Thursday 7.05.12

"Arm pain from a cervical herniated discis one of the more common cervical spine conditions treated by spine specialists. It usually develops in the 30 - 50 year old age group. Although a cervical herniated disc may originate from some sort of trauma or injury to the cervical spine, the symptoms, including arm pain, commonly start spontaneously.
The arm pain from a cervical herniated disc results because the herniated disc material “pinches” or presses on a cervical nerve, causing pain to radiate along the nerve pathway down the arm. Along with the arm pain, numbness and tingling can be present down the arm and into the fingertips. Muscle weakness may also be present due to a cervical herniated disc."

That's what I got going on, according to my MRI.  Herniated disc between C6 and C7.  Not cool.  Now I'm waiting for a spine and neck specialist to call me to set up an appointment there.  No one has told me not to exercise yet, other than to avoid what causes me pain, so I keep getting after it!

Warm Up:
- 500m Row
The 3 Rounds of:
- 5 GHD Sit Ups
- 5 Hip Extensions
- 2 Pistols Each Leg
- 2 Handstand Push Ups
- 5 Pull Ups

Strength Work:
High Bar Back Squats:
Warm Up to 120% of work set weight:
- 45x5
- 135x4
- 225x3
- 275x2
- 315x1
Work Sets:
- 255x 3x5

Bench Press:
Warm Up to 120% of work set weight:
- 45x5
- 135x4
- 185x3
- 225x2
- 275x1
Work Sets:
- 225x 3x5- My herniated disc is causing my right arm to be WEAK in pressing movements, which has caused me to back WAY off the weights I normal bench.  Very frustrating!

Conditioning:
On the minute for 10:00 complete:
- 100 yard sprint
Score:  Fastest was around 13 seconds give or take and slowest was high 14 seconds region.