Can you run with a herniated disc?

If getting back into running has been a constant battle with back pain and flare-ups, this video is for you.

You used to run. 5Ks, half-marathons, early-morning miles that cleared your head before work.

Then your MRI showed you have some bulges or maybe a disc herniation (or two).

You’ve seen the chiropractor. Done the PT. Maybe paid for injections, stem cells or PRP.

And somewhere along the way you were told running pounds your discs, so you stopped.

Now even a brisk walk to the car feels risky.

Here’s the problem. Avoiding running doesn’t protect your disc. It shrinks your tolerance, so every step feels more threatening.

Your disc isn’t the problem with running. Doing too much, too soon, after doing nothing is.

In this video I give you my 4-week return-to-run plan for a herniated or bulging disc, L4-L5 or L5-S1, so you can go from scared to run to running with confidence.

• Week 1: Brisk walks. 20-30 minutes, 4-5 days a week, and the 24-hour rule you’ll use for the whole plan.
  
  
• Week 2: 1 minute easy jog, 4 minutes walk, 5 rounds, 3 days a week.
  
  
• Week 3: 2 minutes jog, 2 minutes walk, 6 rounds, plus the foot-landing fix: shorter, quicker, quieter steps that land under your body.
  
  
• Week 4: 3 minutes jog, 1 minute walk, 5-6 rounds, then keep shrinking the walks until you’re running 20-30 minutes easy.
  
  
• What to do on a bad day: drop back one week instead of quitting.

The 24-hour rule: pain stays at 3 out of 10 or less while you move, and you’re back to normal by the next morning. That’s your flare-up line. Stay under it.

This follows my Hybrid Relief Method™: Reduce Sensitivity → Build Tolerance → Build Resilience.

Small doses you can handle tell your nervous system running is safe, and the alarm turns down. Running loose instead of stiff and braced stops the guarding. And a flare-up is a sensitive alarm going off, not new damage.

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Addicted to your healing,

William