u/haileerose16

I think I might have played my last 18 holes today and it’s honestly a very sad feeling. I go in to see my ortho on Tuesday, who I haven’t seen in 3 years and pretty sure he’s not going to have good news for me. From what I gathered, golfing isn’t great on your back, especially if you have problems. But golfing is about the only “physical” activity I can do due to heart stuff that limits my cardio ability, I already gave up the gym 6 years ago because of it and feel like I’m about to lose the only hobby I have left☹️ anyone here golf before your diagnosis and/or progression of your back problems and still able to golf? Really would like to hear some positive experiences but also being realistic with my expectations here.

Hello all, I’m not sure if I’m in the right thread for this but hoping to get some insight from fellow back issue goers. I (27 y/o f) was diagnosed with bilateral pars defect in my L5 back in 2022, doctor said I’d most likely need surgery but wanted to hold off because I was only 23 at that point. Fast forward to 2023, I fell while swing dancing and ended up with some nerve compression but still held off on surgery and just did PT and some medications to help with the inflammation. Well I recently had an MRI done on my C spine after having some nerve pain and numbness in my arms and hands, which came to show some degenerative changes in my C4-C7. As of late, I’ve had a lot of issues with my legs tingling after sitting for a minute and then now to the point I can’t sit with my legs crossed or they go numb, but about two weeks ago I decided to participate in a race with some friends, about 20 feet into the race I lost all feeling in my legs and collapsed and attempted to do a wall sit the other day and same thing happened. I’m seeing my ortho on 5/5, but has anyone experienced this? Just wondering if that’s a sign of my back worsening especially where I now have some problems in my neck, I haven’t had imaging on my back since 2023, but some x-rays done my stomach/pelvic area have confirmed the chronic pars defect is still in fact there. These issues run in my family, me and my dad have similar issues in the same areas but his are worse. TIA for any info provided!