I can't even begin to tell you the numerous hurdles faced in the last few years. The big scare was constant tingling, numbing and a loss of strength that suddenly occurred on one side of the body. That got me into urgent care on one day, and then two weeks later my first ambulance trip to emergency. Subsequent labs and scans were done to rule everything out. Finally, two months later the scans showed stenosis of the upper neck.
Once diagnosed it was time to figure out why. It came down to two exercises causing the problem. And neither produced any pain or discomfort while training. The first was reverse hack squat. My neck was not in alignment. I cannot do regular hack squats because it produces severe knee pain. But facing the pads produces a very focused load on my quads. The second insult was shrugs with my head facing up. Once I removed the hacks and tucked my chin down while shrugging all issues then slowly disappeared. But this took nearly half a year to figure out.
Once resolved it was time to get into the best shape of my life.
Once diagnosed it was time to figure out why. It came down to two exercises causing the problem. And neither produced any pain or discomfort while training. The first was reverse hack squat. My neck was not in alignment. I cannot do regular hack squats because it produces severe knee pain. But facing the pads produces a very focused load on my quads. The second insult was shrugs with my head facing up. Once I removed the hacks and tucked my chin down while shrugging all issues then slowly disappeared. But this took nearly half a year to figure out.
Once resolved it was time to get into the best shape of my life.
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