Donner,
You bet you can! I have extremely advanced/severe spinal and facet arthritis, along with degen disk and spinal stenosis.
For those that don't know what the stenosis is, it is basically where the area in the spine, that has the nerves passing out into the rest of the body narrows. It basically cuts into the nerves, causing even more pain. Not a nice thing...believe me. They diagnosed me about 10 years ago, with the promise that I would be in a wheelchair within 5-8 years. I basically told the doc I would NOT be in a chair til after my son graduates...which is another 3 1/2 years. And for the record, it was NOT the power lifting that caused my back issues, it was a fall when I was 15 y/o...it sucks to get old!
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