Is jogging bad for spinal disc herniation patients?
I have been living with spinal disc herniation for 5 years now and most of the time it doesn’t trouble me much. I’ve followed my doctor’s advice of avoiding most sports except swimming, which is actually good for my condition. Recently I start to do jogging but realize that the shocks on each leg could be bad for my spinal discs. Does anyone know if jogging is harmful to patients with spinal disc herniation?
October 16th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
It depends if your disks are healed. Exercise especially weight boring exercise in general is beneficial to your health. It may help to strengthen your spine since your fighting osteoporosis along with gravity over time. By jogging it will add bone mass to your density if done right. Make sure you have good shoes and jog on dirt, grass or gravel track and avoid cement. If jogging is to hard on your body do biking, rollerblading, hiking or walking. Good health!