bone strength & density given our inability to do much lifting? I did a Dexa scan recently and am not in a great place in the hip and leg region
- Who else out there is lifting (I'm at 30lbs and under kettlebell but I love it)
- Anyone playing any sports? Ideas? I do not play hockey anymore but wish I could ski again and perhaps padel, etc
Thank you
X Ray Reading:
Vertebral body height is maintained. There is 9 mm borderline Grade 2
anterolisthesis of L5 on S1 with bilateral L5 spondylolysis.
There is no evidence of an acute fracture. Alignment is otherwise
maintained. No significant degenerative changes are seen. There is no
significant change on flexion or extension from the neutral view.
IMPRESSION:
- 9 mm borderline Grade 2 anterolisthesis of L5 on S1 with bilateral L5
spondylolysis without evidence of abnormal motion on flexion or extension.
- No evidence of an acute fracture.