Hello. I have double scoliosis (S shape) with around ~30º on each side. I discovered it on my teens and it was told me that I was born with it.
I’m now 27 years old with ~4 years of regular lifting experience. The angle of the curves hasn’t changed since I started lifting (as it shouldn’t, I guess).
I’ve done recently RMI to check for hernias and so far so good. Just wanted to give you all the context I can.
Finally, my question is, what is your stand on axial loading? I pretty much avoid barbell back squats, but there was a time that I trained heavy regular deadlifting (~5 rep range) and it felt pretty good.
I stopped because I always get concerned about future hernias and possible complications. I’ve been though many doctors and physiatrists throughout my whole life and the opinions diverge, between go nuts and don’t touch a weight.
So I guess I would like to know your opinion if I should do stuff like deadlifts, squats, any type of overhead load, or avoid them completely.
Lately I’ve been subbing the conventional deadlift for the RDL, not heavy, about ~12 rep range because I still feel it’s a good movement for me to train, but always afraid of the consequences of going beyond that.
Thank you very much for your time and keep up the good work on BBM!