myths of building muscle mass on spinal injury

conoemadre · 02-17-2007, 05:56 PM

hi friends i´m have a spinal cord injury that´s have me on wheelchair for 7 years but the recovery is good and i walking again but with help

but my cuestion is, i can build muscle because some trainers say "building muscle with a spinal cord injury on recovery make me more heavy for the walk terapy"

help me please !!!!

**Frostwick** · 02-18-2007, 12:05 AM

oh damn im sorry to hear that man but i would say building lean mass would be a good thing, you should probly stay with high reps and light weight so you dont put on too much weight but hell im not a doctor

**Thomas_Rivera** · 02-18-2007, 12:07 AM

I'm not sure what to tell you. Get through walk therapy first, then after your therapy is done work on building back muscle and strength.

Escobar187 · 02-18-2007, 12:43 AM

stick in there, focus on re-hab and getting 100%

conoemadre · 02-18-2007, 02:09 AM

Thanks for your help, i´m gonna talk with my actual trainer about this, but my dream is have a good body with arms almost 20"

Mygeeto · 02-18-2007, 06:15 AM

do leg extensions in ur chair that might help...

**BBenthusiast** · 02-18-2007, 07:00 AM

sad to hear but wish you all the best, keep up the good work, its worth the fight!

**rIPPDUP** · 02-20-2007, 01:32 AM

just focus on getting healthy again bud, hang in there and stay focused. i wish you nothing but the best of luck!!!!

**kenney** · 02-20-2007, 12:10 PM

i would say hit the weights but not heavy...get your therapy done first bro...keep your dreams alive but don't lose sight of the real world lol

**Thomas_Rivera** · 02-20-2007, 04:10 PM

I'm not trying to be funny here, but being in a wheelchair that long, your arm strength is probably going to be stronger than when you left off. Just don't try to rush into anything, it's good to want to bodybuild but you don't want to try to injure yourself again for it.
Hopefully when you get to walk without help your leg strength will come back in full stride :)