Performing sit-ups can worsen disc bulges and nerve impingement. — Whalespan
Performing sit-ups can worsen disc bulges and nerve impingement.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
✕NOTSUPPORTED
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“instead what I was doing was some abdominal strengthening exercises at the time I wasn't aware of the curl-up and instead what I was doing was some crunches so I was doing sit-ups which you guessed it made things way way worse for the obvious reasons it was actually causing more of bulging of the discs that were impinging on those nerves”