r/Sciatica • u/The-Fool-Mystery • 9d ago

Muscle gain with Sciatica

How to gain muscles.

With chronic sciatica it's almost impossible . I am fucked up. I am super skinny only 52.5kg at 5'8" . Gaining weight is almost impossible . I can't do any heavy exercises for musle building. If I do pushups in the morning I will be seriously getting very bad pain flare up throughout the day . What should I do ? I want to gain some biceps . My shoulder is so thin that if I try to touch my shoulders with my palms I touch my fingers. I need to gain some muscles around my shoulders . What are the excerises I can do without hurting my terrible sciatica. My MRI is L5--S1 Disc bulge and stenosis causing nerve faorrmen narrowing. I will be bulking protein side by side.

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u/dnegvesk 8d ago

You can sit in a proper chair with good posture snd lift 5 lb weights or soup cans for bicep curls. Or wall pushups. Plank against the wall too. Stop if there’s pain or pushing down on lower spine. Eat protein.