My doctor told me I can't do hard excercise anymore and I'm sad about that. Is there anything I can do to keep myself from going all flab?

My doctor told me I can't do hard excercise anymore and I'm sad about that. Is there anything I can do to keep myself from going all flab?Hi guys! First time poster, so sorry if this is a really common question. My back and neck have been oddly sore lately, so I went to my doctor, who was worried and sent me to a chiropractor. Turns out my lower spine (the part above the tailbone, near the hip) and my upper spine (neck) are fusing together and cracking. It's been like this since I was a kid, apparently. I have the neck mobility of an 80 year old and I have giant stress knots. I used to run ten miles every day. I just love the feeling of pushing myself until I can barely stand and just forget how grey life can be. Now... now I'm not allowed to do any form of heavy excercise for some time (at least a few months). I can't run, jump, bend my back, or even stretch, at all. I'm just... really lost now. I was so happy. I had only been doing HIIT and cardio through my university for two months, and had just begun to see real results and feel better. Now... now I can't even do two miles. My whole back feels like it's breaking after walking a mile. I can't do strength training. It's just not fair, you know? I'm 18, and I can't even fully turn my neck to the side. I feel so useless. My parents are in their late fifties and they can do yoga and my Dad runs every morning and they won't shut up about how this is somehow my fault because I read my cell phone in bed. I was going to ditch my home country and go teach English or Spanish at a South Korean University. The doctor (my doctor for almost my entire life) and chiropractor (over 30 yrs of owning that clinic) said that I can't do any sort of heavy excercise for a few months (I can't even jump?!). How do I beat this? It's only been two weeks and I'm already stress eating and breaking out. I don't wanna be the fat girl again. I'm sorry that I got a little emotional in this post. I don't really have anyone I can talk to about this, and trying to he positive is hard. submitted by /u/VakarianBottleBlast [link] [comments]

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