Hello I’m jon from fb in the group barbell medicine

Hello my name is Jon, and I’ve been an athlete(basketball and tennis and track) since 14 picked up weights at 17 I started with body weight exercises but then moved up to deadlift and bench, umm, basically fast forward to 21 I stopped working out at 20 I’ve had multiple ankle sprains injury, and been dealing with back pain for a year had a mri got herniated disc and bilateral facet hypertrophy in lower back, I now have on and off neck pain and I’ve been also have feet pain, on the soles when standing for about a year. Not sure you would qualify me as a lift but at 19 I was benching 200 I was 150 lbs back then and was deadlift 2 plates for reps, probably had bad form etc. but I was into body weight exercises so I was advanced in that, but yeah that’s my story I basically can’t do much now but it’s whatever I can’t control what happens I’ll just be a lot more aware if j can ever hit the gym again in the future when lifting since I’m a lot more educated now.

Hi Jon,

Sorry to hear about the issues you’ve had in the past. I did not see a specific question here, but if you are looking for rehabilitation guidance for this set of issues, I would recommend consultation with one of our coaches. I would also recommend checking out our articles, podcasts, and Youtube videos on pain and injury to learn more about how to manage this situation.