I'm still humming along, doing olympic lifting 3 days a week, including heavy snatches, cleans, jerks and pulls, doing CrossFit 1-2x a week and playing sports. No new leg pain or low back issues. I do get some occasional mid and upper back tweaks from olympic lifting but those all seem to be soft tissue and don't last fortunately.
I competed in two weightlifting meets in 2017 and plan to compete in at least 2 next year as well. Just recently I PR'ed both my snatch and clean and jerk, and PR'ed my squats this past year as well! I don't attempt heavy deadlifts, but to be honest, I feel like heavy pulls and lifts have actually made my back feel better and stronger. I now have spinal erectors that I can actually see and feel, and though I thought it was pretty good then, my core strength is way beyond what it was a few years ago. I feel very blessed and hope that I can maintain this.
Anyway, hope everyone is getting the help and treatment they need and taking care of themselves and seeing good progress. Hit me up with any comments or questions.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year Spondy athletes!!
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